The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-02-17
Queer Thing. Done in ! ype

perating to authors. A single letter
10 often OF the greatest importance,
end n small mistake frequently
changes the whole effect Of an article
some very funny stories are told Of
ruishaps OF this character, and we
give below some Of the best:
An English paper once stated that
the Russian General Backinowaky
was found dead with "a long word in
Ills mouth" 1t should have been
.sword" In this case, however. the
printer could not have been blamed
Tor leaving out letter after setting
mp the Russian name correctly. Dur
Ing the Mexican war one OF the Eng.
lish newspapers hurriedly announced
mn important item OF news from Mex.
ico--that General Pillow and thirty.
seven men had been lost "in bot
tie" Where it should have read
"battle."
A lnd in printing office came mp.
on the name Of Hecste, occurring in
line like this:
:. Shall reign the Bec 10 cf tho deepest He'll.
The boy, thinking that he Ind dis
covered an error, ran TO the master
printer and inquired eagerly whether
there was an e in cat. "Why no. you
hlockhead,' was the reply. Away
went the hoy to the press and extact.
ed the Objectionable letter. But fan
~ the horlor al both poet and pub.
fisher when the poem appeared with
the lines:
sEai o gn the He cit OF the deepest Hell.
A newspaper some time ago grave
" informed its readers that rat
descending the river came in contact
with steamboat, with such serious
injury to the boat that great exert
ions wtre necessary to save it. II
was raft, aud not n rat, descending
tho river.
In the directions for conducting
the Catholic service in place in
France, a shocking blunder once oc.
CURED in printing caloiie c"l"tte.-
Now a colofte is an ecclesiastical cap
or mitre, while the caiDte means what
is known in the drawing. room Eng.
lish as q gentleman small clothes -
The sentence read, "Here the priest
will take Off his cuiottc.
LETTERS DRorrEp OUT-But let
the form of types be ever so correct
when sent to press, errors not unfre-
quently happen from the liability OF
the letters to drop out, when the form
has not been properly adjusted or
locked sufficiently tight. A printer
putting TO press form of the Com,
mon Prayer, the c in the following
passage dropped out unperceived by
him, ave shall all be changed in the
twinkling of an eye" When the
book appeared. to the horror of the
devout worshipper, the passage read;
1--WE shall all be hanged in the twink
ling of an eye"
A newspaper recently stated, in
report OF battle, that the conflict
was dieadful, and that the enemy
was repulsed with great laughter
(slauGhter,) A man was said once
to have been brought up to answer
the charge of having eaten (beaten) J
stage driver for demanding more
than his fare. The public were in
formed soma time ago that a man
was committed for having stolen q
small OK (box) from lady's work
bag. The stolen property was found
In his vest pocket. In an account of
Fourth of July dinner it was stated
that none of the poultry was eaten
except the owls (fowls.)
A "MAKE UP BLuNpER.-A laugh
able mistake is shown in the follow.
ing mixing of two articles--one con.
cerning preacher, the other about
the freaks of a mad dog--which oc,
Cured in hurried 'make up in a
printing office:
Rev. James Thompson, Rector OF
St Andrews Church, preached to q
large concourSe Of people on Sunday
last. This was his last sermon. In
a few weeks he will bid farewell to
his congregation, as his physician AL.
vises him TO cross tho Atlantic He
exhorted his brethren and slstcrG.
abts oitCI tiC vi u
prayer, took whim to cut up some
frantic feats. He run up Trinity
street TO the college.
AT this stage of the proceedings,
couple of hoys seized him and tied
a tin kettle TO his tail, and he again
started. A great crowd collected,
and for time there was a grand
ecene OF running and confusion. AT.
ter long race be was finally shot by
policeman.
1t has not been stated whethcs the
following item, which ia said to have
been printed once upon a time, was
tho result Of inebriety on the part of
the printer or reporter:
"HoRRiBLE CATAsTRopHE.-Yestcr.
day morning, at four o'clock p NJ. q
small man, named Jones or Smith,
with heel in the hole OF his trousers,
committed arsenic by swallowing a
dose OF suicide. The verdict of the
inquest, returned jury that the de.
ceased came to the fact in accordance
with his death. He left a child and
six small wives to lament the end of
his unfortunate loss. 'In death we
arc in the midst of life"
The people Of New York city, after
4 n 0aAl MANY cnmrlainfa owe. th N; a.