The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-02-28
NeWsp Errors.

c amusement afforded by the ludicrous
graphical errors will be i~nexhaustible
printers are faliibie and editors write
abOminable indifference to legibility,
of the most astonishing blunders of
kind was committed some years ago in
dltOria in the Bulletin. The writer.
had cautioned his readers against
ting their pearls before swine" was
ed and grieved TO perceive that the
Positor had warned the public against
ting their pills before sunrise" This
corrected in the proof; but the reporter
declared of a certain new store that il
sixty fancy windows" was ever more
fnant than the store-keeper when he
In his paper the statement that the
llshme1t contained "sixty faded
ws." And then there was the poet, in
~, who sought to sOothe the wounded
lgs OF a bereavei family by publishing
local paper a poetical tribute to the
Esed daughter, Emily, in which he de-
I that we will hallow her grave with
ears" He was pursued next morning
mily's exasperated brother because the
ers insisted that "wc will harrow her
with III steers"
poets suffer most deeply. Nothirg
De worse. for Instance. than the
OF The bard who asserted, In his
that he 'kisSs her under the silent
. only TO lind that the cempositor COM
him to kick her under the cellar
:" A certain jenkins, also, was the
OF an aggravated assault, because
. IN MS report of a wedding, he de-
that the bride was ACCOMPANIED to
tar by eight bridesmaids" the types
1t that the bride was accompanied
E altar by tight bridesmaids" These
$ are peculiarly unpleasant when they
In remarks upon death ; as in the case
editor who, when writing a sympa-
paragraph, observed that Mr.. Smith
hardly bear the loss of his wife" only
that the printer had made it Mr..
could hardly bear such Il boss for a
n more deplorable is the injury done
journalist who complimented a GER
andidate with the observation that he
a noble Old burghcr. proudly loving
tive State" Imagine the indignation
e candidate and the horror of the
when the paper the next day con-
the assertion that the said burgher
a hobby old burglar, prowling around
aked state"
the printers do no. make all the mis-
We remember The laughter and
ent provoked by the sta ement of a
pcial reporter. who called the atten-
I the constable to the fact that Ion
y last some twelve OF thirteen men
ted in the hollow back of Thomas
hnis, and engaged in fighting during
hole morning" Mr.. McGinnins' back
have been uncommonly large.
hing the Franco-PruSsian wal a great
+ fun was poked at the New Jersey
who read in the cable dispatches that
inc has moved twenty kilometers. out
PtZ." He ~thereupon sat down and
an editorial in which he said he was de-
d to hear that the kilometers had been
led, and that the innocent people of
were endangered by the presence of
devilish engines of war-sleeping
volcano, as IL we're. And then he
B to describe some experiments made
fllometers in the Crimea, in which one
exploded and blew a irigate out of
tier.
|ther editor clipped from an exchange
ltuary poem. which he sent to the
kslng room with some Introductory
IS. He said: "We publish below a
ouching production from the pen of
=. 1t was written by her at the
bed of her sainted mother, and it
PWs with those expressions CT tilial
pm which are the natural Outgrowth
ire. untutored genius that has deveI-
beneath the sheltering influence of a
RS love. The reader will observe
Pch line glows with ardent affection
hder regret"
chow, in attaching this introduction
poem, the editor turned up the wrong
the clipping. and the consequences
at the editors lines led the reader
into an article upon Hog Cholera
nessee." 1t was rumorcd that the
es OF MISS M were seen prowling
the Office the next day, armed with
pms, but this has not been traced 10
liable authority.-Philadelphia BulLc-