During a great temperance agitation out in Kansas a man was lecturing in
a public school building on chemistry. An interested auditor, a farmer,
couldn't at all get the hang of the lecturer's remarks, and asked his
neighbor in the next seat: "Say, what does the lecturer mean by oxy-gin
and hydro-gin, and what is the difference?" "Well," was the answer,
"they come to 'bout the same thing. There ain't enough difference
betwixt them to amount to much. You see, by oxy-gin the lecturer means
pure gin, and by hydro-gin he means gin and water."
"Thank you, sir," replied Hayseed, "I reckon I'll take oxy-gin. It goes
further."