The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-01
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The Funny Thlngs PsEPstnatsd Ia Print
by tile Jngglrr of Typ.


Ths Funny Things PsTPstnatsd in Print
by the Jngglsr af Typ.
writer In the Danvers (Mass)
chronicle has been compiling a list of
humorous typographical errors, many OF
which are so ludlcrous as to cause a
,.,yspaper man 10 wonder how they
over passed the proofreader.
There pas a panic In Milwaukee the
otber day caused BY newspapers an
roilncement that THE price OF beer
would be advanced The paper had to
gst out an extra announcing that II
Should read beef, not beer" and the
thirsty Milwaukeeans drew long sigh
OF relief
"After the ceremony" wrote a rural
edtor, the bride was hailed and kissed
nv ali and the happy couple given pienty
NJ pralse." But what was his horror
when he read the notice in the paper the
next day after the session the bride
was Jailed and Kissed by all and the
eerappy couple given twenty days"
country correspondent, In giving an
account Of certain pastors able ad-
dress 10 Meadvllle paper, wrote that
he was full OF fire and yigor' When
the proof came in il gave the somewhat
startling lpformatiop that the minister
was full Of pie and vinegar"
The editor wrote II: while this cold
weather lasts, he mindful OF others
poorer than yourself, Turn not away in
silence from the appeal for charity.
Give the applicant something, II only
some kindly word. The compositor
made the clause: IF only some ldndling
80 ka hnIIHnA haitian. ha, ha
knew,
The following ludicrous sentence is
the result of a cOmpositor's erroneous
punctuation. Caesar entered upon his
head, his helmet upon his feet, armed
sandals upon his brows, q cloud In his
right hand, his faithful sword in his eye,
an angry glare"
The headline editor has his own
troubles, OF which the world knows not.
The other day In Chico, Cal, man
named Avery was married to Miss
small, and the headline man Of the
Chronicle put over the account the head
ing, avery Small Weddlng:" but one
OF those compositors who know It all set
II up. "a Very Small Wedding" and
the groom Ia now looking for the editor
with club that Is not very small.
poet began lyric with the words,
"a dead calm rested on the sea-" but
I'm transposition Of two letters 1t read In
the paper: "A dead clam rested on the
sea"
one az the most interesting of recent
typographical errors was the substitu-
lion of girl" for grill" In the account
OF the opening Of a woman's club at Eau
Claire, wis. After the ceremonies the
eomposltor made the matrons repair TO
the girl room for broil"
was ST. Paul dupe?'' asked the
Rev. Joseph Cook in lecture; but
Boston paper put the question In this
manner: was st. Paul dude?"
western clergyman preached on
"The Relation OF Ministers to Their
Parishes" but the local papers revised
the subject thus; The Relation of MIN
listers to Their Pharisees,
Not long ago a Western Union tele-
graph operator found the words "orates
fraterss" In special dispatch about
religious meeting. II is not definitely
known whether the telegrapher or the
compositor attempted to translate the
words, hut II Is certain that they ap-
pearea in Minneapolis paper as 20
rats, father"
In an account Of FIRE In the western
part OF the STATE, i Teau' me Alett
responded promptly, but the fire had
gained such Roadway that, when the
steamer arrived, she could do nothing
but play upon man OF nerves"
studied the sentence for some time be.
fore could discover the explanation OF
the blunder. but II finally came to me
that the steamer played upon a mass OF
ruins.
The Daily Tribune. OF Jackson, Tenn
recently published the following re-
markablc paragraph:
REV. j. II. Felts, pastor Of the West
Mission church, preached his farewell
sermon this conference year. Sunday
This Is the first year Rev. Mr.. Felts has
had charge OF West Jackson church, ana
by untlrlng zeal and social qualities ne
has made many women friends among
his congregation who win be glad to SEQ
him return"
For women I suppose we should
read warm" A correspondent writes
that the reporter is still living, but the
preacher Is In the tolls Of an investiga-
ton, as the result Of this simple typo
graphical error.