Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-03-25
Queer Things Done in Type.

The mistakes of printers are often yer!
funny to readers, and e1ssperating to au
shors. A single letter is often Of th
greatest importance, aud a small mistak
frequently changes the whole effect Of al
article. Some very funny stories are tolt
of mishsps of this character, and We Civ
below some of the best.
An English paper once stated that tn
Russian Gen. Backinoffkowsky was founC
dead with ga long word in his mouth ,
1t should have been "sword." In thi
case, however, the printer could not havt
been blamed for leaving ou, letter aftel
setting up the Russian name correctly
During the Mexican war one Of the Eng
glish newspapers hurriedly announced al
important item Of news from Mexico
that Gen. Pillow and thirty seven of bis
men had been lost Sin bottle" Il
should have read battle"
A lad in a printing office came upon the
name of Hecate, occurring in line like
this ,:
shall reign the fec,,e of the deepest Hell.'
The boy thinking he had discovered an
error, ran to the master printer and iuqli-
red eagerly whether there was ar in cat.
"Why DO, no, you blockhead," was the
reply. Away went the boy to the press
room and extracted the Objectionable let.
ter. Bat fancy the horror of both poet
and publisher when the poem appeared
with the line:
"shalI reign the lie Cat of the deepest He'll"
A newspaper some time ago gravely
Informed 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 it.
1t was o raft and not rat, descending the
river.
LETTERS DROPPED OUT.
Bot let form of type be ever so cor
rect when sent to the press, errors not uu-
frequently happen from the liability of
letters to drop oat, when the form has not
been properly adjusted or locked sufficient
ly tight. a printer putting to press
form of the Common Prayer, the in the
following passage dropped out uDperceived
by him ave shall all be changed in the
twinklipg Of an eye" When the book
appeared, TO the horror Of the devout wor-
shipper, the passagc read l.: awe shall ali
be aanged in the twiukling of an eye"
Anewspaper recently stated, in a report
of battle, that the coIfict was dreadful,
and that the enemy was rcpulsed with |
great laughter fslsugh'er) A man was
said ouce to have been brought up to an
swer the charge of having eaten (beateu)
stage driver for demanding more than
ais fare. The public were informed, some
time ago, that a man was committed for
having stolen small OK (box) from a
iady's work bag. The stolen property
was found in his vest pocaet. In an ac-
count OF Fourth Of July dinner i, was
stated that none Of the poultry was eaten
except the owls fowls,
A'MAKE UP DLUNDER.
A laugbable mistake is shown 10 the
following mixture Of two srticles-one
concerning preacher, the other about the
freaks Of mad dog-Which occurred i'll a
hurried make up in printing Office:
"Rev. james Thompson, rector of St.
Andrews church, preached to large con.
course Of PeeFle on Sunday last. This
was bis last sermon. 10 few weeks he
will bid farewell to hi; congregation, as
kis physician advises him TO cross the
Atlantic. lie exhorted bis brethren and
sisters, and after the conclusion of short
prayer, took whlm to cut up some fran
lie freaks. He ran up Timothy stree, to
the college. st this stage of proceedings
couple Of boys seized him aud tied tin
kettle to bis tail, and he again started
A great crowd collected, and for q time
there WAS grand scene of running and
confusion. After long race be was
fually shot by policeman"
1t is no. stated whether the following
item, which is said to have been printed
once upon time, was the result Of inebri-
city Oh the part Of the printer OF reporter:
"Aor,'Jle Catastrophc-Yestcrda
morning, at four o'clock Z. NJ, a small
man named Jones or Smith, with heel ib
the hole of his trowsers, committed arsenic
by swallowing a dose of suicide. The
verdict Of the iuquest returned a jury that
the deceased came to the fact in accor-
dance with his death. He left a child
and six small wives to lament the end Of
his unfortunate loss. In death We are in
the midst of life"
TIE POWER OF COMMAS.
In the Priory of Hammessa there dwell.
o prior who was very liberal, ard who
caused these lines to be written over his
door:
-Re open erermore, o, thou my door,