'TYPO'-graphical.-- A fellow in an exceedingly
foul case, claiming to be a printer, and withal an
editor, but now sadly out of sorts, entered a book
store on Fourth Street, last evening, with a hope of begging some
quoin (coin) to replenish his boxes, but not being
very choice in the selection of his matter, he was
invited to take his stand outside the door; this he refused,
when the proprietor under the impression that he was imposed
upon, made up to him and ![[Traditional typographic representation of a pointing finger + 'ed'
-- a rebus = 'pointed']](images/gif/fing.gif)
him
out. The typo not liking this, raised his stick and knocked the
window into pi. He was chased by the police, and his
form securely locked up in the watch house, to be
proved and corrected by the Mayor. Our devil
hopes he will have a good bed and clean sheets
to-night, and be able to justify his conduct in the morning.
--The Pittsburgh Daily Gazette, 20 February 1849.
