Judge, 1900-01-06 · page 15 of 16
Judge — January 6, 1900 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This single-panel cartoon shows a rooster addressing hens near a fence, warning them to stay on one side to avoid having their "necks twisted." The joke is a dark pun: Jones is apparently using the hens for his own purposes—likely killing them for food or profit—and this "scheme" is presented as clever or successful, hence the ironic title. The satire targets the common practice of keeping backyard poultry around 1900. The rooster's "warning" treats fatal slaughter as merely a practical inconvenience rather than harm, reflecting period attitudes toward animal welfare and farm life. The cartoon's humor derives from depicting brutal necessity through the lens of casual barnyard conversation. The surrounding advertisements (patent medicines, slot machines, knives) suggest the page targets working-class readers familiar with small-scale farming.
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