The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15
Tricks of the Language-Curiosities of
Printpg-Queer Things Done in Type.

Tricks of the Language-Curiositles Of
Printpg-Queer Things Done in Type.
The mistakes o. printers are often very
funny to readers and very exasperating to
authors. A single letter Is worry often OF
tho greatest Importance, and small mis-.
take frequently changes tho whole effect Of
an article. Some very funny stories are told
of mishaps of this character, and we give
below some Of the best:
An English pape. once stated that tho
Russian General Backinoffkow was
found dead with "a long word in his mouth"
1t should have been Sword" in bis case !;
however the printer could not have been
blamed after setting up the Bussian uame
correctly During the Mexican war one of
the English papers burriedly announced an
important itom of news from Mexico-.that
General Pillow and thirty seven of bis mon
had been lost "in battle" 1t should have
read "battle."
: A lad in printing Office came upon tho
name Of Hecato, occurring in o line like
this:
bhaii iciBh Nbe liOCuNc u tue uttpest HcI.
The boy thinking he had discovered an
error, ran to tho master printer, and in.
quired eagerly whetbor thoro was an o in
cat "Wby no, you blockhead," was the
rorly. Away went the boy to tho press room
5 and extracted the Objectionable letter. But
I fancy the horror of both poet and publisher
: when the poem appeared with the limo:
7 "Shal reign the liz CAT Of the deepest hell"
= newspaper some time ago graYely in.
formed its readers that q rat descending the
: river came 10 contact with steamboat with
: such serious injury to the boat that great
, exortions were necessary to save it. 1t was
a raft, and not q rat. descending the river
In the directions for conducting the
Catholic service in place of ignorance, a
shocking blunder in printing "calotte, -
i "culot,e." Now a "c,lotte' means what
N would DO known in drawing room English
10 as a geutemou's small clothes. The son.
It tence read, "nere the Priest will take bis
A. culotte."
N LETTERS DRoPPeD OUT.
IS. But le, a form Of type DO ever 30 perfect
n when sent to the press, errors not unfre.
lis quen,ly happen, from tho liability Of letters
x. TO drop out whom tho form has not been
i'd properly adjusted or locked sufficiently
n. tight. a printer putting to press form OF
10 the Common Prayer, the &C" in the follow
80 y ing passage dropped ou: unperceivod by
20 him;
to I'VE shall oil DO changed in the twlnkliug
of en- eye"
f Whom the book appeared. to the horror
Il of tho dovout worshiper, the passage read
-, "We shall oil be hanged in the twinklinI
~ of au oye."
at A newspaper stated, 10 o report of bat
O. tie, that the conflict was dreadful, and tn,
w enemy was repulsod with great laughter
.. (sIaughter)
10 man was said once to have been brough
e. up to answer charge tor having eater
oy (beaten) a stage drivor for having demanded
,ir more than his fare.
Tho public was informed some time agc
~ that man was confined for having stolen
a. small OK (box) from q ladys work. k.bag.-
The stolen property was found in his yes
at pocket.
- In an accoun. of q. Fourth of July dinner
~ it was stated that ntao of the poultry wa
is eaten except the owls (fows.)
iis snake UP" DLUNpER.
q A laughable mistake is shown in the fol
cts lowing mixture of two artcles-one cor
,r. corning "a preacher and the other about th
49, freaks of a mad dog, which occurred in
''' hurried "nake up" in printing office:
49, REV. James ThOnpson, rector of 81
,y- Andrews church, preached to large con
cal course of people on Sunday last. This wa
his last sermon. In fow weeks he will bi,
farewell to his congregation, and his physi
OF clan advised him to cross tho Atlantic. II
exhorted bis brethren and sisters, and afte
u short pray or, took q whim to cut SOM
frantic freaks. Ho ran up Timothy stree
al to the college. AT this stage of the pro
y" ceedings, couple of boys seized him ant
aii tied tin kettle to his tail. and be agair
on started. great crowd collected, and fo
all time there was grand scene of running
an and confusion. After long race he wal
- finally shot by policeman"
nu 1t is not stated whether tho following
ith item, which is said to have been printed
er. once upon time, was the result OF inebriet,
an on the part of the printer or reporter:
HORRIBLE ATAsTRoPHE.-Yes Yes,erda,
1iy morning at four o'clock in the afternoon,
70. small man named either Jones or Smith
of with heel in the hole of his trowseEs, com
-, milteG arsenic by swallowing dose of sui
''' eide. Tho verdict of the inquest returned
IN a Jury that the deceased came to the fac
Eat in accordance with bis death. He left
los child and six small wives to lament his un
ise fortunate loss. Iu death we are in tho mids
of life."
THE POWER OF COMMAS
'u' The following sentence from a recent,
ms written novel, shows the Importance o
an punctuation:
IL "He enters on his head. his helmot OF
=, his foot, armed Sandels upon his brow
'a there was a cloud in his right hand, his faith
eir fu sword in his eye, an angry glare he sa
lv- down."-.Nep York Erening Post.
a. Torpedoes in War.
% ';a The sinking of the Housatonic by
''n torpedo, in Charlston harbor, is the oni!
F'd successful instance of the kind during tn,
ies war, though severa! vessels made marrow