Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-11-12
not proportionatcly shocked.

the city annoyed the residents OF the
neighborhood good deal, and an APP
peal was made to the newspapers. A
reporter addressed, in the course of an
article on the subject, the following
appeal to the commissioners "Can
not something be done to prevent the
careless and reckless blasting in the
vicinity of Central parkp' The sub
joined beautifully complicated sem
tence was the product OF the COM
positor's brain: "Can not something
be done to prevent the camels and
sheep from bleating in the vicinity of
Central parkp" The subject of tom
tine insurance has been given much
prominence In 20 newspapers lately,
and to some compositors the word does
not seem to be familiar one. Tow
line insurance" and "routine insur-
ance" make their appearance occa-
sionally on the proof-sheets. A
western congressman of some promi-
nence, whose name, we believe, goes
into the small capital or Independent
collection of names in the newspaper
reports of congressional votes, wrote
an article for his local paper in which
a narrowing sentence was rounded off
with the words: 1.-The dwarfed and
|
| compositor put it into shape thus:
"Thc dooryard and hog-fed children
| of the poor" A misplaced punctua-
ton mark sometimes alters the sense
of a printed sentence. A New Haven
paper recently found it necessary to
explain at some length why a comma
went astray. The sentence was print
ed as follows: However much the
postmaster general may disappoint the
multitude of place-seeker, she will
command the approval of the general
public" OF course the words ''place-
seeker, she," should have read "place-
seekers, he," the mistake arising from
the transposition of the comma and
letter "s," but the editor felt it incum-
bent upon him to explain, as sharp
eyed reader had written to inquire if
that paper considered Postmaster Gen
eral Villas an old woman.
In transmitting over the wires to a
newspaper a long account OF the ar
rest in Montreal of a counterfeiter, a
telegraph operator encountered in the
correspondents written story the
slang phrase, SHOWING the queer"
His education had been neglected, no
doubt, in the direction of slang, or the
manuscript was very bad, for the Op-
orator at the New York end of the
wire heard ticked out on his instru-
ment that the prisoner had been ar
rested for shaving the queenn' A
dramatic critic, whose penmanship
was wretched, wrote criticism for
the comic opera "Girofle- -Girofla," and
was considerably agitated on finding
in the proof at stated intervals, "Snif-
fle-Snaflle." In II long article headed
"Men of Letters" giving an account
of compositors and their pecuiiarities,
Boston journal remarked: bad
manuscript is a fruitful source of an
noyance and loss to the compostor
and is responsible for as many errors
as ANYTHING else. Still, the cOmpOsit-
or can occasionally exhibit a striking
instance of nisdirected genius even
, with printed copy or faultless manu-
script. If he should happen to be in
, conversation, not even the fact OF
, printed copy can save him from intro
} ducing it IN the type. One of the 'in-
5 telligent cOmpositors' OF a daily, more
= intent on conversation than his duty,
| produced the astounding police item
= that Samuel Jones was arrested for
being drunk at the corner OF Shawmut
4 avenue and Constantinople;' another,
3 eagerly discussing the drama, made
4 'shepherdless sheep appear as 'Shak-
speare's sheep. Sheer ignorance,
= though that is not common fault.
, made one fresh from the rural dis
/ tricts speak of Prince Beeswax- and
. his policy instead of Prince Bismarck.
: When time presses type is sometimes
| placed in the form before the proof
. reader has a chance to read it. Un.