Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-20
Aumaruas department.
RARE JOKES IN TYPE.

Ever since the invention Of the pflne-
ing press the ludicrous mistakes made
by compositors have caused writer's,
sacred and profane, to swell with
rage or be blamed for sentiments for
eign to their natures. Combining diff
ferent items of news, changing word
OF letter, transposition of letters or in
correct punctuation may bring about
results appalling and terrifying to the
mind.
A most fervid and gratulatory re-
port by an English paper, of an i'm
portant affair during the queens jubi-
lee was marred by the closing state
ment that "the vast concourse had
rent the air with their snouts." This
was not as bad as the shocking blum
der caused by the use of for a. The
error occurred in an edition Of the Ro-
man Catholic Missal, published In
France, in which the mistake caused
the word "culotte," meaning mans
neither garment, to take the place OF
"calotte," signifying an ecclesiastical
cap or mitre. The substitution occur
red in one of the directions for con-
Quoting the service, when 1t said:
Here the priest shall take off his Gu
lotte." The religious Importance of
letter Is seen in the mistake made by
the letter sc" falling out of the form
of an edition of the Book Of Common
Prayer. The passage should nave
read: 1--WE shall all be changed in the
twinkling of an eye," but when the
book appeared the devout worshipper
was not cheered by the promise that
I'VE shall all be hanged in the twink
ling Of an eye"
During the Mexican war a corre-
spondent announced with feverish
haste that General Pillow and thirty
seven men had been lost in a bottle
(battle). 1t would look as If there had
been no canteen in those days. 1t re-
mained for a Chicago paper during the
HOLIDAYS to make the astounding state
ment that a man had been brought be-
fore a. police court on the charge OF
having stolen small OK (box) from a
woman's work bag. A rat (raftl, says
another paper, descending the river,
came into violent contact with
steamboat, which was with great diff
Guilty kept afloat. The size of this rat
brings to mind the dimensions of ro-
dents for whose capture traps were ad-
vertised by one Of the large dry goods
stores in Chicago. The notice read:
Traps for rats three feet long," and
still it is asserted that there is no big
game in this city.
In a recent description Of christen-
ing the venerable clergyman was made
to dip his head in the water and lay 1t
upon the young child. By the omission
of a ct" the Philadelphia Post some
time ago announced that "the immoral
Newton lived like other men. The ad-
dition of the 1T" would have given
Newton, as we'll as his contemporaries,
better standing in the community.
Another Philadelphia paper, in an
nouncing a political meeting, started
out with the intention of saying that
"the Hon. Mr.. -' would address "the
masses" BY simple displacement OF
the I'm" the public was informed that
the address would be delivered to
them asses at National Hail." An
other of like kind was the attempt OF
the typesetter to compose the line,
Shall reign the Hecate of the deepest
hell" He had never heard Of the fe-
male divinity of the lower world, and
thinking the "e" superflous made the
verse to read "Shall reign the He cat
of the deepest hell"
An edition of the Bible was publish
ed in England in which the word not
was omitted in the seventh command
ment. For the offense the archbishop
called in and destroyed the edition and
imposed a fine of $4,000 upon the luck
less printer. Sometime ago a New
York daily had prepared one article on
a sermon preached by an eminent
preacher and another setting forth the
vagaries of mad dog. In the rush or
getting out the paper they got hope
lessly mixed and appeared as follows:
REV. James Thompson, rector OF
St. Andrews church, preached to a
large concourse Of people last Sunday
evening. This was his last sermon be-
fore leaving for a trip across the At
lantic. He exhorted his brethren and
sisters, and after offering a devout
prayer took a whim to cut up some
frantic freaks. He ran up Timothy
street to Johnson and down Benefit to
College. At this stage of the proceed
ings two boys seized him, tied tin
kettle to his tail, and he again start
ed. After some trouble he was shot
by a policeman" ."-Exchange.