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Show $1,500 PER QUART, SIGHT UNSEEN ALL A MISTAKE (By International Newi Service.) EVANSV1LLB, Ind Whisper It! Whiskey at $1,500 a quart! That's the price an Evansville man paid for two pints of the precious stuff, and sight unseen at that. He didn't Intend In-tend to, however He thought he was buying a barrel of real fluid when he paid over the cash The victim Is a former saloon keeper who runs a soft drink establishment and says he isn't averse to doing a little boot legRlng now and then at a profit. The other day, when a barber friend tipped him to a good "buy," he seized upon an opportunity to treble his money. But when he got the barrel down to his near-booze bazaar a quart was all ho could drain from the cask. Investigation In-vestigation showed the rest was water. A patent bunghole was the solution of the puzzle. Anyway, he admits the sample was excellent. oo |