An Oldmaid

An oldmaid shocked at the language of some ditch-diggers working near her home, complained to their foreman. The foreman promised to inquire into the matter, and called one of the men over. "What's all this about bad language?" he asked. "Why boss?" replied the man, "it's nothing at all. My hammer slipped and hit butch on the head, and he told me, 'Now Joe, in the future please be careful how you hold the hammer,"