{"newspaper_name": "The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register.", "edition": "01", "page": "p3", "byline": ""}
nought, but to find fault. Errors of this kind
never occur where they can be avoided !;
and it frequently happens, that after having
been marked on the proof sheet they are
overlooked by the person whose duty it is to
alter them.


Mistake Of tyhe.-None but printers suf-
fer from the frequent and inevitabl ETY.
biographical errors, which escape the most
scrutinzing eye in the hurry III which news
papers are generally put to press. triiiing
error, which they themselves perhaps de-
tect one moment too late for correction,
bring upon them the imputaton of careless
ness and even ignorance, which, they are obi-
ged contentedly to bear We have said all this
in extenuaton of our own bunders, which
we have no doubt are very many. These
slips oftype are sometimes so iudicrous that
the craft cannot help laughing at each other,
though it be at the expense ofreal sympathy.
a lew years ago paragraph from ION
don newspaper went the rounds of the A.
mcrican press, which after mentioning the
impossibiity of avoiding errors in period
ical publication, goes on to say. "One jour-
nalist stated that "a young surgeon [stur-
geon, having been caught near i.imehouse,
was sent to Brighton, express, where his
majesty was 50 graciousiy pleased to eat d
part of him, roasted fer dinner. This (adtls
the writcr,) has been time out of mind d
royal dish" We are told i'll an account Of the
re-opening ola Jewish synagogue that tht
usual ceremonies were performed by a Rab-
BIT Of very imposing appearance. A provin.
cial paper tells us that "a prisoner was com.
mitte;i to Norwich Castle ior horse steeling
and adds he was sent OF to Norwich in
post chaisc, in The custody Of Turkey
! A mctamorphosis as whimsical as either o
these was lately made by compostor ii
the Office Of the N. Y. Gcening Post. Ii
publishing a card OF thanks from the captain
passengers, I, cregv Of the Argo to a cap


t iii who afforded them assistance in distress
the names of the captain and passengers ar,


printed and following them III the same i'm
| posing capitals is the name .&adfezo Crez


instead OF and Clt;a.