Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1880 — Selling a Baby. [ARTICLE]

Selling a Baby.

A curious case of ohild selling has just occurred at Horsham, England. Two young women, one of them a mother, called at a public house in East street for refreshments. A dealer, well known in the neighborhood, was present and took a fancy to the infant the mother was carrying. Conversation ensued, terms were offered, and ultimately a bargain was struck, the mother accepting 17s. 6(1. for her offspring. The dealer, seemingly well satisfied with his purchase, left the house; but the woman immediately followed the man, snatched the child away, slapped his face, and decamped. A correspondent of a leading London weekly points out that there were in Ireland, in 1870, 526,628 tenants at will—that is, without any certainty or security of possession. Taking the average of each household at four, this gives 2,106,512 persons who are dependent upon sufferance for a home. Ip you wish to save one pair of boots every year, get Lyon’s Patent Heel Stiffener applied to them while they are new, Young men go west Learn telegraphy. Address B. Yaixnttns, Manager, Janesville, Wia.