New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-02-15
cgarts and cJIirtiolis.

/ TYPES AND LAPsUs.-There is but little use il
| these days in noting typographical errors and cor
ruptons, unless tbe that the correcting of them ma,
exonerate the writer from the appearance of igno
rance or carelessness, or fix it on him wher
it belongs to him. To hope to get them avoided
would seem at present to be perfectly vain. An
other purpose may be served, however,--that Of
entertaining and sometimes instructng the reader
So many have come within the category of Facts
and Fictons during the past few days, that it
very likely it may not be thought inappropriate to
point out some of them. Nobody is exempt from
the freaks of the types, and everybody may there
fore find more or less interest in them.
Among the legislators there are at least two
gentlemen who have had good ground of complaint.
In vain was the name of one of them carefully writ
ten every day, Kayanagh as the Senator himself
claims to have it spelt; the knowing types Would
have 1t Kavanaugh-thoug why they should thus
tyrannically press the unfortunate Gu into this
unnecessary service it is difficult to understand.
Another Senator was not only compelled m one case
to lind himself transformed by the free and easy
types into French pocket, or Poche, instead of
Poche, but in another he is mythicaly metamor
phosed into French porch or Porche. This little
note may perhaps keep readers right as to the
matter, whatever the types may do.
Another error which occurred few DAYS since
was in the solution to an enigma published
by contemporary This is worthy of notice,
because precisely similar error occurred some
years ago in another contemporary 1t consists in
the assumption that ''Anana" is the name of
tropical fruit In the case last referred to- it was
broadly stated that it was the botanical name of
the Pine apple; !" whereas this really is "Ananas'
In the other case it Is not stated of what tropical
fruit ',Anana' is supposed to be the name and as
there is none so designated the question is whether
the writer fell into an old error or whether the
learned types changed sAnona,n which is the bot.
anlcal name OF the tropical fruits called "Sour-
sop,' "Chirimoia," Gas Granger writes it, etc.,
into "Anana."
Another case in which typographical havoc was
widespread on the same day was that in which
some poor blase individual was set all a
otaze, by some perfdious strategy and where
an unlucky French turkey was not only all but
made dandy of, by being transformed
from dtnde into dande; but was subjected
70 the further indignity of being dressed
with something unknown either to Soyer or to
ffancatelli. to Brillat Savarin or to DR.. Doran-
eaDses' to-wit. In old French, we are told, there
was word written trutes, which meant the same
as the Provincial French word tartoufes, the
modern French word t,esfes, and the English word
truhies," do; and out of one of these no doubt
the unheard of turkey dressing was concocted.
These bungles we're accompanied with Others not
necessary to specify, And perhaps this is enongb
for the present.
Especially may it be wise to avoid saving too
much on such subject; for who can tell what
vagaries may not be played by the types with
Facts and Fictions?
PATHOLOGICAL CuRIosIry.-While on the fore.
going subject, though it can scarcely be said to
have any connection with it, memory recalled
characteristic criticism with which famous ex-
Major General, beloved of New orleanans honor.
ID them during his magnificent sway over them.
He had a correspondence with the foreign consuls
iere, in which he undertook to teach them the
meaning of the word conceal" and gives the fol-
owing illustration: S@
If 1 am passing about and see thief picking |