Judge, 1905-12-23 · page 13 of 17
Judge — December 23, 1905 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily a **commercial advertisements and humor page** from Judge magazine, with several unrelated anecdotes and ads. The main notable content is **"The Trickster at the Fair,"** attributed to James J. Hill (a prominent railroad magnate), who uses a story to criticize reformers. Hill compares reform advocates to a con-artist city slicker at a state fair who tries to cheat farmers by betting he can guess a steer's weight "as close as" the experienced farmer—then claims victory by guessing the exact same number, demanding the prize money. The moral: reformers are tricksters using sophistry and bad-faith arguments. The page otherwise contains **minor humorous anecdotes** (a woman unfamiliar with the term "octogenarian," a joke about railroad rebates), **period advertisements** for rye whiskey, Pears' soap, Trimble whiskey, and Clyde steamship line, and ads for house-building plans and a cartooning instruction book. No significant political cartoons or caricatures are present on this page.
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2 RYE Crop of 1895 Mellowed by 10 Years Repose in the Wood. It’s Pure— That’s Sure SOLD EVERYWHERE IN GLASS ONLY New York @ HMentucky Co. Sole Proprietor. Pears The skin welcomes Pears’ Soap. It gently cleanses, freshens and ~ beautifies. Never irritates nor acts harshly. . Have you used Pears Soap ? Get it anywhere. NOT AN OCTOGENARIAN. Jirs. Uptowne—* You say your grand- father is over eighty? Why, he’s an oc- togenarian !" Norak iv th’ koind. “Shure, an’ he ain't anything He ates mate an’ things jist | ‘THE TRICKSTER AT THE FAIR. James J. Hill, at the Fillmore county fair, pleased the Minnesota farmers with an apt illustration. « Reformers of that stripe are reaction- ists, are tricksters,” he said,“ They are | like the city chap who went to the state J fair. “This chap stood looking at a fine steer when a couple of farmers came up and| joined him. All three praised the steer. Then the city chap said, “+L wonder what he weighs.” *Well,’ said one of the farmers slowly, + it should be easy enough to guess pretty nigh his weight.’ “This farmer, you see, was an expert cattle-raiser. He could, without diffi- culty, guess a head of cattle’s weight with- in afew pounds. But tne city chap scoffed at him. “Guess its weight? Ho, ho!” he sneered. * You couldn't guess its weight any more than I could.’ “+E don't say I could guess its weight precisely,’ said the farmer. *I say I could guess near it.” «+ Well, Fam a greenhorn,’ scoffed the city chap, “but here's ten dollars that | can guess as near to that steer's weight as you can.’ “<LI take your bet young man," said the farmer quietly. “The other farmer held the stakes. Guess first,’ said the city chap. “*Well,” said the other calmly and slowly, +I’ guess nineteen hundred and seventy-five pounds." “+E guess the same,’ said the city chap. + Now give me the money.’ “What ?" gasped tthe others. “*Why, I bet I'd guess as near as you, and I've done it. I've guessed the same Give me the money.’" — Minneapolis Journal, Abbott's Angostura Bitters are noted for their digestive properties. At all druggists’. REBATES. Hickety pickety, my black hen, She lays eggs for railroad men. They, to make the hen repeat, Give her back the shells to eat. Thus we see another who Gets her little rebate too.—Charles R. Barnes in N.Y. World. DAMAGED MUSIC. Jesse Lang was seen out Saturday night | carrying a banjo with two strings off. ome girl probably got a crippled sere- wn same is we does."—Exchange. nade.— IWaitsburg (Mo.) Record. 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HE HAD HEARD IT AT HOME. “ Now, Eddie,” said the Sunday-school teacher, “let us see what you know about the lesson, God said, * Let there be light.” What happened then ?” “There was light, ‘cause Roosevelt |thought it would be a good thing,” re- | plied’ Eddie, whose father was a Parker Democrat.— Chicago Record-Herald, LIGHTNING CALCULATION, Church— He's a lightning calculator ENVY. by profession ‘ohnny—1 wish | was Tommy Jones.” Gotham—* Indeed! What school did] ‘Mother — You are stronger he study at?" than he is, you have a better home, more Church—" No school; he used to go - toys, and more pocket mone Fohnny—"V! wiggle his ears. down in his cellar and learn from the gas- meter."— Yonkers Statesman, IF YOU are thinking about Building a House an in- vestment of $1.00 now will save you hundreds of dollars in building a house, by get- ting the latest and most prac- tical ideas of the noted and capable architect, Mr. George Palliser. 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