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Marshall (search for this): article 12
Use of Spoons in Discount Correspondence.
In a recent trial in England, the dispatches of the Discount Company were read.
The amounts they would take were indicated by some kind of spoon.
When a dispatch mentioned "tea- spoon;" an explanation was obtained by the counsel, as follows:--Mr. Lawrence: A tea-spoon!
What is that?
Bankrupt: £5,000. Mr. Lawrence.
What is a desert-spoon, then?
Bankrupt: £10,000.--Mr. Lawrence: What is a table-spoon?
Bankrupt: £15,000. Mr. Lawrence: And a gravy-spoon?
Bankrupt: £20,000.
(Laughter.) Examination continued: Mr. Marshall used to send the message--"Send me down a tea"-- (laughter,) meaning a tea-spoon, or £5,0
Lawrence (search for this): article 12