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Poetry · Chapter
Judge Geo. A. Cooke explained
A brief, humorous poem about Judge Geo.
What happens
A brief, humorous poem about Judge Geo. A. Cooke, a Chicago lawyer who enjoyed hunting raccoons along the Mississippi River until a bee, sharing a tree with a raccoon, stung him on the lip.
Themes in this chapter
Humor and Satire
The poem uses a lighthearted, rhyming anecdote about a judge's hunting mishap with a bee.
Characters to notice
- George K. Schmidt
The subject of the poem, a Chicago lawyer and judge who hunts coons.
Key passages
“The judge used to pack up his grip And hunt coons on the old Mississip’, Till one time a bee, Who shared the coon’s tree, Gave his honor a kiss on the lip.”
Judge Cooke would travel with his bag to hunt raccoons along the Mississippi, until a bee that lived in the same tree as a raccoon stung him on the lip.
Summarizes the entire poem's narrative.