HELPING THE CAUSE
Two men attended a village church tea for which the tickets were sixpence each. The profits were to go towards providing comforts for the aged poor of the village. Billson, after accounting for ten cups of tea, eight sandwiches, three plates of bread and butter, five jam tarts, and four small buns, was passing bis cup for the eleventh time when he turned to his companion and said: "I think everyone should encourage a thing of this sort, as it's for a good cause."
The teacher had been explaining how words were frequently connected with the little dash between. Noticing that Thomas had been inattentive, he said: "Now, Thomas! Here is an example. Take the word 'whisky-bottle.' What is the short dash called?" Silence followed! "A hyphen!" thundered the teacher. "You dunce!"
"But, sir," said Thomas, "when dad has the whisky-bottle, the 'dash' he uses is a syphon!"
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Cromwell Argus, Volume LXI, Issue 3161, 4 May 1931, Page 2
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