The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16
A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.

1t is not often that we complain of
typographical errors. Indeed the
muliiplex evolutions Of the tens OF
thousands of little pieces of metal
which il takes to make mp a paper like
the lntelligencer render it rot astOnish-
ing that there are SO many, but really
wonderful that there are so few
mistakes. Still, occasionally, there
will occur such a rape of the written
words that the authors wrong seems
almost to justify Il lynching bee III some
direction TO hush, therefore, the
clamors for a more dire revenge, we
shall this time rest content with saying
that we never wrote ''dn recon-, Mr..
Cleveland I" aud with solemnlY averring
that'it was the types that did it.
Dickens used To think that III alibi
was the last refuge of a s%coundrel, and
we are inclined to the belief that the
typographical error, lied, has
been the last refuge for many a sin OF
the editorial room, but in this case we
hardly think we shall have to be put
OH oath that it was ''au revoir" that
we wished TO say to the eX-%president.
Now, of course, good old Anglo
Saxon ought to be sufficient to express
any thought, and it is, but once-in-a-
while there Is a word, oil a phrase, or
mayhap a sentence, in French Or Ger
man or Latin that SO fifty expresses
All idea, puts il so tersely and epigram-
m~atically, that it has stuck tight as a
burr in the mind since school days,
and in writing, ont it pops. The
writer had a polyglot education, any
how, which partly accounts for his
knowing well no language whatever.
In his youth he fell into the hands of
the erudite Father Bray of St. Louis, q
linguistic wonder, who spoke all the
known languages and wrote several
that are long since unknown 10 the
general public. This good man thought
it "no trick at all" for a boy to learn
five or six tongues at once, and for
several years had us studying all at
one and the same time, Hebrew, Greek,
Latin, German, French and English.
We put English last advisedly, rs it
was certainly considered of the least
importance. We were supposed to
have a talent for languages and APP
piled ourselves diligently enough, but
not being a prodigy, like our teacher,
the English, French, German, Latin,
Greek and Hebrew appear to us Low
as mile stones viewed through all
inverted telescope-the French seems a
good ways off. the German Is maybe a
little further toward the horizon, the
Latin post, though it was full six feet,
is now but the height of a little boy,
the Greek appears in the distance but
Hebrewl it Is disappearing away in
the cleaning, a mere alabaster speck
on the rim of the jumping off place.
Well, let it gol If we were to fire
any of it at our readers they would
take it Tor Choctaw, and give us credit
for having been through the Nation,
with some of the boys, trying to pick
up Oklahoma tid-bits. and with a
desire to air our erudition in the music
of the Indians lingo.
We said al recon- to Mr.. Cleveland
because we expect TO see him i'll active
political life again soon. We did not
wish to use the term good bye, because
that means tor a longer time. Au
reUoir signifies, adieu until Ue meet
again. Adieu! That is, TO God zoe
commit you This word is also French,
but the German says 1t every day as
though it were part of his own
language, which it has in fact grown
to be, and the Spaniard, Italian, and
all the Latin races keep the term and
use it. We love Grover Cleveland.
He is every inch of him and every
ounce Of him a man. He is an honest
man, he is a brave, true, American
man. The country needs him ten, yes
a hundred times more than he needs
political promotion. He should not
and he will not be permitted to retire
from leadership. He is modest. but he
is not afraid. AS president he felt the
weight upon him of the dignity Of the
office, and he would enter into nc
political conflicts. He has seen and
learned much in his four years In the
white house. lie knows where the
political shams and humbugs are. He
is now in a position TO call a spade d
spade and a thiel a thief, and when he
speaks hereafter 1t will be with nC
uncertain sound.
We therefore say to MIR. Cleveland,
adieuI au revoir! and TO the typo
graphical error, what it can better
understand, fatal! so-lcng! Come
again when you haven't SO long t.
stay.
The hill "A nv Moore O