Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-04-16
QUEER THINGS DONE IN TYPE


funny 10 readers and very sxsspsra.ing to
authors. A single letter is often Of the
greatest importance, and = small mis.sks
frequently changes the whole effect Of IN
article. Some very funny stories are told
Of mishaps Of this character, and ws give
below some Of The beGe.
An English pspsr sass saaasd that the
Russian General 1a111os4kswsky was
found dead With "awsga = his mouth. 4"
1t should have been "svsEl" In this case
however, the printer cosld set b blamed
for leaving out letter after setting sp the
Russian name correctly. During the Mex
lean war one Of the English uswspspsrs
hurridiy announced an item Of news from
Mexico-that Geo. Pillow and thirty seven
Of his men had been lost in bottle" It
should have read "battle.'
A lad 10 . printing Office came upon
the name Of Hecate, occurring 10 line
like this:
"shall reign the Hecate Of the deepest He'll"
The boy, thinking that he had found an
error. ran to the master printer and in
quired eagerly whether there was IN cat.
"Why, no, you blockhead," was the reply.
Away went the boy to the pressroom and
extracted the Objectionable letter. But
fancy the horror Of both poet and publisher
when the poem appeared with the line:
"shall reign the He cat Of the deepest He'll"
A newspaper some time ago gravely
informed its readers that rat descending
the river came in contact with steam boat,
with such serious injury, to the boa, that
great exertions were necessary to save it.
II Was . raft, and not . rat, descending
the river.
In the directions for conducting the
Catholic servics in . place in France, =
. shocking blunder once occurred in print.
ink eaiotte, culoste. Now . calotte il sn
ecclesiastical cap Or mitre, while calotte
means what wosld b ksown in drawing
room Eng'ish ~ . gentleman's small
clothes. The sentence read, "here the
priest will take of his eulotte."
LErrERs DRooPED oCr.-But let form
Of type Be ever 90 correct when sent to
the press, errors not unfrequently happen
from the liability Of letters to drop out,
when the form has not been adjusted Or
locked sufficiently tight. A printer pas.
ting to press form Of the Common Pray
er, the dropped out in the following pas
sage, unperceived BY him:
1--WE shall oil be changed in the twink
ling Of aneye." When the book appeared,
to the horror Of the devout worshi2per the
passage read, I've shall al be hanged in
the twinkling Of an eye"
A newspaper recently stated, in report
Of . battle, ths. the conflict was dreadful,
and that the enemy VA, repulssd with
great laughter (slaugh,er.) A man was
said once to have been brought up to An
swer the charge Of having eaten (beaten)
stage.driver for demanding more than
his fare. The public we're informed some
time ago that man Vas committed for
having stolen small OK (box) from =
ladys work bag. The stolen property was
found in his vest pocket In IN account
Of Fourth Of July dinner it vas stated
tha. none Of tho poultry Vas eaten except
the owls (fowls.)
a "AAKE Up" BLUnDER.-The follow.
ing mistake il shown il the following
mixed up Of two articlss-one concerning
. preacher, and the other about tho freaks
Of ssad dog-whieh occurred in bur.
ried make up" in printing Office:
Rev. James Thompson, rector Of St.
Andrews church, preached TO . large
concourss Of people On Sunday last. This
WAS his last sermon. In . few weeks be
will bid farewell to his congregation. ~
his physioian advises him to cross the At
lantic He exhortsd his brethren and
sisters, and after the conclusion Of ! short
prayer, took whim to cut mp some fran.
tic freaks. He ran up Timothy street to
the college. At this stage Of the proceed
ings couple Of boys siessd him and tied
> tin kettle to his tail, and be again started.
A great crowd collected, and for time
shsss was grand scene Of running and
cosfasion. After long racs b was 6n-
ally shot By policeman"
L i not statsj whether the following
item, which IL said TO have been printed
onoe upon time, Was the result Of inc.
bri.y on The part Of lhs printer or 70.
porter.
"HoRalBLs CATAsTRoraE.-Ye Yesterday
morning, q four o'clock, =. n, . small
man named Jones Or Smith, with . heel
in The hole Of bis trowsers. committed
arsenic b svallowing doss Of suicide.
The verdict Of Tho inquest returned ) jury