which are quoted without chapter and
verse.

One of the most remarkable blunders
ever made in a newspaper was connected
with the burial of the well-known literary
man, John Payne Collier. In the _Standard_
of Sept. 21st, 1883, it was reported
that ``the remains of the late Mr.
John Payne Collier were interred yesterday

in Bray Churchyard, near Maidenhead,
in the presence of a large number of
spectators.'' The paragraph maker of the
_Eastern Daily Press_ had never heard of
Payne Collier, so he thought the last name
should be printed with a small C, and
wanting a heading for his paragraph he
invented one straight off, and this is what
appeared in that paper:--

``_The Bray Colliery Disaster_. The
remains of the late John Payne, collier,
were interred yesterday afternoon in the
Bray Churchyard, in the presence of a
large number of friends and spectators.''

This was a brilliant stroke of
imagination, for who would expect to find a
colliery near Maidenhead?