The Wasp — 1889 — page 147: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three separate humorous stories rather than political cartoons. The illustrations appear to be character vignettes: 1. **"The Stub-Tailed Cow"** and **"General Sherman and the Hotel Clerk"** are anecdotal humor pieces about Lincoln-era figures and military personalities, typical of 19th-century American magazines. 2. **"His First Appearance"** features a dialogue about a character named "Jack Frontier" and interactions with "Miss Dazzler," appearing to satirize frontier types and Victorian social pretensions. 3. **"Out of the Profesh"** and **"Made Him Down-Hearted"** are brief comic vignettes about ordinary people—a con artist, farm life, and rural characters. The page represents *Wasp*'s satirical humor focused on American character types, frontier culture, and social absurdities rather than explicit political commentary.