Judge, 1893-12-30 · page 3 of 17
Judge — December 30, 1893 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several unrelated satirical sketches and humorous anecdotes rather than a unified political cartoon. **"Where He Got It"** depicts a polo match, satirizing upper-class sporting pretensions—the caption suggests someone acquired an unusual riding style. **"An Intelligent Verdict"** mocks a coroner's jury that attributed a death to a gravel-train accident, though evidence suggested the deceased was a football contestant—likely satirizing incompetent official investigations. The remaining sections—"An Invalid," "The Wife," "Extraordinarily Precaution," and "He Meant Trousseaus"—are brief humorous anecdotes about domestic life and misunderstandings, typical of Judge's general-interest comedy content. The page targets common middle-class foibles and institutional absurdities rather than specific contemporary political events.
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‘Where he got it. ORE: re Gor even, WHERE HE GOT HIS STYLE. Miss BLeecker—‘* What a peculiar seat Mr. Jones has, I wonder where he got it.” AN INVALID. Mr. FAneyY —‘'Be the howly Saint Tam- 3 many, Murphy ! what ails yez?" Mr. Murrny — yez see, Fahey, me woife’s an invali invalid she’s aisy riled, an’ whin she's riled—well, s-a-y, Fahey, she cud clane out th’ whole block !” THE WIFE. DN New-year's when she hears him say He'll swear off every fault, She takes it in a quiet way ‘And with a grain of salt, EXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTION. Hotel-clerk—" Did you tell that old gentleman from the country that he mustn't blow out the gas, as I told you?" Barney (new boy)—" Yis, sorr; but it’s so afeard to thrust him Oi was, sorr, Oi blowed it owt mesilf, sorr.” AN INTELLIGENT VERDICT. HE coroner's jury, after viewing the remains and hearing the evidence, returned the following verdict : “From the appearance of the body we were inclined to believe that the deceased had been run over by a gravel-train; but from articles and memoranda discovered on his person we find that he was a contestant in a foot-ball match.” HE MEANT TROUSSEAU. Farser (reading from newspaper to his wife, who is working about the room)—" Gosh, wife! but don't them city folks go it strong? Here is one gal who spent two thousand dollars on her weddin’ trousers. comicbooks.c: