New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-09
ERRORS OF THE PRESS
How Newspaper Foreman Enlightened
the Professor.

Professor Hindersey, has given up.
the idea of publishing reform news
paper, and has returned:t to the college.
work Of teaching the language to young
men who contemplate journalism. The
professor newspaper experience was
not pleasant and he only issued one
edition of the Weekly Iliad. He took
the proof sheets, after his elaborate ar
ticle had been. set up, and read them
carefully. He did not demand ..re-
wise, and of course the foreman did
not insist upon the extra precaution.
When the paper came out, the profess
sor discovered with horror that he had
been made to use many expressions not
at all consistent with grammar. In a
rage he called the foreman.
'sLook here!" he exclaimed. s.You
make me say, have took and had
saw I marked all of these errors and
told you to see that they were cor
rected.''
The foreman looked at the paper for
a moment and replied:
lit is enough to make a man swear"
1T is enough to make an angel
swear!' snorted the professor.
'.l'd sue EN- unused the foreman,
much concerned and deeply grieved.
''Sue whom?'
.'The parties that sold you the press"
''What have they to do with it?''
''Why, sir, they sold you an incorrect
press. No matter how your paper is
set up, it's correctness depends on the
way the press makes the impression.
You might go along for a year and not
have single error, and again, you
might have dozen in a a paragraph -
II never heard of such a thing, said
the professor in astonishment, wavcr-
ing in that indefinable credulity, the
inseparable companion of impractical
education.
''Oh, yes,' continued the foreman,
cts something that catches the best OF
'em. Walter, the great English news
paper man, labored for years trying to
get at some rule by which all presses
might be corrected, but his efforts only
received the purple robe of partial sue
cess. He could correct the Walter
presses, but could do nothing with the
machines of other make. He had a
great deal of trouble, for once, just as
he was congratulating himself, the
press slipped a cog and called the king
a fool and the lord chancellor rap
scallion.'
''This is most extraordinary Informal
tion," said the professor, thoroughly
convinced by the artful foreman. II
think that shall prepare lecture on
the errors of the press
"A good idea, sir, as the newspaper
men are 10th to let the public into their
confidence. -
"Do you think that our press can be
corrected?'
mot without great expense. You
would have to get a man from New
York and pay him largely
II am sorry that | went into this
thing. Don't you think you could take
the Office and after awhile pay me what
you think it is worth?''
''The responsibility would be great,
sir
Il know that, butyou are willing to
try, are you not?'
'Oh, yes. I'll try
''You have shed great deal of light
on my hitherto darkened pathway, and
have given me new insight into me-
chanical philosophy. Assist me further
in getting up data for my lecture, and
will make you a present of the Of
fce''
cit will require deal of research
among books and manuscripts stored
in the archives of typographical secre-
cy, but I'll undertake the arduous la.
bor."
''My enlightening friend, here is my
hand, and in after years, when I be-
come famous as a great lecturer, re-
, member that to you my latch string
ever hangs on the outside. "-Arka:-
suaU IauVeiler.