The Hawaiian gazette., 1873-03-12
Have we a Pedngosue among us 2

Some years ago Yankee schoolmaster pub
lished IN New England an Arithmetic, Of which
be had so exalted an opinion that he offered one
thousand dollars for every error that might be
found in the book The late DIR. Bowditch, who.
as every one knows, was a most accurate math-
ematician, noticing the boast of the new literary
star, purchased a copy of the Arithmetic, and on
examination found in it $50 errors list Of which
be made out aud sent to the author, demanding
of him the sum of S55O,OOO for the errors pointed
out OF course he never received the reward /;
but the publication of the list of errors destroyed
the sale of the book and blasted the literary as
pirations of the Yankee schoolmaster, who was
compelled to return to his native hills and tend
his fathers focks.
The Nuhou of March makes bold to point
out some alleged errors in our paper, and offers
gratuitous lessons in grammar to the Ministers
and to the Editor of the GAZETTE. No persons
observe so quickly the typographical,
grammatical, and other-wbich creep into a
daily or weekly newspaper or realize so much
the difficulty of keeping them out of every issue,
as they who have for years had charge of news
papers, and been compelled to accept and publish
all kinds of manuscripts, made up often of the
most wretched spelling, grammar and punctua-
ton. Long years Of practice with such materials
often tend to blunt the critical perceptions of an
editor, and lead him to overlook and tolerate
errors in the ephemenl publications he has
charge of, which would be objectionable in more
important works.
When two or three issues of the N1altou had
appeared, critical printer remarked that be had
rarely seen paper in which the rules of punctua
ton were so barbarously mangled as in this semi
weekly Inclined to look charitably on the first
efforts of our brother-editor, we followed Bun
vans advice to his printer, and scattered commas,
seni-coons, and periods wherever needed, intend
ing on some convenient occasion to remind him
that a correct knowledge of punctuation is as
essential qualification for az editor.as knowl
edge Of grammar or spelling. But as he like
the Yankee schoolmaster, has thrown down the
gauntlet, and challenges criticism, perhaps the
more proper way to enlghten our critic will be
to point out some Of his own shortcomings. We
have glanced hastily over the four first issues,
and find in them some fifty errors, not counting
l'superauous or deficient punctuation points. We
append few:
The schooner Jennie her last trip from Koloa
those unenvable passages Of five days during which
they Of provisions and bore the pangs Of hunger for
thry-six hours Who what bore the pangs hunger
the schooner or the five dayss'
AT L Measure TO welcome any new industry IN onr
waning country, and especially such with organized
system" A word is wanting, such comes,' &C.
Tuesday afternoon horse carriage with little
fouryear old child therein esurey travelling Up Port
Street. and after going about block lOas starting
on when natives arrested IT. &C
In the item just old enough dange the rcgns s
feis any horse sOho had oas Reins sui-
GENTLY and that more correct.
These forced colOnist are coOnist It should be-
He swears colegiance the Constitution allegiance
"Bdtish bark LghtfoOt lies Tibbett's sorensOus
wharf" How did she get their wharf,
And possible he is going hOme Possibly is
rect
$50 possibly the Goddess Columbia if whilst own