The Wasp — 1891 — page 77: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising content** for San Francisco businesses (hotels, furniture dealers, insurance, printing) rather than satirical cartoons. The only cartoon visible is a small sketch in the upper left showing two figures in conversation. The caption reads: "Mr. Topple—'You say, poor man, that you were badly hurt by a horse! Was it a runaway horse?' Henry Grim (as he pockets the quarter)—'No sir, it wur a saw-horse!'" This appears to be a **minor joke about con artistry**: a beggar ("Henry Grim") fabricates an injury story to solicit sympathy and money from a gullible passerby ("Mr. Topple"), claiming harm from a "saw-horse" rather than an actual horse—playing on the victim's credulity for a quarter. The page otherwise consists entirely of period advertisements.