Judge, 1893-09-09 · page 10 of 16
Judge — September 9, 1893 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical vignettes typical of 1890s-era American humor: **"Righteous Indignation"**: Two poor African American men debate eating grasshoppers as food—one sees it as economical, the other laments the effort required to catch them. The satire targets both poverty and contemporary "scientific" articles promoting unconventional foods for the poor. **"A Stranger in a Strange Land"**: A hunter is acquitted of poaching in New Jersey because the judge claims there's "no law against shooting Hackensack mosquitoes"—satirizing either New Jersey's mosquito problem or lax enforcement of game laws. **Other sketches** mock middle-class domestic life, including spousal arguments over vulgar language, class pretension, and marital disputes about financial losses. The cartoons employ period stereotypes and vernacular dialect throughout. The humor relies on social observation of class differences, immigrant characters, and domestic conflicts—typical Judge magazine fare aimed at educated, urban readers amused by satirizing both the poor and the pretentious middle class.
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