Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-27
Typographical Errors:

the invention of printing, and it is safe
to say that it will cause amusement
and chagrin as long as movable types
are in use, unless compositors and
proof-readers become infallible by some
process now unknown. To begin with,
merely as a starter, we recall three Oft
cited cases, being typographical alb
surdities, which have become historical.
On one occasion in printing SCOTS
lines
Oh, Caledo min, Tern ard Wild
Meet nurse for poetic child
the printer succeeded in getting the
second line to read;
Wet nurse for poetic chill.
Perhaps it was the same compositor
who rendered Wordsworth's couplet-
A perfect woman, nobly planned
TO warn, to comfort, md command
in the following matter-of-fact way
suggestive of unforgotten maternal cor
fections:
A perfect woman, nobly planned,
70 warm, to comfort, and command
People who have examined the hand
writing of Horace Greeley can readily
believe TINT when he quoted Shaks-
peare's lis true It's pity; and pity
It's It's true" on one occasion, in an cd
itorial, the effect was somewhat married
by its appearing in this revised form
It's five, It's fifty, YES, It's tifty-two."
But these three are the only old
specimens which shall be quoted in this
article. Those that follow are strictly
fresh, having been culled within a
month or two from the prolific Amer
lean press.
In lecture at fremont Temple,
Boston, Rev. Joseph Cook asked his
audience, "Was St. Paul dupe?" In
report of the lecture Mr.. Cook was
made to PROFOUND this startling conun-
drum: "Was st. Paul a dude?"
1t was Boston newspaper, too,
which made its dramatic critic say
"The toast for Irving, like the toast for
olives, must be cut elevated" What
the critic wrote was: THE taste for
Irving, like the taste for olives, must
be cultivated"
Not long ago Western Union Tele
graph operator found the words "orates
fraters" in a special dispatch about
the praying brothers" 1t is not dctin-
itely known whether the telegrapher or
the compositor attempted to translate
the words, but it is certain that they
appeared in Mime apolis paper as
% rats, father"
A clergyman in a Western town
sent a notice to the local paper that he
would deliver sermon on The Rela-
tons of Minister'S to Their Parishes,
and he was somewhat SURF riscd next
lay to learn that the compositor had
changed the subject TO "Thc Relations
Of Ministers to their Pharisecs."
A New Brighton editor wrote a notice
about the Fort Wayne Road, but it APP
peared Fish Wagon Road"
An Atlanta editor discussed the polit-
ical situation in a comprehensive editor
ial and headed it, Let Us Explore. "
He neglected to read the proof and it
appeared under the caption, LET Us
Explode"
An Indiana paper found it necessary
to publish the following correction
For burglar meeting, in the head of
the article in our last issue relating to
the Town Council, read regular meet
ing We are sorry the mistake oc.
CURED, and guess the Councilmen are
sorry, too"
A resident of Worcester, Mass. tried
to advertise for fawn-colored bull
terrier pup, which had straycd from
home, ard learned by the next day
paper that it was a fire alarm bell
tower key" that he had lost.
Another New England paper told
al, 90 81 Il
the Connecticut River" instead of "a
drive of logs"
Still another daily in that section of
the country had occasion not long ago
to say: In the letter in last Friday
issue about ticket speculation in Berlin,
in speaking OF the Schauspiel Haus,
or thcater proper, the copyist tried tc
write, as the author did. that it was
devoted to "non-musical' dramatic per
formances, but the types made it non
sensical."
The types usually make their errors
"nonsensical," as was the case when q
st. Louis paper said: THE stay in In
dianapolis proved a relief from the
monetary which is inimitablc on Il
thirty-hour cautionary journey" The
writer, who was doubtless in hurry
when he wrote the sentence, wanted tC
say: "The stay at indianapolis proved
a relief from the monotony which is
inevitable on thirty-hour continuous
journey"
Whitticr's Brewing of Soma" figured
in a Cincinnati paper as Burning OF
Laura" and another paper of that
city, wishing to bestow "a word of com
pliment" on IL local performance, man
aged to give publicity to "a word o
complaint"
A noted Chicago divine preached ;
sermon in which he used the quotation
"And he saw Abraham Gfar of, and
Lazarus in his BOSOM" The printer
who was evidently not Biblical stu
dent, set it: "And he saw Abraham
afar off, and horses ear in Boston"
The readers of Missouri papcl
were astonished to hear, i'll a vigorou.
leader, that "this war-cgy is the key
hole of victory"