Judge, 1895-06-22 · page 4 of 16
Judge — June 22, 1895 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains several humor pieces satirizing American social and cultural issues of the era: **"Reverend Moakly McKoon Explains"** mocks rural Black dialect and religious hypocrisy. A reverend, unfamiliar with baseball, lectures his congregation about "muffing" a ball while noting that church members understand sports better than Christian doctrine. The joke targets both ignorance and selective priorities. **"True Gallantry"** and **"The Coming Pop"** are brief romantic comedies about courtship conventions—one praising a gentleman's proper etiquette, the other joking about women's future reform demands (making every year a leap year for proposals). **"A Narrow Escape"** recounts an anecdote about Irish wit and proper finger-bowl etiquette, contrasting unsophisticated behavior with social refinement. **"A Genius"** and **"Squire Hennery's Chicken-House"** present rural/frontier humor involving guns, women's domestic ingenuity, and a wild-cat blamed for missing livestock and clothing. The page exemplifies Judge's era-typical reliance on ethnic stereotypes, class-based humor, and rural/urban cultural contrasts for comedic effect.
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REVEREND MOAKLY MCKOON EXPLAINS. . ‘| HEERD some men a-talkin’ as 1 come in,” said the elder as he walked to- wards the pulpit, “an” dey was a- talkin’ about some feller a-muffin’ a ball. Now I dunno wot kind ob accident dat is. Is it like chokin’ on a fish-bone er gittin’ yer elber out of jint?” Enamel Gungergrub, Wilkins Wauful. Acetate Andrews and Washington Smiff arose, and all tried to talk at once. ‘All de rest set down an’ let Brudder Smiff explain,” said the elder calmly. “It am er technicality ob base-ball, elder. It am when yo’ fails ter get dar; sort ob awkward,” said the smiling Smiff. “I see,” said the elder as he removed his hat and ascended the pulpit. “De foah leadin’ membahs ob my chu'ch am bettah posted on base-ball dan dey is on de catechism An’ ebbery one ob ‘em is a quarter back, not in foot-ball, but in salary. De pitcher down below is gwine ter gib some ob yo’ a hot ball in de next worl’ ef yo" doan’ look out. Let de openin’ hymn now open.” THE COMING POP. Winebiddle —* There is one reform the emancipated woman will in- sist upon when she gets into power.” “Arabella, darling ; could I beg de favor ob a kiss?" Callowhil! —* Name “Not to-night, Byron ; not to-night. 1’s bin eatin’ onions.” : » Dat’s no ‘scuse at all, love; 1 kin hold mah nose jes’ as Winebiddle —* She will make every year a leap-year. TRUE GALLANTRY. well as not.” A NARROW ESCAPE. HE late William Cassidy, once editor of the Albany Argus, had all of the traditional Irishman’s ready wit. On one occasion he was present at a public dinner where a finger bowl was passed about the table, according to the custom at that time in England. In this country the finger-bowl was a decided innovation. ‘The guests, one after another, dipped their fingers in the water, until it came to Robert Pruyn of Albany, who did the correct thing by wetting the corner of his napkin and moistening his fingers with that. Mr. Cassidy leaned over to his neighbor and whispered, “I'm glad to see Pruyn do it before the bowl comes to me, otherwise I should have put my foot in it!” A GENIUS. Cayuse Pete — ‘I tell you, there is nothin’ like havin’ a woman about the house. My wife has some mighty neat notions. You kuow I allus sleeps with a gun under my pillow?” Buzzard BiLt—" Yep!" Cayuse Pere—"* Well, I be dog-goned ef that woman hasn't fixed a pistol-pocket in my pillow-case.”” “ERY (next morning)—"' Ten pul- we iCicretuse: db: <wesseonr zasewy—eervad lets gone, an’ ate right in th’ coop! Ef that nigger wha l canine ne meen er Naas Tue witp-cat—"* Waow !" (Bill 1) Ketchum hadn’t left his hat, coat, pants, shirt an’ one shoe behind I should have sartainly thought that wuz the work of a wild-cat.” ‘SQUIRE IENNERY’S CHICKEN-HOUSE; OR. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. comicbooks.com