National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-12
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PRINTERs. BLUNDERa

TOMS hing amount Of blunders from one wear,
end to another. II is true that the manuscript
they haI'e to set from are often written 30 q
legbly tbs the writer's would be scarcely Adj,
to read then&s But, while this is the case. It Z
equally true that wildly nonsensical hasa Z
sometimes procdeed from very plain and easiI,
read ''eopy."
The types, too, have SECURED the habit al
| making very ridiculous Hunders entfrelyon
their own account. AS, for Instance, the other
day they jugRled about until they got 80 Ar
] ranged that the ReY@Ar. MHEray, Of Boston,
! although famous for Bis love Of horses, was
credited with having made pointed reference
/ TO SIhem asses of the people" This freak
must have been particularly dIsagreeabIe to
the reverend gentleman, considering that the
I address from which the passage Quoted was
/ taken was delivered before me Congregational
| eonveRstO1 at New Haven, Il seems hardly
necessary 10 explain that Mr -MurTy's refer
/ enee was 70 'fthe masses Of the people,
The shifting Of q space may make. . very
/ great diffsFGnee In the meaning Of serteacs.
4 Such was the case when country editor tried
/ to infern his readers that Gen-B:F. B6tler1s
! son-in-laW was "Ames, of Mississippi" The
types became Febellious and made the poor
son-in-law "a mes Of AlississippfY General
Ames was probEbly no more troubled at the
/ liberty taken With his name than Was-COloneI
| Thomas Scott when the Pittsburgh Paper said
I that the chair at the meeting of the directors
OF the Pennsylvania railroad was occupied BY
'Col. Thomas Scott"
If Mr.. John. 6. Whittier ever saw thenevs-
paper that pepRblished his beautifCf pOem.
''Brewing Of Soma, p under the more STARTLING
| title "Burning Of Laura" it Is doubtful
whether he would EOt have torn leaf out Of
q valuable book, or done some unheard-oE-
thing to mark his disgust. The writer oE an
article entitled |SoBe Spots, - who should find
- h
Sports" would possibly be more inclined to
laugh than swear, or destroy,
Mr.. Tissington,- of the Union Square thea
tire, once did himself so much credit in the
preparation Of music for a new piece that
certain dramatic critic thought It but simple
justice to give few lines Of praise In the
small hours Of the night he wrote: ga word
word Of compliment to Mr.. Tssington for the
abundance Of music prepared by him viii close
our review Of the-drama." The next morning.
instead 'of q word Of compliment" Mr.. Is
sington received ga word of complaint" The
feelings Of the gentleman, under the circum-
stances, can as we'll be imagined as described
The writer of one Of the obituary notices Of
Paez, the South American hberator who died
in this city in 1885, must be one Of the numer-
GUS class who make very bad ''eopy," or his
reference to the "heroes of the war Of Hbera-
ton" would never have been made to read the
"horrOEs of the war;" sc. His opinion that
I
| "purest" of his class, was changed By the
| types so as to read that be was one Of tho
| ''poorest" Of his class. Errors of this kind
are not of the character that produce laughter.
! They more often produce tears. What may
/ seem trifiing blunder TO the casual observer
sometimes, as the reporter would say, causes
ga great deal of excitement" Here Is q case
in point: During the sessions Of the EVangel-
ical Alliance in this city, last October, writer
in explaining the nature Of the alliance said:
SIT is an alliance offensive and defensive
against two enemies, which, strange to say,
are themselves at open and deadly warfare.
The cause of evangelical religion, 10 use the
term accepted by the alliance, is thought to Be
In peril on the one side from ultramontans
Papistry, and on the other from scientific inf
deity" The types made him say: HOn the
one side from ultramsntane Papistry, and on
the other from Satanic in4delity." Just enough
difference to make inhdels furious, If not Sa-
tanic.
