Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-01-24
BIuaders aof Nrlttrs ana TypOs.


The amusement afforded by ludi-
erous typographical errors will be
inexh austible while printers are falli-
bic and editors write with sbOmina-
BILE Indifference to legibility. One of
the most astonishing blunders of this
kind was committed some years ago
in an editorial in the Bulletin. The
writer, who had cautioned his readers
against casting their pearls before
sGine,n was amazed and grieved TO
perceive that the compOsitor had
warned the public against ''carting
their pills before sunrise,' This was
corrected in the proof; but the rspOr-
Ter who declared of certain new
store that it had isixty fancy win
dows," was even more indignant than
the store-keeper when he saw in his
paper the statement that the establish
ment con ntained sixty faded widows. !"
And then there was the poet, in
Maney, who sought to seothe the
wounded feelings of a bereayed fan1i-
" by publishing in a local paper a
poetieal tribute to the deceased daugh-
ter, Emily, in which he declared that
I'VE viii hallow her grave with our
tears.t He was pursued next NOR
ming by Emily's exasperated brother
because the printers insisted that 1--WE
will harrow her grave EithOur steers. 4"
The poets suffer most deeply. Moth
ing could be worse, for instance, than
the misery of the bard who asserted
in his COPY that he .ikissed her under
the silent stars only to find that the
compositor compelled him to kick
her under the cellar stairs.n A certain
Jenkins, also, Was the victim of an
aggravated assault, booause when, in
his report of q wedding, he declared
that 1.-THE bride was accompanied to
the altar by eight bridesmaids" the
types made it that 1.-THE bride was ac-
companied to the altar by tight brides
maids.n These Lhidgs are peculiarly
unpleasant when they occur in re-
marks upon death , as in the case OF
the editor, who, while writing a SYM
pathetic paragraph, observed that
"AIr. Smith could hardly bear the loss
of his wife" only to find that the
printer had made it ''Mr.Smith could
hardly bear such boss Of wife"
But the printers do not make all
the mistakes. We remember the
laughter and comment provoked by
the statement of a provincial reporter,
who called the attention of the con-
stable 20 the fact that son Sunday
last some twenty or thirty men col
Lected in the hOtJoW back of Thomas
1fcGinnis, and engaged in fighting
during the whole morning. Mr.
McGinnis' back must have been ui-
commonly large. --s
During the Franco-Prussian warEa
great deal Of fun was pOked at New
Jersey editor who read in the cable
dispptches that "Bazaine has moved
twenty kilometres Oun of Metz he
thefeupol sat down and wrote an
editorial, in which he said he was de-
lighted to hear that all the Kilometres
had been removed, and that the iunO-
cent people Of Metz were no longer
endangered by the presence Of
those devilish engines OF war-sieep-
ing upon a volcaIa as it were. And
then he went on to describe some ex-
psFiments made with kilometres in
the Crimea, in which one of them
exploded and bleE frigate out fthe
water. eg --.z 4. ...r-... l,l..l i.
Another editor clipped from an ex-
change an obituary poem, which he
sent to the composing room with
some Introductory remarks He said !;
1--WE publish below q very touching
production from the pen Of Mis-.
It was written by her at the death.
bed of her sainted mother, and it over
flows with those expressions of flial
affection which are The natural out
growth of a pure, untutOred genius
that has developed beneath the shell
terinR influences of mothers love-
The reader will observe how each line
glows with ardent affection and ten
derest regret" - .
Somehow in attaching this intro
duction to the poem, the editor turned
up the wrong side of the clipping,
and the consequence was that the
editors lines led the reader gently
into an article upon Hog Cholera in
Tennessee. Tt was rumored that
the relatives OF Miss-- were seen
prowIing around the office the next
day, armed With shot-guns, but this
has not been traced to any reliable
authorItY.-4BHLetin, Philadelphia, Pa.
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