Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-23
Pr1uters' Blun(IerS.

pate from the typo composing room aye intense
~ ludicrOus, yet, as rule. they are rather pro-
duci9o of mertiment than OF mischief. The
casual reader osn however, but i,inily realize
he mcn:al agoly inh:oled by these fantastic
srlcks upon the uut0rtuoale author whose
orIs hes. gems of thought aud sentiment have
been destroYsd; or upon the public speaker,
Tho hads that bis orsil0n, as presented 20 the
world. Obtains expressions w0ich he uid NOT
use and never would have used. The author,
1t may harpeu, IS probably as much 70 b. N, ss
the couposltor.as his nanusor,pt may baVo been
lllegole. lrcjmpleta or inaccurate. The ,us-
orlty If Sri.ers for the Dre s. lsava far 100 nanu
70 the printer. not only % the matter Of &C.
ciphaupg their sorawog 1aligraphy, but 10
pLacusuon ard various otbor ninor but easen
iIal dotails. Yet, on tho other hand, there is
90 absolute safeguard against being vicimiz d.
for tho mcst legiCle manuscript, even print it,
solf, may be buugled by carelessncss or stupid.
ty 10 t5e composing room.
Tho perversl!y o! pslnt,rs is tsn,aEtzing 10
tho extreme. They frequently take il upon
themselves 10 alter and amend what thew, ia
\ their vision, suppose to be wrong, while il is
really perfectly correct; aud thoy as often sd.
here pcr5itLently to the manuscript, when it
| might be apparent to the meanest intelligence
| that Wore mad been omitted. or thai, from
| SOHO other csuso, tue sentence is impcltrct o,
erronoous. Or they msy substitute one ward
Tor another, making uttec poosense OF lie co.,
tex. For iustaucc. a couposltor puu 10 the
mouth of one Of Mr.. Glsdstone's most ardent
admirers tce statements that the righ honorable
gentleman was "the spout Of the Liberal
| psrty," whom "sprlL' Vas tho term employed.
The omission or addition Of single letter, or
the substitution OF q wrong oue, sometimes pro.
| Guc9s the most oomics results A glowing
writer ia nasdo 20 speak of certain Of the works
OF nature ss silent preachers Of imuicr.llty"
! llmmortsItyl Ii is rather imposing on the
crenutity OF the public TO state lhnt ~ water.
man rowing by at the time of the occarapoe wss
| koockcd doWn, and one of his ears IoarsI was
| Carried 81 least thirty yards away" and il seems
| sn urgenerous reflection upon the bravery Of
! The Pdru7iaus to say that they 'cXruced tn &C
| com pllsh great things with their feet" HselJ.
| Still more uDklud was it to describe the table
| Decorations al R recsnt fashionable Wedding as
bsirg composed OF pot.house. inslead of ho,-
house, foVora. A SCOTCH evening" paper Gun.
graduated gatdeoer not long sEo on havlug, at
local horticultural show, produce the '.iesl
Blk :Igonelle pears fit for The stable" lallsl |.
What sort Of biblical education had the
campcsitor received who was responsible for the
following: IF they are true men they would
refuse to sell their brhright fer a mess Of DOS.
tags." And what is to be thought Of tho pro-
tsue Individual, WHO, in setting up The verdict,
''diad b. tho visitation OF God" altered the
fourth word to hesitatiou2
There ls funny sketch by Max Adcler, In
which he describes au interview botwoen the
editor OF newspaper and an outraged poet.
who has come to comp!siu Of tho publication of
] rIh Lad q
Sorrow" 10 which the ue
Take away the juggling money; il is only slit
| teiiog dross,
L. rendered:
Take away The iseriug monkey on sorsly elan.
| dsred hIss.
| Aud 10 soothor verse the words:
am weary OF The tossing Of the ocean as it
! hesves.
! Aas bios ;omed iotc:
l sm wearing out my lrou.ers till they're open
at the knees.
a Neste' ncWspaI eT reporting the annual
meeting Of the Glasgow Masernll" Hnsp,,sI,
announced the other day That the c6.lutsu
burned alive il the hospital during the year
mum berod TWO hundred ard twenty three, AID
at their own homes nioe hundred and slytesu,
cd" should read "Doro." Serious couseu aen.
Cas- might have resulted from tho stsietlenl
which appeared in an ciitorel artisle, 10 ,ne
effect that oertalo eminent aatear,Sn WAS
very fJnd OF his oDiuu," had il uuL been ys>
isfaetoSliy czplaioc1 inst the editor w:o,e
"opioion."
Careless wsitiny, viii, imperfsc;lY fo. hieL
isuers and sReneral sppearsnue OF ''.s.' and
haste, Is as frequently tho oauso OF suoh b uu-
de:s as the s'uoldlt7 Of The printer.
| Transposlilons of Ices aut words i, ais, =
frequent source OF bIandr-s which in su,n
cssts afe mainly due 10 the caDpositur. Dur
tug an epldeulc 10 q o6uotiy lawn m 'Sem Ian,l
threa Or four ch!ldion 'ird in nne wcek Anon,
toe samo tlue, ,hero ,c,urred = marriage oi
,loe distinction 10 iha district, unlrca, ~ I,"t;'
events duly app 'HIins in the looA NAPIER Du
tbo tftona5 0i the m.rileu palr .sn.r s.ArtNrej
20 read, after the erume.a>lun ot TIC ,,ae- OF
:hr officiating olereynen and linre ut iii. happy
9rido anu bridegroom and leir relations, tbr
4tartlag announcement laat ".hss wrrs MI in
terred yesterday in tho cen,etcry." +, ,u!ned
uui, on explanation bticg required, .ha, tresa
sords should havs been sprrndc1 10 tie 90.
tice o; tha desh o. !hc children sUvve uen
! iionej; bat he ootnpos,.n,. in u,omeut oi
stupidity Gr fnrpe,fIlness. sad placed lien
instead af,cr !he notice OF the fashionable red
ding.
Were even the most carefully conducted
newspaper 10 present its readers. ssy ooco
, nonth, With rec)rd Of all the typogrsDhlc.
errata which creep into liz columns. the lis
. would probably prove ono of the most interest
ing features OF the publication. Yer, after all
considering the great rapidly with witch tht
daily jouroal is composed and printed, tbt
E wonder is, pot that Lllstak.s olcur. but tbs
5 they arc SO conpsrs.i7ely rare. Cor argcs
daily papers hsv, literary 1natter iu them eaus
+ 90 doublo what is comprised in an ordicar,
h.ee voluma novel; and when IL Is remember
| ed that The greater portion OF this matter hs
| 10 be rus in type in l=ss than iwsnty-fou
hours. it IS little shpr! 4 marvellous that suci
2 area, accuracy is s,taiu.d. The daily nows
paper may justly be regarded as one OF th'
most striking illustrations o. what csn be &C
compli.hed, when the pressure OF time demsnd
l.. by humao ins, naisy aod orgauizatiou.-N
). 7. Ne,cs.
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