Judge — November 12, 1898 — page 7: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

HAD HEARD OF THE PROCLAMATION; “* Deacon, the ‘cuteness ofthat ‘ere bird is simply extrordinary. A month ago be wus the fattest turkey on the farm but ez soon ex the holidays got a-comin’ on he seemed ter know by instink w'ot we wuz a-feedin’ him fer, an’ he begun ter leave his wittles untouched, an’ nothink could tempt him ter eat. He's simply starvin’ hisself.” LAZY BILL AND Se sts APPLE; OR,,WON BY MUSIC. comicbooks.com