Judge, 1896-01-11 · page 7 of 16
Judge — January 11, 1896 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This *Judge* magazine page contains several satirical pieces satirizing American life and manners: **"Cause and Effect; or, The Brindle Hog Gets Into Trouble"** (top) is a visual gag comic strip showing slapstick chaos—a runaway pig causes mayhem among townspeople. **The short jokes** mock contemporary domestic life: a wife fears her husband becoming a "poet laureate" (unfashionable); a child punches her father asking "why don't you squeak?" (crude humor); a man makes obviously false excuses about breaking something. **"Reverend Moakley McKoon Inquires"** (bottom) satirizes Black Southern rural churches through heavy dialect, depicting a preacher searching for "Jack Pott"—apparently a mysterious benefactor who's donated watches, horses, and jewelry to congregation members. The humor relies on ethnic caricature and the implication of either charity fraud or the preacher's gullibility. This reflects the magazine's period racism and stereotyping. The page exemplifies *Judge*'s mix of slapstick, domestic comedy, and racially-stereotyped humor typical of early 20th-century American satire.
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CAUSE AND EFFECT; OR, THE BRINDLE HOG GETS INTO TROUBLE. PRECOCITY. : P a THERE HAD BEEN. Rete ; \ i ; ss] THOUGHT there ss JABDER'S son, they [oureeacace okie i gS) 7 { between you and Miss when only two weeks Gua: Oe ee nothing. The -) ow oh Hi “ Well, some folks re- bible says Job cursed the > : «7 © ic pa on way Teall day he was born.” P I\Kh, “ = it a battle myself. HER OBJECTION. ! ers HO is to believe the ; oh confession of a man ___ The friend—" There : when he confesses to hav- is a chance of your bus- ‘ band becoming poet-lau- Se reate, Mrs. Lines. Mrs, Lines—"Oh, dear me! 1 hope not. Dear Charles would look so hideous in a laurel-wreath.”” ssDAPA," asked Edith, punching her father vigorously in the stomach, “why don’t you squeak?” REVEREND MOAKLEY MCKOON INQUIRES. 6+ J)OES any one in dis hyer congregashun know a Mistah Pott?” No one responded. “Has any one in dis hyer congregashun heered tell ob a Mistah Pott?” All were silent. “Dat is mighty funny,” said the Reverend McKoon. Las’ Sunday I remarked dat Brudder Jinseng Jarvis had a new watch; but I said nuffin’, but kep’ a-tinkin’, Den I heered Brudder Stillwell Jackson say dat he got dat watch ob a Jack Pott. Day befo’ toe-morrer was a Tuesday week Brudder Slammer cum intoe town drivin’ a gray hoss, an’ Brudder Anxiety Andrews said he got dat hoss ob a Jack Pott. Since dat time a young brudder has worn a yamethyst ring as big as fo'r cents’ wort’ ob cheese, an’ dey claim dat a Jack Pott donated dat, not toe men- shun Brudder Soapstorie’s co'n-colored neck-tie or de janitor’s new shiny rubbers. Now ef dere is any beneficious an’ charitybobble pusson supplyin' dis chu’ch I wud like toe get acquainted wid him an‘ ask him fo’ a bracer on de chu’ch debt an’ yo'r pastor's celery. Ef F any one knows dat Jack Pott let him stan’ up.” HE PROTESTED, TOO) MUCH A sickly smile was on many dark faces, but they were not going to expose their know!- Grorcr WasiincTON Jones (aged five)—"t Mamma, . y z 1 fink etbdy a bees it se fam’ bathe gasn't men ni edge of the term; so they studiously regarded a large blue-bottle fly which sounded under have no idea who it was, but it wasn't me I wouldn't do the ventilator like a train of cars going into a tunnel. such a fing —it wasn't me, I fink it may have been ze cat, “De quire will now file intoe deir places an’ stop swappin’ gum-drops while I remarks His uovee—""Good gracious, child! don't say any dat Thope T has heered de las’ ob dat disteputashunable pusson, Mr. Jack Pott. Ef I does, more. You ought to have been born a woman.” mah cheerful chumps, I'm gwine toe taik a han’ mahse’f.” Act, woRDEN,