Judge, 1915-05-22 · page 8 of 24
Judge — May 22, 1915 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* magazine presents humorous local news and gossip from fictional rural communities ("Lazytown," "Rye Straw," "Bounding Billows"). **Top illustration**: "The Girl He Left Behind Him" depicts classical/allegorical figures with a decorative border—likely illustrating a sentimental song or romantic theme common in the era. **"The Bud Letters"**: A handwritten column of personal correspondence discussing local scandals and gossip. **"Lazytown Local News"**: Mock-serious newspaper items poking fun at rural life—incompetent mail delivery, absurd local characters (magistrate with new spectacles learning to judge "squarely," a man buying a padlock after learning people are mean), and darkly comic incidents (mail carrier robbery, sawmill explosion). **"By Wireless" cartoon**: Three men sharing gossip, emphasizing how local rumors spread. The satire ridicules rustic inefficiency, superstition, and the petty drama of small-town life. It's genteel mockery of rural America for an urbane magazine readership—poking fun at farmers, mules, crude justice systems, and simple folk without malice.
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The Bud Letters By RURGES JOHNSON ahinh ng Mak Hari f” O-Aavey some meus bE part, ; Bub Lazytown Local News HE mail carrier has not come in from the Calf Ribs neighborhood in going on four weeks, and it is feared his mule has balked on him. That is one of the main troubles with a mule. When it decides to balk, it does not seem to care how much mail matter there is marked ‘‘In haste.’’ o Jefferson Potlocks has bought a padlock for his front door. He did not grow suspi- THE GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND HIM cious until he attended a protracted meet- ing at Bounding Billows and learned from the preacher how mean the people are. (a) Fish should never venture out far from where they are hatched until they learn to swim. The magistrate at Rye Straw has come into possession of a pair of square-rimmed spectacles. This will enable him to look at all evidence squarely when sitting ona case. Miss Flutie Belcher is a candidate for the admiration of Yam Sims, subject to his action at the next party. ia) The depity constable left on a hurry call for Bounding Billows this morning, where he will attempt to arrest the unknown man who held up and robbed the mail carrier of several Confederate bills of large denomina- tion. Before leaving, the depity put on his extra star and placed a stove-eye in his shirt bosom, in case the defendant tried to shoot him. A customer has broken the spider web that has been across the door of the Rye Straw store for several days. This is an indication that business conditions are fast improving. Sidney Hocks is erecting a fence around a mule he traded for last week. The sawmill boiler at the head of Gimlet Creek blowed up Tuesday morning. Among those present just before the explosion was Luke Mathewsla. —George Bingham, WIRELESS