Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-03


Such the work The phantom flies.
Wrapped in battle clouds thst rise;
But the hero's dying eyes,
Yelled and visionary,
Sees the jasper gates swung wide,
Sees the parted throng outside
Hears a voice to those that ride
ssPsss in, Sanitary"
Tricks Of the LaHgnase--CuriOsities Of
PrIntIng--Queer Things Done in Type.
From the New York Evening Post.l
The mistakes Of printers are often very
funny to readers and very exasperating to
authors. A single letter is very sften Of
the gre sest importance, and q small mis-
take frequently changes the whole effect Of
an article. Some very funny stories are
told Of mishsps Of this character, and We
give below some Of the best;
An English paper once stated that the
Russian General Backinoff koWsky was
found dead with "s long word in his
mouth" !" II should have been ''sWord." In
this case, however, the printer could not
have been blamed for leaving out letter
after setting up the Russian nsmecorrectly.
During the Mexican war one Of the English
newspapers hurriedly announced an i'm
portsnt item Of news from Mexics-that
General Pillow and thirty y-seven Of his
men had been lost Hin bottle Itshould
have read "bsttle."
a lad in printing Office came upon
the name Of Hecste, occurring in line like
this;
"shall reign the Hecate of the deepest hell"
The boy, thinkinghe had discovered an
error, ran To the master printer and in
quired eagerly whether there was an in
cat. ''Wby, no, you blockhesd," was the
reply. Away went the boy to the press
room and extracted the Objectionable letter.
But fancy the horror of both poet and pub
Usher when the poem appeared with the
line:
"shslI reign the He CAT Of the deepest hell
A newspaper some time ago grsvely in
formed its readers that rat descending
the river came in contact with steamboat
with such serious injury to the boat that
great exertions were necessary to save il:
It was raft, and not rat, descending
the river.
In the directions for conducting the
Cetholic service in place Of ignorance, q
shocking blunder once occurred in print
lug "calotte,p i'culotte." Now 'calotte"
means what would be known IN drawing
room English as q gentlemsn's small
clothes. The sentence read, "Here the
priest will take of his culotte"
LETTERS DROPPED OUT.
But let form of type be ever SO correct
when sent to the press, errors not unfre-
quently happen from the liability Of let
ters to drop out when the form has not
been properly adjusted or locked suffi;i-
emily tight. A printer putting to press a
form Of the Common Prayer, the to" in
the following passage dropped cut unper-
ceived by him:
We shall all be changed in the twink
ling Of an eye"
When the book appeared, to the horror
Of the deVout worshiper the passage read:
"We shall all be hanged in the twink
ling Of an eye"
a newspaper recently stated, in a re-
port of battle, that the conflict was
dreadful, and that the enemy was repuls-
ed with great laughter (slaughter.)
A man was said once to have been
brought up TO answer the charge Of hav-
ing eaten (besten) q stage driver, for
having demanded more than his fare.
The public were informed some time ago
that q man was confined for having stolen
small OK (box) from 8 lsdy's work
bag. The stolen property was found in
bis vest pocket.
In an account of Fourth Of July din
ner ii was stated that none Of the poultry
was eaten except the owls (fOwls.)
"NAKE.UP" BLUHDER.
A lsughaE,e mistake is shown in the
following mixing Of two srticles-ene
concerning q preacher, and the other about
the freaks Of mad dog, which occurred in
g hurried "mske-up" in q printing office !:
"Rev. James Thompson, rector Of St.
Andrews church, preached TO large con-
course Of people on Sunday last. This was
his last sermon. In few weeks he will
bid farewell to his congregation, and his
physician advised him to cross the Allan
tic. He exhorted his brethren and sisters,
and after short prayer took q Thim 10
cut some frantic freaks. He ran up Timo-
thy street to the college. At this stage of
the proceedings, "a couple Of boys seized
him and tied tin kettle to his tail, and he
again started. A great crowd collected
and for 9 time there was grand scene Of
running and confusion. After long race
he Was finally shot by a policeman"
1t is not stated whether the following
item, which is said to have been printed
once upon g time, was the result Of inebri-
ETY. on the part Of the printer Of reporter
"HoERIBLE yesterday
morning, ct four o'clock ia the afternoon,
8 small man named either Jones or Smith,
with heel in the hole Of his trousers, com.
mitted arsenic by swallowing dose Of
suicide. The verdict of the INQUEST re-
turned jury that the deceased came Io
the fact in accordance with his death. He
left child and six small wives TO lament
the emo Of his unfortunate loss. In death
we are in the midst Of life"
TIE POWER OF COMMAS.
The following sentence from 3 recently
written novel, shows the Importance o.
punctuation:
"He enters on his head, his helmet OF
his feet, armed sandals upon his brow
there was cloud in his right hand, hi
faithful sword in his eye, sn angry glsr,
he sat down"
The Improvement Of the Ohio River.
convention for the improvement o
the Ohio River, held at Louisville ol
Thursday passed & series Of resolution
terminating with requirement that 81
appropriation Of ten millions be asked 0
the federal government for the improve
menL Of the Ohio, snd that the resolution
and memorials adopted by the convention
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