Judge, 1899-11-11 · page 3 of 16
Judge — November 11, 1899 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated humorous sketches typical of Judge's format. **"A Clever Idea"** depicts a conversation about a mule, with the punchline suggesting someone could profit by having the animal clipped and placed on railroad tracks to sue for damages—satirizing the era's litigation culture. **Other sketches** include: - "A Hero" and "Easy Enough"—brief joke-poems about marriage and proposing - "Pedestals are Always Lonely"—a visual gag about a man at a bargain alarm clock sale - "The Latest"—a joke about a small snake's new necktie - "His Condition"—dialogue about someone drinking cider and suffering headaches These appear to be generic humor pieces without specific political commentary. The style and sensibility are typical of early 20th-century American comic magazines aimed at middle-class readers.
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A CLEVER IDEA. * What yo" think ob de nag?" Pete—" Why, bes adandy! Yo" could fix him up so °s to get two hundred dollars for him.” Mose How 2" Prre—" Why, dock his tail, soak his hoofs, get him clipped, and den tie him on a railroad-track and sue for damages.” A HERO. [ nas E PLAYED f A. TIP. ‘ ook ae ey 7 FORTUNE'S gare ball for half a year; => / bags eae} “ land you would weave And of him it is said 4 Olisucing oul ana He lost three teeth, an * a ie * SNe Roe ane eye, an ear, Precious stone, < Be le 10 you But never lost his Decsme unto your purse head. and leave * All dead-sure things EASY ENOUGH. : a j alone. Mrs. Grumm (looking up from her A HIS CONDITION. newspaper) —“* Here is Abner Appledry— an item telling aboot 5 a man who was mar- ried fifty-five times. How in the world could a man marry Jay Green "You that many different bet! ‘Bout nine o'clock women ?" i in the evenin’, by jing, Old Grumm—"By — | : - he like to have broke merely proposing to his neck gittin’ out of them, I presume.” the way of a lightnin’- bug, thinkin’ it was the PEDESTALS are THE LATEST. head-light of an en- always lonely. THe SMALL SNAKES —" Huh ! but pa looks swell in his new necktie.” tarnation lot of hard cider yesterday after- noon, didn’t he?” 1, ‘ This alarm-clock looks very small—are you sure that it will awaken me?” 2, But it looked er when ft went off the next morning. comicbooks.com