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Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 6

[book advertisement]

Here is one more of the innumerable American jokes on English spelling:

A distinguished old one-legged colonel
Once started to edit a jolonel,
But soon in disgust
He gave up—he was « bust »—
« For, » said he, « the expense is infolonel. »

The following beautiful stanza is of American orign. It sets forth sound doctrine:

The one who would honestly edit
Should always be willing to credit;
To clip without end.
And no credit append,
Is not the square thing. We have said it.

Some of our contemporaries dump down their items in odd juxtaposition. We find the following in a contemporary published in a northern mining district:

Joseph Erneste Renan, one of the greatest writers and scholars of modern times died on Sunday last

His family and friends were there—
His uncles, cousins, aunts;
And all were sure that for the prize
Their Johnny had best chance.
Twas Johnny's turn to speak his piece:—
He said, with outstretched hands—
« Under a spreading blacksmith tree
The village chestnut stands! »

The following advertisement appeared recently in an American newspaper:—

Wanted.— A Young Lady for Clerk of the Court of Elbert County. It will be necessary for her to marry the County Judge.—Address. County Judge, Elberton.

The envelope system of church collection sometimes developes unexpected results. As, for example, when the churchwardens found, instead of a contribution, the following pathetic apology:

Do not too harshly judge the hapless wight
Who fails to put a coin in the collection,
For all his pockets on the previous night
His wife may have subjected to inspection.