Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-06-23
ERRORS IN PROOFREADlNG.

OF the making of errors there is no
end, nor will there ever be. Every
printsr will agree with the writer on
that point The topic ia ever fruitful,
and the world has had many laugh
over the specimens that have found
their way into print.
The comnositor and tho proof reader
show much talent, perverted, it is
true, 10 the matter OF making errors.
The batch which 10 here printed will
cause smile or two, even in the
proof room. where many OF them had
their origin. Our daily parerH are full
OF laughRbe errors, one of tue best
read journals lately presenting us with
the persecution" of tia building
trades, in lieu of prosecution, " =" But,
PLEASE, sir, it was such liltls ono!''
Punctuation. on which 40 many com
posing room Ruthoritie7 agree 10, is
responsible for many mistakes. II some
old ones are resurrected in this article,
uray tho reader to have patience; we
can have everything new. l have no
doubt that, for humor. many of them
can be surpassed. Indeed, the heat
never appear in print; il they did,
Anthony Cumstock and his tribe would
be UP in arms.
will lead off with few examples
in which punctuation playe leading
part. For example, the following ia
culled from ''poet's corner'' in a
| weekly: "These line werB written
nearly 30 years ago, by gentleman
who has for several years lain in tho
grave for bis own amusement. Verify
il was not for the amusement of others
| Another paper, in 40 Hccount OF
suicide, snitl: "Deceased blew out hiH
brains after bidding his wife good bye
with a gum That's new way OF
saying good bye, one that ia not likely
to come into vogue.
The London cabman is generous
soul. Indeed, il we are 20 believe the
following, which appeared under the
head '.CAbmsn's Generosity shortly
after tina last Egyntian campaign: "To
show the enthusiasnI with which our
troops have been received We may
mention that We have been told of
several instances where cabmen have
driven soldiers from Egypt to the bar
racks without charge. - This must have
been by a new overland route. The
action was generous indeed but the
journey must have been tough on the
horseB.
To writer 10 one Of the humorous
ladies' magazines wb are indebted for
the item that 'it has become quite
the fashion Of late for ladies' to take
their tea in their hats and gloves y
Al mentioned in the Journal recently,
the women folks suffered more severely
at the bands of Washington reporter,
80 1t is said, who, in his description
OF the costumes at Presidential re
caption, wrote that "Mrs. b. wore
nothing in the nature Of dress that
was remarkable. +" lie took the frat
train out VI tuwn next morning when
he road that ''Alrs. D., wore nothing
in the nature of dress. That wat
remarkable. / should say IL was.
TIE upholder Of the hyphen, that
bans OF the compositor, will chuckle
and score one for his side when ho is
told that a paper once reported tht
capture in mid channel OF large man
eating shark, which wHs copied by tnt
sGisaorH editor OF another Newspaper
the competitors or pfout readers o.
which were less careful about theil
punctuation, for it appeared thuswise
"A large man, eating shark, was cap
turel in mid-channel. p" This appsaii
to have been manufactured by som,
one.
; From old Ireland come soms goot
ores. The omission of comma unct
, gave an awkward Interpretation 10
, Dublin newspaper. The paragraph wa
as follows: "a very handsome memoriR
has been erectod in ST. JerOmo's GENE
f terry to the lRte Mr.. John Phillips
Z ncciden tally shut as q mark Of affection
a by his brother. A Dublin paper il
1 also responsible for the following
/ account OF sermon which it printed
q the preacher being made to say Ii wa
q only last Sunday that young girl fel
from one of tho benches Of this church
d willis | WIS preaching in beastl.
: state of intoxication.
May heaven cherish and keep yol
o from yours afiectionateiy Peter Don
n nelly" was the way in which anothe
i irish paper is said to have printed tn
o concluding PORTION of letter writtaI
by soldier serving in a campaign
This ia on par with tine Invitation
i I'm living by the canal and IL yo
a are down that way at any time / wis
q you would drop in. y
. A placard, worded RS follows, wa
n once found on church door in
. mining town in Montana: NOTICE
n There VIII he preaching in this house
n Providence permitting, Sunday; an
II there will be preaching here, whethe
n or no, on the Monday following, upo
II the subject: tie that belisveth and
/. baptized shall be saved, and he tina
!. helieveth not shall be damped at pre-
If cisely half past three In the afternoon.
There ia, you will observe, nothln
like being precise
a New York editor, according to th
y Chicngo News, once wrote an obituRr
70 on q man Of Home prominence, an
I among other thinga said: "Ile hega
y life as legal practitioner, bnt wa
VI diverted from it by a love of letters.
I, lie did not SEQ proof, and next morr
y ing, IN picking up the paper, was cor
~ frontod with the statement: lie bega
10 life as a legal politician. but vi
V diverted from it by love of bitters.
The foregoing looks like mpnr
y featured joke, of which many arr
y sadly enough, the olfepring OF Nj
y, Spacewriler This following is spec
80 men of this brand: The Rev. DIR. Tod
I; received some relics to present to
- museum, and in his presentation speec
~ alluded to the elves of the saints.
a. When the remarks were published tl
q phrase appeared as les of tine scints,
~ which SO enTaged tie giver of the reit
" that he demanded their return.
Another OF this kind III that whic
made a newspaper report say the VA
OF concourse rent the air with the
i'd Hnouts" Perhaps broken had SOM
is thing to do with this.
eli Wonderful, irnaed, ia the fertility
nk the professional humorist. The wor
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