The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-22
AMUSING SLIPS
BY CARELESS ONES.
BlunderS That Have Been Committed by
Writers and Printers.
A Letter Makes Nonsense Out of sense-A Par
son Misunderstood Feathering Ones Nest
With His Masters Bottles.

Gus blunderS, committed ny Jul aoi0o0
writer's. The works of Shakespeare, which,
as a rule, are manuals of details OF time and
circumstance, contain mlsplacements OF the
order of succession of events Wnich are
amusing In the play of "Coriolanus, the
noble Roman is complemented with the
assertion that he was soldier unto Catos
wish" Cato was not born till about 400
years after Coriolanus had been banlshed
from Rome and had died In the tragedy OF
Julius Cesar is another curious inaccu-
racy. which occurs in dialogue between
Brutus and Cassils:
Brutus-Peaee! CONT the clock.
Cassius-The clock has stricken three.
This was 800 years before striking clocks
were introduced.
Shakesp eare makes use of cannon in
King John. Cannon are said to have been
first used at the battle Of Cressy, IN 1916
Gunp0wder was not invented until nun
bred years later than the time OF King
John, 1893.
Spectacles were not worn until the four
teenth century, yet Shakespeare III axes
Lear, who was King Of England in the early
Saxon period, say to his son. who tried to
conceal a letter from him: III IT be nolhlng
shall not want spectacles.
In Millions paradise Lost" Adam is
made one of his own sons and Eve one OF her
own daughters.
Adam, the COOLEST man of men since born
His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Dr. johnson. in his Life OF Milton. says
that the term Roman Cath0lc Is one OF the
Pope's bulls.
Wareburton, in his Shakespeare's "Meas-
sure for Measure" which was taken from
Cin.ho'5 novels, giving Dec. 8. Nov. o,
meaning decade and novel D, put the
words in full, December aud November D.
Wakefield, in his edition OF Pope's works,
commits one OF the groSsest errors OF mod
ern times, in taking the well-knOwn Song
by Person of Quality for serious COM
position. In very eOpious commentary he
proves every line seems unconnected with
its brother, and that the whole reflects dis
grace upon its author. By committing the
blunder Of installing the word neuvieme
9th for neuvelle new, Dr. Guthrie IN his
trans lation of 'Du Halde," has the Goth day
of the new moon, when the whole age OF the
moon is but IS days.
In the marie Louise and the Decadence
of the Empire" by De Saint-Amand, may
be found these lines: You will send me
word by telegraph when the Empress leaves
Saint Cloud" etc. The first Geographic
message ever sent was by Professor Morse
announcing the nomination OF James b.
Polk for President.
Lord Eldon introduced bill into the
British Parliament for restraining the lib
erty of the press, and one OF the honorable
members moved as an amendment that all
ANONYMOUS WOTkS SUOutu nave Tie uallle VI
the author printed on the title-page.
THE LACK OF A COMMA.
SIN many editions of the English Bible
the common reading of Luke XIII, 32j, Is
two Other malefactors.' no stop being after
other as in the original, which would sup
pose the Lord Jesus TO have been the MALE
factor"
One of the inseparables in printing is the
errors in spelling and punctuation. Re-
peated revision is no guard against misplace
ing a type, which often produces amusing
blunderS. Sometimes single letter is OF
the utmost Importance Once printer in
putting to press form of the Book of Com
mon Prayer dropped a &C." which made
the passage read, 1--WE shall be hanged IN a
twinkling of an eye," instead OF changed"
By printers error the expressive line,
Shall reign the Hecate of the deepest hell,
was transformed into
Shall reign the He cat of the deepest hell
Through typographical blunder in leay-
ing out the letter ~" the Lives of the
Saints was made to read the Lies of the
Saints"
A Syracuse printer, In setting up book
publishers advertisement, construed one of
Dickens works thus: Barney, by Ridge
81 80" Misprnts are sometimes very ludi-
crous in their significance. A country pa
per gives an account OF an amateur concert
in which a young lady received a welI-de-
served encore by the exquisite taste with
which she sang ''An Angels Whisker." In
DIR. Way lands time a meeting of the Amer
lean Scientific Association was held in this
city. The doctor gave party to the asSoci-
alton. His friends were considerably sur
prised the next morning to lind it reported
in the newspapers that DR.. Wayland had
given billiard party instead of a brilliant
party.
A transposition of letters in the same
word sometimes produces the most ludicrous
results. In "The Still Hour" which was
written by Professor Phelps, is the fine
line: The stiffness of the hour is the still
ness of dead calm at sea-" A large num-
Der was printed and disposed of before 1t
was discovered that clam" had been
printed for "calm."
Some very curious blunders may be seen
in old pictures. 1t is related that Burgonne,
in his ''Trayes in Spain, noticed painting
where Abraham is preparing to shout Isaac
with a pistol, and In o country church In
Germany, the painter, in representing the
sacrifice of Isaac. places blunderbuss in
Abraham'S hand as argument for obedience,
and paints an angel coming down to pour
water on the pan.
Huer has painted the BLESSED Virgin as
resting on a velvet sofa playing with cat
and a paroquet, and about to pour herself
coffee from an engraved coffee pot.
In Durer's picture of st. Peter denying the
Savior, a Roman soldier may be seen smok-
| ing pipe.
we are indebted TO the Clergy 1or SuMe
| odd blunders. A country clergyman on a
| certain occasion chose for his text pas
| sage from the Scriptures which had been
variously interpreted, and, on concluding his
sermon, he said; "These are the eonclu-
| sions have reached after the most diligent
| study, but must inform you that the CON-
mentators disagree with me-" He was some-
what astonished the next day to receive a
| big bag of potatues with the following note
Reverend and Dear Sir-You told me this
| mornin' as how common taturs didn't gree
with you. l hope as how choice kidney:
| does"
| NOT HAPPY SMILE.
| A certain Presbyterian brother had {
stereotyped expression which sometimes.a Jap
| piled rather inappropriately. Once. while
| preaching a funeral sermon, while the
/ onrnsa Inv hafnra him. he nXclaimed: "Uere