The majority of you all got the answer to last week's puzzler so thanks! I need more guesses however!!! Now - re the postal service delivering babies and young children. Yes, they did. It wasn't an extensive practice and some think this was all a gag. But here are a few snippits: In 1919 in Batavia, OH, a mail carrier reported he had delivered a baby who had been sent by his parents to its grandmother who lived about a mile away! (Talk about laziness!). The mail carrier had accepted under parcel post a live baby, a boy weighting 10 3/4 lbs, the child of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Beagle of Glen Este. The boy was well wrapped and ready for mailing when the carrier arrived. The baby was delivered to Mrs. Louis Beagle, the grandmother. The charge was 13 cents and they had insured the baby for $50. About a year later, a newspaper reported that a boy was shipped by his grandmother to Stratford, OK to an aunt in Wellington, KS. The boy was 2 years old, was shipped by parcel post. The boy had a name tag around his neck; it cost 18 cents to ship him. He was sent 25 miles by rural route and delivered to the railroad. He then rode with the mail clerks in the mail car; ate lunch with them and was greeted at his destination by the aunt. A 9-year old girl applied to be mailed; she wanted to go to Kentucky. No mention if this was approved. There are pictures on the web of mailmen with a young child in their mail bag - it is believed these were staged photos. But - it did happen! The new puzzler is up! Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com