The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-11-01

errors Of fact as well as Of style; he
! can give the horse editor points on
sporting matter and the religious
editor on theology; he can appreciate
even the merits of a discussion on
the tariff and detect the failacies in
a profound leader on economics; and
he can do more hard and intelligent
work in a given time, if he has to.
than any other sort of handicrafts-
man."
True, every word Of it. And it
applies today to the machine COM
positor as it did a quarter Of a cen
fury ago to the hand typesetter. Still,
we must admit that printers have
been guilty of many of the sludicrous
errors which have crept into printed
meter. All the disciples Of Guten-
berg are not Shakespearean scholars
certainly not the one who set up
the line in a theatrffSafsposter. Much
Adv About Nothing" And they. are
not all acquainted with seCAiNfe Har-
DID," for one comp" oneFtime made
| the oft-quoted line from Byron's
poem read: ION with the dance; let
joy be uncofined!"
Amusing Errors.
For some years past / have gath
cred from various sources and pre-
served many stories concerning print
! ers' errors. This material, coupled
with my own discoveries sof bulls"
makes the compilation, it is hoped,
another comedy of errors. e., ty-
geographical errors
The writer of the aforementioned
letter hasn't nearly as much of a
grievance against printers as the
clergyman in a Kentucky town who
preached a sermon on the subject,
1.-THE Cup in Joseph's Sack" The
local papers linotyper made the
reverend gentleman talk about 1.-The
| Cup in Joseph's Sock" Another
clergyman took for the text of his
| sermon the great draught of fishes.
| the subject being "The Broken Net"
The compositor said the minister
would preach about "The Broken
Neck"
81 wish it to be thoroughly under
STOOD" said another preacher to his
congregation one Sunday. "that the
pulpit is not responsible for the
printers error which occurs on the
tickets for the Sunday school chill
dren's entertainment. The affair is
| for the benefit Of the arch fund
not the arch fiend!"
That entertainment brings to
mind another affair-a concert-and
a printers bull"
i The chairman of the arrangement
committee of the concert sent the
copy for the program to the printer.
1t was put into type, corrected and
q. KID, and ready for the press.
Then the mayor Of the town died.
When the chairman heard of the
death he decided that the concert
should open with Chopin's Funeral
March" as a mark of respect. He
accordingly called the printer on the
telephone and asked if it were posi-
! Bile to add an item at the beginning
of the program. The printer asked:
whats the item?" The chairman
replied: Funeral March by Chopin"
One can imagine the agonizing
look on the cOmmitteeman's face as
he beheld the finished product of the
printer on the night of the concert.
| for the opening item on the pro-
| gram read: "a few remarks by
Chopin"
The telephone again was partly
responsible for a curious error on a
ribbon for a wreath, which a mour-
ner intended to place On the grave
of a friend. please print Rest III
Peace on both sides" was the order
to the printer over the phone. and
the ribbon when finished bore the
inscription, Rest in Peace on Both
Sides"
One on Famous Band.
Cardinal Gibbons, in an interview
a few years ago. told a good story
of P. S. Gilmore and his band:
Gilmore" said the cardinal. was
famous for his playing of Mozart's
Twelfth Mass On one occasion he
played it in a North Carolina town
and the next day the local paper an
nounced that he rendered with great
effect Mozart's Twelfth Massachu-
SETS"
A young couple were married at
nuptial mass in a Georgia city, but
the typesetter on n of the daily
papers there knew better-he made
it "Nuptial, Mass"
A writer, in commencing the abil-
llE OF a lduN principal Oh Il girls
school, used this expressions: "The
reputation for teaching which she
bears" But the horrid printer man
omitted the word (which" and the re-
suit created more than giggle.
The gist of a filler" read some
time ago in a trade publication fol-
lows. 1t sounds like a joke and l
can't vouch for its authenticity. The
error might be one on the printer, but
the reporter may have been the gull
ty party:
where do you intend to reside
after your marriage to MI. Hardup?"
Miss Millionbucks was asked by the
reporter just previous to the we'd
ding.
"At the Old Manse," she replied.
And the paper next day printed
this paragraph:
"Mr. Hardup and his bride, the
former Miss Millionbucks, daughter
of A.. Millionbucks, will reside at the
old mans after they return from
their honeymoon"
John Locke. the Irish poet, was