The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-11-23

dows;;" but the widows did not have
nearly as much of grievance against
the printers as the clergyman in the
eastern part Of Kentucky who preach
ed on the subject, The Cup in
Joseph's Sack The town weekly's
linotype operator made the reverend
gentleman talk about The Cup in
Joseph's Sock" If the widows and
this clergyman have cause for protest
so has the Louisville pastor who took
his text The Broken Net" Imagine
his chagrin upon seeing the an
nouncement in a daily that he would
preach about The Broken Neck!"
Indeed, it became necessary on one
occasion for a minister to make ex-
planation of an error appearing on
tickets for an entertainment, with
which he was charged with having
printed Il wish it to be thoroughly
understood" said the preacher to his
congregation on 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 entertainment of the arch
fund-not the arch fend!"
bers the write-up Of social event
which occurred at Wallace Park sew
eral years ago. 1t was proven in this
case that the error was the fault Of
an excited reporter Of course, the
operator followed copy. In detail the
reporter told Of the evenings pleas
ure, but marred the whole society
lead when he wrote that "a suspicious
gathering was present" Every one
knew "auspicious'' was the word in
tended, and laughed at the "break"
knowing that even the good Homer
sometimes mods.
The story is told of the mixing up
of two news items in Washington
paper many years ago. The announce
ment that minister was to be pre-
sented with a token of appreciation
by his congregation was printed. A
write-up of a newly patented pig-kill-
ing machine which had been demon
strated appeared in the same issue.
This was the rather amusing result
of the two stories being "pied up" as
the printers say: Several of the Rev.
D. K. Mudge's friends called upon
him yesterday and after conversa-
tion the unsuspecting pig was seized
by the legs and slid along the beam
until he reached the 'hot-water tank"
1t took considerable explaining to set
the editor right that day, though he
was innocent of the mixup.
John Locke, the Irish poet, was
known as The Southern Gael" When
he died an obituary appeared in one
of the Irish-American journals and
referred to him as THE Southern
Gale" This was a breezy transposi-
ton, to be sure, and changing the
meaning considerably. The editor did
not get "in bad" because the two let
ters were transposed, though pro-
minent politician did "howl' when he
saw intelligence of his resignation
from public office printed under the
heading of Public Improvements"
But the most startling ridiculous
transposition on record is probably
that appearing on the first page of
Chicago daily, for breaks" are GER
tain to be displayed in the most con-
spicuous places. First there was
an article with this caption, the dash
separating the first line of a three
line heading: THE Condor of the
Andes-Albert Seaton Berry, of Ken
lucky Bears That Distinction" In
another column, on the same page of
the paper in question, was this an
nouncement: "Tallest Man in Con-
gress-Soars Far Above the Eagle
and Reaches a Height of Six Miles,
The insertion, omission or substitu-
tion of a single letter in a printed
word, or transuosition of letters and
even whole lines of type as shown
above, is then, the cause Of much
merriment and laughter-years after
ward. ''Our delicious canned meats
from the best houses" was the way
the advertiser wrote the line. From
the best horses was the way it ap-
peared in the paper, and complaint
was justified in becoming infuriated.
Thousands of our patrons are wear
ing trousers Of our make" and the
tailors who so advertised had reason
to be angry when the printer made