Saint Mary's beacon., 1873-09-18

TrpooRsriclL BGrSpERs Rs-Aeciients
are liable 10 happen. is Is said. even in the
best regulated families. But Of all lhlun-
ders, the mistakes Of newspapers are the
most ludicrous. and also the most assra-
vating The NEST common class Of errors
are those resulting from mistakes in pune
tua,ion or orthosraphy. Hardly newspa-
per iu the world, Of account, i there that
has not suffered in this way. aud, rs n
general thing, the most internal Ctc the
editor---bus funny to his readers) errors
are to be met rilh in cha most ipfiuensial
and best circulated papers. The fact Is
easily accounted fora great deal Of the
''aie matter of a morning edition finding
its rapid way into the columns witaou,
the knowledge Of that enemy Of black
smiths the .proof-reader.'
Persons unaccustomed to composition
frequently express themselves in language
which is liable to very absurd misappre-
bension. Thus, in situations wanted.
we read that respectable young woman.
wants washing The proprietor of bone
mill advortises that parties sending their
own bones to be ground will be attended
TO with fidelity and Dispatch A miller
attempted to testify to the merits of
powder destroying vermin BY saying =
Two weeks ago | was full Of rats, and
now haven't one.'
The following is correct cory Of \ note
Sent to Hon Bailey Peyton. of tennessee.
BY an ovcrscer on his plantation. some
years ago: Please send me pair of
trace chains, a new hatchet and two door
hinges-Janc had twins last msht-also
two pa1locks.
A most vilainous kind of newspape,
error is that which results occasionally
from mixing up Of two or more ar,i-
cles. While .benziuc' has something to
do with these mixtures sometimes. they
generally result from rapid making up
of forms in the mysterious midnight pre-
para,ion of daily morning paper. One
of the most aggravating OF the kind oc-
cured in Senator An,hony's fine newspa-
per. the Providence Daily Journal. in
1853. Of two articles which raised dread
full commotion the next day throughout the
State of Rhode Island and Provideuce
Plantations The articles mixed were
the announcement Of the departure for Eu-
rope of prominent pastor and the de-
scription of the peculiar movements Of
dog with tie hydrophobia. As Il appears
in :hc Joarndl:
The Rev. Mr. R, after many
years Of faithful servic, in the cause Of
Christ. will take his departure from us on
Tuesday. so as to take the Collins steam
er Ar;ic. which leaves New Yor,; on
Thursday Nr. R. has for n long
time been in i'll health. a fact which has
for some tine been painfully realized By
the members of his congregation. So
they resolved upon European trip for
their beloved pastor. and on Saturday
made him acquainted with the delightful
fact. Accompanying the report of the
committee vas nicely filed purse. which
was placed at the disposal of the pastor.
who. after thinking, made run down
South Main street rs far as Planet. then
up Plane, to Benefit street, where he was
caught BY some boys. who tied tin pan
to his tail. Away he went again up Ben
eft street, and down College, at the foot
of which he was sho, BY policeman
Many unpleasan, mistakes get into rews-
papers owing to bad manuscript This
has been particularly the case with the
New York Tribune in times gone by
Greelcy's manuscript was very bad. and
was called by his printers 'Eoran.' a
celebrated speech made by the lamented
Seward at Rochester, New York, in 1858,
and which has been generally known as his
'irrepressible conflict (spcech,) brought
ont the philosopher in an editorial headed
Seward, ". H. Imagine the rage OF
the editor the next morning. when he dis
covered his leader entitled Richard HI
and. upon reading down into his effort.
finding the quotation. IT'S true, It's
pity; and pity It's It's true rendered 'Tis
two. 'sis fifty. and it's fity-two' Upon
another occasion M. Greeley wrote.
Women row manage mos, of the public
libraries in Massachusetts, but the COM
posi,or got it. Women now worry mos:
of their puny babies by mastication.'
The subject is incxhaustible. 1t is easy
for the cap;ious reader to fnd fault, but
he has little idea of the patience. perpiex-
ity, labor. hea1work, and handiwork ne
cessary to prepare the sheet which will
perish before aightfall. 1t has been
likeucd in classical story to the stone of
Sys;phus and ths wheel of Ixion, while
the table of Tan,a!us might be added to
illustrate the fortunes of many as the pro-
missed cup of enjoyment never comes near
enough to be ta.,sd.-E1change.