, 1876-09-09
Iht A(artllcrn Star.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ., 1876
n. "a. W.

complaining Of typographical error. IN
, the STAR. requesting correction ut ,nc
following errors, which he alleges have
appeared among others in our columns,
and notifying Us that except We can give
him some assurance Of improvement he
prefers to cen.c contributing to our col.
unrls. The corrections specially re.
quc.tcd IRE g. follows;
FOR instance, instead of so to my
mind religion and superstition aie syn.
onomons terms. and if a constituent Gle.
ment OF our nature, so is ignorance; /;
for they arc always found together.
You make me- to say" so to my mind.
, religion aud superstition is n constituent
, element of our nature, so is ignorance,
, for they are always found together "
+ Instead oC.-"The individual at motu-
, rity," you make me to say" The indi'
vidual at maternity" Instead of" Re-
. demption and Improvement" you made
, inc say, -" Resumption and improve
mcnt." Instead Of" Prenatal exist
ence" you make me say" Parental
existence g., Sc
In answer to the above communication
we would say, that we cheeriully afford
space for the correction Of the above
, errors. FIJI. NJ. has written so much,
that we are not surprised he should
find at lenst that many in all the articles
he has written.
Of. II. N. well knows the circumstan'
, cps under which we carry IN the STAR;
the difficulties we have TO contend with
sc. We know we take as much pains
TO keep our paper free from typograph'
ical errors no any one on the Sound, and
believe it usually compares tavorably
with other journals.
We find no troubiein getting plenty
controversial articles, we'll written at
that in fact oitentimes they crowd out
matter of more importance from our col
umns while to get at facts illustrative
Of the real growth aud progress OF the
community we are compelled TO travel
and hunt up that information for our
selves. This necessarily fakes Us great
deal from our Office. In our absence we
are compelled to trust to the judgment
Of others. II L. II. NJ. and Others would
send Us more local and descriptive mat
Ter and fewer controversial articles, our
readers ould be better pleased, and we
could be at our office more of the time,
and personally supervise more Of the
work done. We know personally how
unpleasant it ia to have the effect OF care
fully written article spoiled by n miss
placed letter or word; we know, also,
how difficult it is to prevent such errors
taking place. Especially, how rare 1t is
in a newspaper Office to 6nd common
workmen, who viii work for common
wages, that have both the experience
and the peculiar tslents making them
perfect proof ofreaders. Men who have
heen years in the business occasionally
find or train such men, few offices pos
sess them. We know we have good men
in our employ, who try to do as we re-
quest them, yet We do not expect to
print faultless paper, but to continue
10 show gradual improvement typograph-
ically as we have in other respects. None
regret errors more than ourselves. VIXEN
present at our office we personally super
wise all matter going into the paper, read
proof etc, and take as much pains as the
means at our command will allow fol
elimination OF error.
J.. II. NJ. is strong writer of very
radical but peculiar style Of thought
having warm admirers, and severe crit.
les. For some time past he has had full
use of our columns to ventiIate his per.
sOnal opinions; others have replied,
causing the STAR to appear as journal
tavoring the most violent personal con-
troversy, rather than one devoted to
constructive work, such as developing
the local resources, and organizing and
educating the public thought OF our peo,
pie upon literary, scientific, moral and
socisI subjects, by making them better
acquainted with the resources found for
such progress at home.
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