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Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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A lively assortment of comic verses, short prose pieces, and illustrated vignettes that lampoon everyday life on the frontier and in small towns. Individual items portray bungled schemes, animal mishaps, social embarrassments, and civic or courtroom absurdities presented with ironic twists. Many pieces are brief rhymes or tall tales while others develop longer humorous narratives, and most are paired with spirited drawings that amplify physical gags and visual punch lines. The overall tone is playful and satirical, aiming to amuse by exposing human foibles through slapstick situations and witty observation.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
 
Pictorial Title, iii
 
A Tight Place, 19
 
Starting Out, 23
 
A Little Mixed, 24
 
The Ex-veteran of Waterloo, 27
 
A Miner who will soon be Minus, 28
 
May and December, 30
 
Sam Patterson, 32
 
Premature Ascent, 37
 
Attempted Abduction of Sam’s Wife, 39
 
“Let Me Git Out,” 41
 
“Go in, Cripple,” 49
 
A Right Angled Try-ankle, 51
 
A Prey to Disease, 54
 
Bob Browser, 57
 
Old Hurley Welcomes Jim, 61
 
Old Hurley on the War Path, 65
 
A Happy Thought, 68
 
Advance of the Cripple Brigade, 71
 
“Pay in Advance, Sir,” 75
 
Emperor Nelson, of San Francisco, 77
 
Stranger Who Went Not In, 79
 
The Stranger Who Went In, 83
 
A Rear Attack, 87
 
Little Dog’s Leather Collar, 90
 
In the Morning, 93
 
In the Evening, 94
 
In Meditation, 98
 
Bob’s Attack, 101
 
Alas! Poor Frog, 102
 
April, 103
 
Sold, 104
 
The Horse-shoe Charm, 109
 
Repairs Needed, 113
 
The President of the Academy, 119
 
The Old Lady’s Ascent, 124
 
The Trying Moment, 129
 
Judge Perkins, 140
 
Bad for the Fruit Business, 143
 
Bow-legged Spinny, 146
 
Nip and Tuck, 151
 
More Light on the Subject, 154
 
The Chief, 158
 
Behind the Bars, 161
 
The Advocate, 163
 
Bill of Divorce, 167
 
Head of his Class, 169
 
Foot of her Class, 170
 
A Suitor Nonsuited, 172
 
A Rousing Event, 176
 
Slightly Embarrassing, 181
 
Badly Mixed, 182
 
The Economist Seeing Double, 186
 
Richard Roe, the Sardine Thief, 189
 
The Judge, 191
 
Neck to Neck, 199
 
Steam let On, 203
 
Blow me Up! 207
 
Business is Business, 213
 
Bill After his Glass Eye, 223
 
The Ministerial Looking Man, 227
 
Startling Disclosures, 234
 
Busting his Bugle, 244
 
The One-eyed Swede, 250
 
Needed Air, 254
 
The Best Shot, 258
 
The Ascent, 263
 
The Descent, 264
 
Going for the Doctor, 274
 
Hands Up and Heads Down, 279
 
Alas! Poor Doctor, 281
 
One of Heenan’s Mementoes, 292
 
A Scientific Opening, 294
 
An Object of Suspicion, 300
 
On a Raid, 304
 
The Glorious Fourth, 309
 
Arousing the Dog, 311
 
The Final Explosion, 312
 
Something New, 314
 
The Doctor’s Scourge, 318
 
Joe Grimsby, 322
 
Truth is Powerful, 328
 
Mr. Spudd, 331
 
The Old Interrogator, 332
 
Having a Quiet Time, 339
 
The Crone, 341
 
Attending to Business, 345
 
Partner Wanted, 347
 
The New Acquaintance, 353
 
A One-sided Operation, 357
 
Lively Work, 364
 
A Mosquito on the Scent, 368
 
To the Hilt in Blood, 371
 
The Orchestra, 374
 
Macbeth, 378
 
Othello, 379
 
A Startling Apparition, 383
 
Advance of the Expedition, 386
 
Boggs Retrieving his Game, 390
 
From a Painting by an Old Master, 392
 
Love’s Young Dream, 394
 
A Through Passenger, 397
 
The Signal Station, 400
 
Rather “Sloroppy,” 403
 
Sniffing the Battle from Afar, 404
 
Alighting Gracefully, 407
 
Revenge is Sweet, 411
 
The Exploring Party, 413
 
“Up he Comes,” 416
 
Unpromising Outlook, 418
 
No Collar, No Crumbs, 422
 
The Sexton, 429
 
The Clergyman in Limbo, 432
 
Sleepy Doby, 440
 
Opening his Heart, 444
 
Swearing to Get Even, 449
 
A Moving Scene, 457
 
Slipping Off the Mortal Coil, 458
 
The Last of his Race, 460
 
Abe Drake, 464
 
Kate Rykert, 466
 
Mrs. O’Laughlan, 472
 
Just as it Was, 473
 
Curing People’s Corns, 478
 
Bummers on the Raid, 484
 
A Drowsy Jury, 490
 
The Rocky Road to Masonry, 495
 
June, 497
 
The Fire Department, 506
 
Peering into the Depths, 508
 
Good-Bye, 509
 
Sketching from Nature, 510
 
So Sick! 511
 
At the Rail, 512