Canon Qoodall was proverbially fond of punning. About the time that he was made Provost of Eton he received also a stall at Windsor. A young lady of his acquaintance, while congratulating him on his elevation and requesting him to give the _ young ladies of Eton and Windsor a ball daring the vacation, happened to touch his wig with her fan, and earned the powder to fly about. Upon which the doctor exclaimed, ‘‘My dear, you see you can get the powder out of the canon, but not tho ball.”
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2460, 23 February 1882, Page 4
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90Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2460, 23 February 1882, Page 4
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