REPORTERS AND PREACHERS.

Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 330, 15 June 1878, Page 4

REPORTERS AND PREACHERS.

Referring to the sermouic reporting of

the American Press, the Rev. De Witt Talmago said in his genial way : “ Now all know that after the most ingenious stenography and the most thorough proot reading there will be mistakes ; but this thing is very evident—the newspaper Press of this country has no grudge against the pulpit. It does not wilfully misreport ministers of religion. In nine hundred and ninety-nine cases out of a thousand they would prefer to make an accurate report. Why, there are mistakes in all kinds ol literature, in all kinds of printing and reporting, the ‘Electric Review' was by mistake advertised ‘Epileptic Review;’ the memoirs of Sully, Prime Minister ol Henry the Great, as the memoirs of Sadly. Daniel L. Dickens, the United States Senator, told me that he thought that the tvpesettlers had cut oil about ten years of Ids life. A French writer died of chagrin at three hundred typographical errors in his book. An hotelkeeper was overwhelmed at finding that his bill of fare represented him as selling ‘ mice’ pies when he meant ‘ mince.’ - The Rev. Dr Todd having prepared a manuscript ol the ‘ Lives of the Saints,’ found it printed 1 Lies of the Saints.’ By the change of one letter, air enthusiastic reception ot a political author read ; The air was rent with the £ snouts’ of ten thousand 1 parsons.’ Considering that most reporters and printers do th dr-work at night, and considering Urn oft inaccuracy of public speakers, I am amazed that things got on so well as they do.”