The Wasp — 1877 — page 88: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political cartoons. The main items include: 1. **"How Brown Managed to Get His Daughters Married"** — a humorous anecdote about a father using buckwheat straw as an inducement for suitors, satirizing marriage customs of the era. 2. **"Could Not Give Back All"** — domestic dispute dialogue criticizing a temperamental husband's behavior. 3. **"Must Be Shot"** — commentary on Mormon leader Lee facing execution, discussing Mormon practice and federal intervention. 4. **Large advertisements** for opium, morphine, and "paregoric drinkers," plus a Dr. Pearce medical cure service. The page reflects 1870s concerns: marriage practices, domestic relations, Western religious conflicts, and the era's prevalent patent medicines and drug advertising.