Judge, 1897-10-02 · page 10 of 16
Judge — October 2, 1897 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page collects brief humorous sketches typical of Judge magazine's satirical content: **"An Off-Key Jingle"** plays on the nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock," suggesting an absurd twist where a mouse runs up a clock on a woman's stocking—mocking forced rhyming in poetry. **"Unavoidable Delay"** jokes about a New Englander with a comically long lake name (Chargogagogmanchaugagogchaubunagungamung—a real Massachusetts place). The satire: a fire department can't respond because the man pronouncing the address takes too long. **"Exception to the Rule"** features dialect-heavy characters (Deacon Johnson and "Jist Jackson") debating human greed, with Jackson claiming he doesn't want more—because he's in police court, suggesting criminal poverty. The remaining sketches are light romantic/domestic humor about bicycles, Irish dialect comedy, punctuation, and animals. These represent Judge's typical mix of wordplay, ethnic comedy, and visual gags for genteel audiences.
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218 Siage : AN OFF-KEY JINGLE. Hickory, dickory dock ! But in this case ‘The mouse ran up the clock ! "Twas a frightful race, A fact not commonly shocking ; For the clock was on her stocking. UNAVOIDABLE DELAY. A NEW-ENGLANDER who has a summer residence on Lake Chargogagog- manchaugagogchaubunagungamung has organized and equipped a fire de- partment on the premises. Not long ago a whole village was consumed there while a man was pronouncing the name to tell where the fire was. AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE. DEACON JoHNSON—"" It's one ob de frailties ob our poor human nature dat no mattah how much a man gits he wants more.” Jist JACKSON (thoughtful not in a police-court, he don' ptt fa yo ea EE “*Oh, I dunno "bout dat; CUPID’S WILL-O'- THE-WISP. WILL-O'-THE-WISP in the darkness, ba A flicker, a flash and a reel, And I am pursuing my sweetheart, Who is running away on a wheel. A dash and a crash in the shadows, A tremulous cry of alarms, And the will-o’-the-wisp of old Cupid Is fluttering safe in my arms. RAMA PLAYTRR SRABCRY. LETTING HIM OFF EASY. Father Muldoon —* Phwat is it Oi'm hearing, Clancy, about yez having broken Rogan’s head lasht noight—and the two of yez bosom friends for years ?” UNDEKSTANDING Clancy —" Oi was compilled to do ut, yure river- h! T should think you'd give up goin’ to those brutal base- ence; but out av consideration for thot same fri‘ndship Oi broke ut gintly.” u-teal ! my dear?” 3 ‘al ! | can’t pick up the paper but what I read about the Canajo- haries’ pounding another pitcher. A NEW MARK. Teacher —" What mark of punctuation should fol- low every declarative sentence ?” Patsy—"A pyramid, mum.” SETTING HIM RIGHT. Georgie—" Jimmie James has got a toe-treed— I mean atee-troed—I mean a tro-teed—I mean” — Margte—" Dacious! Tan't you say tee-toad ? 1, THe Goat—* Gosh! Lam what you call Pretty hungry — but there's a nice little bit of grass over on that hill.” 4 Weary Racou Whoop! dat bar-tender wuz right w'en he sed dat whisky wud raise de hair off me head !"* 3 ~~ = Ke ts en CS aa 2 Weary Raggles, asleep. GoatT—"' This is just what | wanted !" A CASE OF PREMATURE BALDNESS. comicbooks.com