The printers come in for q good many hard
knocks when they do not deserve them, as II
this case "The Harlem boiler explosion, bT
which seven persons lost their lives, VIII be
before the grand jury Tomorrow The writer
never meant to be understood as giving notes
that the explosion was to be before the grand
jury, and he expected that those who read his
paragraph would have sense enough to under
stand as much. OF piece with the foregoing
was the notification that AIRS. Vanderpoel
lectures tonight on How Women Live In Rob
inson Hall, East Sixteenth street, I" and the
announcement that ''Peter Mailman was
hanged this morning for the murder Of his
wife in the presence Of 5000 people" and,
finally, Orchard Beveridge since he has been
District Attorney has convicted sixteen muir
derers and hanged them all" 1t Is unfair to
the printer to write o sentence that VIA be
ridiculous without commas.
The Dunkers Of the West, who held their
last annual convention at Girard, NJ, but for
the large amount Of Christian charity that
they are known to possess, would have been
very much disguised at the way IN which the
types dealt with them. The Dunkers are Ger
man Baptists. They were originally Presbyte-
rians, but left that Church in 170S They ara
exceedingly temperate, and in their love -feasts
wash each others feet and bestow the kiss OF
charity. In matters of speech they are as plain
as Quakers. They viii not 90 to law, neithes
will they take interest for money loaned their
poorer brethren. They neither vote nor take
any part in political affairs. Being opposed TO
war, they refuse to serve as soldiers. They
appoint their spiritual teachers and bishops
from among the most worthy, and, in short,
are in every respect model people. So much
of their history is recorded here in order that
it may be better understood how singularly in
applicable was the name Of 'tdrunkards,"
which the types gave them: "A Drunkards'
Convention-150, geo Persons Represented
The Ceremonies and the Exercises"
Mr.. John G.. Whittier's experience with the
types has been sufficiently varied to bear
another reference. In his tribute to the late
Senator Sumner:
"No trumpet sounded in his ear
He saw not Sinars cloud and flame;
But never yet to Hebrew seer
A clearer voice Of duty came
1t was printed
He saw hot Sinsi's cloud and fame"
A discussion having arisen in regard to the
matter, Mr.. Whittier put an end to 1t With the
following letter to the Albany ErssiHg jour-
nal:
DEAR FRIEND: | am not unused 70 the mis-
chieyous tricks of the type metal, which so
strongly Illustrate the innate depravity Of
things. wrote ''not" in the verse referred to-
saw the blunder, but did not deem il Of sum
eient consequence to correct it. think the
Journal made out very fair case for the types
in their new reading, but, on the whole, pre-
fer my own version. Very truly thy friend,
JOIN G. WHITTER.
''This age is full Of lcarniRgs to the ambi-
tious and consolation to the obscure, wrote
Maeaulay. The types ehangedit 50 ssto read
'sIhis age is full Of mornings to the ambitious
anu desolatioR to the drear."
Author. "How charming to be on the shores
Of old ocean and gaze on his innaaRsrabls
smile.h
Types. HHow charming to be on the stones
of old ocean and gaze on bis memorable smile-''
1t is not of much consequence to a steamship
company to say that its stranded vessel has
been Standard but It is something to an
actor who IS anxious to have q s'good notice.
of his first nights performance, not to have e
said Instead Of 'ishriekiRg and moaning that
the people smiled or moaned all through the
shuddering scenes which he depicted. And
what could be more discouraging 70 a "rising
Young actor than to say that "his hose Wers
as drdPely as any We have seen for many q
daya'
In an address at Boston during the cam
paign of 1867, Gen. Butler asked the voters to
give good account of themselves "for the
honor Of the cod Bay Stats.r The types
made it "for the honor OF the Old Boys Tdil.i'
But Gen. Butler, as everybody knows, is not
sensitive, and never thought it worth while 70
have the error corrected. The case was very
different when popular Baptist clergyman in
Chicago was reported by the types to have
exhoTted his congregation to stall and pray
for that glad hour when the UiadOws Of the
world shall become the hinge doors of Christs''
whereas, IN simple truth, be but asked that
his hearers should ''toif and pray for that glad
hour when the Kingdoms of this world shall
become the kingdonls of Christi Tie worst
of it was that the sermon was set up from his
own manuscript.
A printer, who asserted that Mr.. Thurlow