Judge, 1900-12-29 · page 5 of 17
Judge — December 29, 1900 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This is a satirical comic strip from *Judge* magazine (1900) depicting "Deacon Elderberry and His Times," a serialized humor series. The two panels show: **Top panel**: The deacon receives sympathetic visitors at his home; his son and playmates display support during "certain inebriate moments." **Bottom panel**: Appears to depict Native American figures in what the text identifies as a historical golf scene, with a sardonic note claiming the Nantasket golf club was America's first, with caddies carrying tomahawks for frustrated players to destroy clubs. The humor relies on period-typical racial caricature and stereotyping. The tomahawk reference conflates Native Americans with golf equipment destruction—a crude joke about both Native Americans and golfer frustration. The series appears to chronicle the deacon's misadventures across American history, mixing social satire with offensive racial comedy typical of 1900s publications.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
DEACON ELDERBERRY AND HIS TIMES. COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY JUDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. The Nantasket golf-club was really the pioneer club of its kind in America, although there are no official records of it. N. b.—The caddie invariably carried a tomahawk for the use of any player who wished to destroy his clubs. Note. —The beginning of “ Deacon Elderberry and His Times” will be found in the Christmas number of June, This series to be continued weekly, comicbooks.com