The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-28

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The mistakes Of printers are oftap veg
funny to readers and very 'sxaspenuse
20 authors. A single letter u ca.ea q
the greatest importance, and small ms.
take frequently changes The whole snses
Of an article. Some very fanny stories
are told of the misbaps Of this character
sod We give below some Of the best
4. F,o,;.h r.per once stated that the
Russian General Backinowsky was f,uno
dead with 90 long word 10 ms
mouth" 1t should have been "sworo;
T. this case. however, the printer could
not have been blamed for leaving out .
latter after setting up the Russian name
correctly. ~.
During the Mexican war one Of the
English newspapers hurriedly announced
an important item from Mexico Ina.
Gen. Pillow, aud thirty seven men had
been lost Gin bottle 1t Should have
read '.bsttle."
A lad 10 printing Office came upon
the name Of Hecate, occurring in line
like this
Shall reign the Hecste of the deepest
He'll. :,
The boy, thinking be had discovered
an error, ran to the master printer and
INQUIRED eagerly whether there was an {
in cat. "Why, no, you blockhesd, was
the reply. Away went the boy to the
press room and extracted the objection
able letter. But fancy the horror OF both
poet and publisher when the poem ap-
peared with the line
Shall reign the He Car Of the deepest
He'll.
A newspaper some time ago graveiy
informed its readers that rat descending
the river came in contact with steam
boat with such serious injury to the boat
that great exertions were necessary t
save it, 1t was raft, and not rat
descending the river.
In the directions for conduct ny tn
Catholic service in place in France,
shocking bunder once occurred in print
ing 'calotte, culotte.' Now aotte' i
an ecclesiastical cap of mtre, while ecu
lotte means what would be known 10 tn
drawing room English as gentleman
small clothes. The sentence read, "Her
the priest will take off his 'culotte.
LETTERS DROPPED OUT.-But let
form of type be ever SO correct when sen
to the press errors not unfrequently hap
pen from liability of the letters to dro]
cut, when the form has not been proper
ly adjusted, or locked sufficiently tigh,
Putting to press form of the Common
Prayer, the &C. in the following passag4
dropped out unperceived. 1--WE shall
all be changed in the twinklng o
an eye." When the book appeared, t,
the horror of the devout worshipper, the
passage read: eve shall be hanged i,
the twinkling of an eye"
A newspaper recently stated, in re
port G a battle, that the conflict wa
dreadful, and that the enemy was repuls
ed with great laughter (slaughter.) A
man vas said once to have been brough
up to answer the charge of having eater
(beaten) a stage driver for demandins
more than bis fare. The public Is ere in
formeo soue time ago that man wa
committed for having stolen small OF
(box) IRON lady's work-bag. The sto
len property was found 10 his vest pocket
In an account of 4th of July dinner i
was stated that none of the poultry wa.
eaten except the owls (fowls.)
A "MAKE UP" BLUNDER.-A laugh
able mistake is shown in the following
mixing OF two ariicles-one concerning
preacher, the other about the freaks of ,
mad dog-which occurred in hurried
make up" in printing Office:
"Rev. James Thompson, Rector of s.
Andrews Church, preached to larg,
concourse Of people on Sunday last. Thi
was his last sermon. In few weeks hs
will bid farewell to his congregation, a.
his physician advises him to cross the At
lantic. He exhorted his brethren and
sisters, and, after conclusion of a short
prayer, took whim to cut up some fran
TIC feats. Tie ran up Trinity street to
the college. AT this stage of the proceed.
ings couple of boys seized him and tied
TIN kettle 10 his tail, and he again start.
ed. A great crowd collected and, for q
time, there was grand scene of running
and confusion. After long race he wal
finally shot by policeman. -
IT'S not stated whether the foil owing
item, which is said to have been printed
once upon time, was tie result of inc
briefly on the part Of the printer or re-.
porter:
n ohRiBLs CArAsrRornG.-Yesterday
morning, at tour O'Clock p. M, small
man named Jones or Smith, with heel
in the hole OF bis trowsers, committed ar.
s m py swallowing dose of suicide.
The verdict of the inquest retur ned .
jury that the deceased came to the fact in
accordance with his death. He left child
and six small wives to lament the end o,
mis- unfortunate loss. In death we are in
the midst Of life.''