Judge, 1906-09-22 · page 13 of 16
Judge — September 22, 1906 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page contains humorous pseudo-historical "lessons" written in deliberately misspelled dialect, attributed to 19th-century humorists Josh Billings and Artemus Ward. The main text mocks rural American speech and folk wisdom through exaggerated phonetic spelling ("tew" for "to," "korn" for "corn"). The political content appears in the "Artemus Ward and A. Linkun" section, where the narrator claims complete political disinterest while ironically describing typical political operative behavior—canvassing voters, organizing transportation, watching for fraud, and seeking office. This satirizes the hypocrisy of politicians who claim neutrality while actively engaged in partisan mechanics. The page is primarily filled with period **advertisements** (diamonds, whiskey, pianos, powder, cigarettes), indicating this is a commercial magazine relying on paid endorsements alongside satirical content.
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age CREDIT LOFTISSYSTEM You Assume No Risks When Dealing With Us JUy'S PRIMMER UV NU SPELLINGS, COMPILED FROM JOSH BILLINGS AND A, WARD. (Continued “rom preceding page.) Tha roost on the ground, similar tew the mud turkle. ‘Tha oftin go tu sleep standing, and sum times pitch over, and when tha dew, tha enter the ground like a pickaxe. Thare food consis o korn in the ear. Tha crow like a jackass, troubled with the bronskeesucks. Tha will eat as mutch tu onst as a district skule master, and ginerally sit down rite oph tew keep from tipping over. Tha are dredful unhandy tew cook, yu hav tu bile one eend ov them tu a time, ya kant git them awl into a potash kittle tu onst. Inever owned but one and he got choked tu deth bi a kink in a clothes line, ot until he had swallered 18 feet ov it. ‘ot enny shanghi for me, if yu pleze; i wuld rather board a travelling kol- porter, and as for eating one, give me a biled owl rare dun, ot a turkee buzzard, roasted hole, and stuffed with a pair ov injun rubber boots, but not enny shanghi for me, not a shanghi ! but Le NO. 5.—MOLLASSIS KANDY. Thare iz a grate deal ov humin natur in a stik of mollassis kandy, i judge this, bekauze mi little grandson iz alwus reddy tew invest hiz only penny in it. I dont kno az i want tew bet enny money, and giv odds, on the man, who iz alwus anx- ious tew pray out loud, every chance he kan git. Nine men out ov every 10, that yu meet in New York City, are in a grate hurry, and are either mad, petulant, or sassy, and the reazon iz tha are all ov them in pursuit ov munny, and only one out ov 10 gits it. Next tw the man who iz wuth a millyun, in point ov wealth, iz the man, who dont kare a kuss for When yu strike ile, stop boring, menny a man has bored klean thru, and let all the ile run out at the bottom. Thav spent a large porshun ov mi life in hopeing, and praying that every boddy mite be suckcessful, and happy, and i intend tew speni a grate deal more time in the same bizzness, but i am satisfied that the phi- losophy ov the whole thing iz kontained in this passage, “' the devil take the hind- most.” Suckces$ dont konsist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one the seckond time. Early genius iz like early cabbage, dont head well. Menny a man haz lost a good posishun in this world, bi letting go, tew spit on hiz hands, Ifa man haz got 80 thousand dollars at interest, and owns the house he livs in, it aint mutch trouble to be a philosopher. ARTEMUS WARD AND A. LINKUN. Ihav no politics. Nary aone. I'm not in the bisiniss. If 1 was I spose I should holler versiffrusly in the streets at nite and go home to Betsy's side smellen of coal ile and gin, in the mornin. I should g0 to the Poles arly, I should stay there I should see to it that my nabers I should git carriges to take the kripples, the infirm and the indignant thar. I should be on guard agin frauds Ishould be on the look out for famus lise of the enemy, got up jest 4 clecshun for perlitical effeck. When was over and my candydate was elect- 1 should move heving & erth—so to until I got orfice, which if I didn’t orfice I should turn round and abooze Administration with all my mite snd c. But I'm not in the bisiniss. I'm far more respectful bisiniss nor what ties ii. TL wouldn't giv two cents to Congresser, The wuss insult I ever ved was when sertin citizens of Baldinsville axed me to run fur the Legislater. My frends, dostest think I'd stoop to that there?" 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