Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-14

Nt@.asbesi errors, errors ia pun ctra.icn
ana composition, and typographical absurd
iiiss are OF such common occurrence in the
everyday literature Of the age "a TO excite
NJ eng In the readers mise except i
be one oi wonder al the carelessncss 81 the
printer, stupidity Of the proof reader, or
ignorance Of the writer. Tha more Chart
able, however, who IL degree have beer
initiated into the mysteries OF the ''art
preventative ofart," knowing the hundreds
Of metallic piccas gathered in the compost
tore stica fof the various parts ofhis mys-
FERROUS case, that 20 70 make up single
paragraph, 10 mindful Of the difficulties in
eident upon arr Indication, and regards
as . necessity what others look upon IS in
excusabls blundsrs. We promise these re-
marks In defence OF what follows, and at
onco give the readers o! the Gazette the
collection We have for several months been
gathering for this purpose from DOR various
exchanges. Erroneous in Construction,
and of such nature as AZ best 70 dsfy the
printers art, We nay urquesticnab'y get
dswn such is these:
A Connection. editor gives an ncc cunt Of
man wAo "blew tut his brains after bid.
ding his rifc goodby with a shot gun"
The iirst instance on record Of mans
Rising ZIP "a large family Of children BY
his widow, Is given in this obituary,
AIKEN from tho New York Rero,d. "Fhc
4 cersed married many ears ago, and sur
u'yed bis widow, by whem he had large
family Of children"
Aud. while upon so grave asulject, let
Us chfoaicle the affecting inscription gwen
by New York paper, IN a. recount II n
| tFpcr fo~apt'e y "a stF
village church yafd.'
erected II tic memory OF John Phillips
accidentally shot a. a mark OF affection by
his brother"
A Wisconsin paper, in Describing largo
farm advertised ia il columns for sale,
adds:
The surrounding conntr, is NEST beau
tilui also, two wagons and . yoke Of
steers"
A Caledonia paper. in an obituary Of
young lady who died lately, closed by say
lag:
"oae had an amiab'e temper, and was
uncsmmonly fond OF ice cream and other
dcicaces
The SAT- Luxe riiettc has the following !:
Corfection-lns,ead Of people all very
lousy in letter from Crystal Park, the
other day, read, people all very busy"
The strongest Gan has just been heard
from. He was ioctur;ng to female Assem-
bly a. the West, and "A editor thus de-
-riihes &c scens: "Threo thousand ladies
hanging on the lips 0. one man.'
Tie Idep-ndsnt. in sseakirg Of a new
seam brewery 10 the torn, remarks:
d" We are glad to see imported articles
manufactured at home AT greatly reduced
prices"
The Springfield Etpa5lican tells OF a
horse winch away in that city, throwing
the driver cut and cutting severe cash ia
enc Of his bind lers.''
The World SAYS HAT Ex Gov. Andrew
was born in 1918. previous to which event
he bad two strokes OF spoplexy, ono in
1854 and the othcr IN 1901
Tho classic london spectator makes d
cmigus slip wien il sl,ral.s Of Matilda
Crirrs, vh3 WIS stabbed BY lover +
h4m sa. hai bcrae cH;ld IN thirteen
~ ban tIAa sGp.s 4aysthat n
that es Al ira ~ f was arrested after
a hard ease
4 notice OF recent steamboat explosion
IN western paper ends as fellows: 4" TIE
c. tain swan ashore. 50 cid the chamber
uiaid, che wss assured fr $1,000, and
loeded with Ken.
political pareria &inrsso,a, il ad.er-
tisgE tie esejoa of rs candidate, saws
thet ~ standard bearer, Charles L. i an
drau, Las twice laid down his life 70 save
western Minnesota from being deYssta'cd
hy thc iadars
Hesa is s.il another from Wisconsin
- a AZ fff ~ ~ 1911 -,
Ecea csuntv. free hog 81 Mr. McCunc.
II Jencsyile. we're struck " iiyh.nrg On
Saturday nimh.." A new definition ccr
hshtning.
Not typographical, 1t is true, but nouc
tie less atnuaiug. are the following,
| An honest farmer writes 20 tho chairman
Of an agricultural society:
" Gsntlsmco, p!eazc put NJ do0n on your
| lis. # c-ttlo fcI a bail"
= mi efinieuden. Of police oBoc made N
NfN 70 a.sresis'c1, iram which tie fo'-
lse z is ~ taur,s.
4es pf!settf so rpcH ,ge. called mo sn
ass, precious deli, . scere-crow. "a 10 auu.-
tia, lae IDIOT IA Nj which ceIuly 10
o. + 70 enkinsos, wsilias Ga rec ~
\ hop &. safatoga says:
a very pretty giil passed ~ ~, Team
irs Ell tic arm OF Gentleman who was
crossed IN Sr1ss muslin ard pink rash =
That gen'iemsn must have been tho cool CT
iae event s.
tsfe4 costs tie sreeeh Of an Irish ~.
+. ta9eehs ilnt Ir@iand was over
taxtd:
Take ;oaih eli our inecac, sir Aye,
taas t'.eg do I'D tAcy'd taho tweutieth
| ii tssY dare4
IN Ap -esa lecturer Of nalo saiemulY
s.st oas evening. "Psien.s, ysu have
cAiidren q, y yeu have not, your laugh
| tiers mav have
| a western editor once wrote "A cor
respondent asks whether the battle Of Wa
! tsrloo occurred before or after tho Gem
ineUcsmcnt Of tho Christian era We sn
! swer i did
4 Those two obs CRYING men, one of whom
said 'lie had always noticed that, when he
lived through The month OF May, he lived
through tho year" and the other who said
AZ wedding, ale has remarked that more
yemen than men had been married that
year, wee neither q! ,hen lrishmtu
The Actual Escbs and tho Ep7 pen.