Judge, 1899-07-15 · page 4 of 16
Judge — July 15, 1899 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated humorous sketches and verses rather than unified political cartoons. The content includes: **"A Great Business"** — a dialogue about prospering during absence, likely satirizing small-town gossip or business opportunism. **"A New Way of Creation"** — features Uncle Ned and Beth, appearing to be domestic/family humor without clear political reference. **"Does Not Question It"** and **"Presence of Mind"** — brief comedic verses about everyday situations (late arrivals, witty responses). **"The Hike Man Caught"** — illustrated bottom section showing someone caught in rain or caught by law enforcement, with dialogue about constables. The page lacks identifiable political figures or dated references. It represents Judge's typical format: mixing domestic comedy, puns, and light social observation rather than pointed political satire. Without additional context, the specific targets and meanings remain unclear to modern readers.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Photo, by Path. JUDGE'S FAVOKITES. LULU GLASER, Can it be true, demure Lulu, Reading tills ai? your summer fancies? Yet books are dry, and a roguish eye From the wisest page may lift its glances, While in your looks, instead of books, fe read the richest of romances. A NEW WAY OF CREATION. ETH stood watching Uncle Ned dig some angle-worms for bait. She cyed them very thoughtfully for some time and then asked, “ Uncle Ned, does God make their tails first and ° then add the rest to them afterwards? DOES NOT QUESTION IT. WIEN he comes home at three a. m. She won't believe his tale ; And yet she puts implicit faith In Jonah and the whale. PRESENCE OF MIND. *Rastus (soliloquizing)—" Dis am a fine fat pullet, an’ dey’s more whar hit come from, too.” Village constable (from a sh —"And where did it come from *Rastus — sah; from an aig. A GREAT . BUSINESS. SS YOU look as if you have prospered while you have been away?” tentatively remark- ed a villager, ad- dressing a friend of other days who, as atricky,wide-awake boy, had run away from the hamlet, and had now re- tured, a man with a sanctimonious smile and a caleu- other eye just like it. “Yes, I have done well,” replied the visitor. “You are not in the banking bus- iness, are you?” “Banking— pshaw, no! Profits too small.” “Speculating, asure thing. Lam in partnership with an undertaker whose wife is a lady doctor.” the sidewalks in this town.” Bicychisr—"* 'Tis, eh? All right; catch me and collect it.” wh Nv avert, Te wen — “Only yesterday that idiot was telling me that a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush.” A FATAL OMISSION. THE Mattest, worst oration T believe 1 ever heard Was spouted down to Pinkville by the famous speaker, Bird. He's a tarnal, whoopin’ talker; he’s got history down pat ; But he never mentioned Dewey, and his speech was awful flat. ONE RAINY DAY. Jones—" Wet rain, hain’t it?” Brown—“Wacal, did ye ever hear of a rain ‘t warn't wet ?” Jones—* The good book tells of a rain o' fire ‘n’ brimstun. I reckon that warn't very wet.’* 3. MAN (outside of fence)—* You're not the first smart Alick I've caught with that hinged-paling trick. I'm a constable, so come on ter the jedge an’ pay yer fine.” THE BIKE MAN CAUGHT. comicbooks.com