Newspaper article (The Georgian For the Country, Savannah, Georgia, U.S., August 29, 1822) describing a scheme for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheating" class="extiw" title="w:Cheating">cheating</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling" class="extiw" title="w:Bowling">bowling</a>.
<dl><dd>I can't be sure, but I think a "meal man" is someone who sells corn or other meal.</dd></dl><ul><li><i><b>Text:</b></i><br></li></ul><p><span style="color:green" title="green">An ingenious cheat was recently executed <br>
upon one of the city meal men in Boston. He <br>
was induced by a by-stander to try his luck at <br>
the bowling alley, from whom he won a few dol- <br>
lars, which was intended no doubt as a lure. --<br>
He was then about to retire, but was induced <br>
to play longer upon large odds being offered by <br>
his antagonist upon the spare ball, and was fleec-<br>
ed of about $130. It afterwards appeared that <br>
the pins had lines attached to them, by which <br>
the fellows employed in setting them up for the <br>
players, could pull them down so as to win the <br>
bet at their pleasure, and without being detect-<br>
ed. The winner was not however permitted <br>
to enjoy the fruits of his ingenuity, but was pur-<br>
sued and lodged in jail.<br></span></p>
<i>The Georgian</i> (Savannah, Georgia, U.S. newspaper, 1822)
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