Man slyly sells gas monopoly plan in cellar tale
A quirky Boston Courier item tells how a home owner, after whitewashing a cellar and staging a gas meter ruse, convinces a stranger he can buy a profitable gas monopoly for nothing. The twist ends with the stranger revealing he is the new gas company secretary.
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