Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1916 — Parcel Post Carries Live Hen. [ARTICLE]

Parcel Post Carries Live Hen.

On the rural free delivery route in Harwinton, Conn., a woman sent a live hen by parcel post to a neighbor living about a mile away. The carrier weighed the hen and canceled the stamps to the amount of 8 cents and took the hen to its destination. The hen laid an egg in the mail bag en route.