An Ohio couple once mailed their baby to his grandmother

 

An Ohio couple once mailed their baby to his grandmother

When the United States Postal Service introduced the ability to ship parcels via their postal system, it arguably changed the face of the US forever.

Sure, several private corporations were already offering this service, but not at the comparatively low rates the USPS offered.

Children were one thing the USPS could never have expected to be shipped across the country through their new service.

The first known case of this comes from Ohio, where the eight-month son of Mr. and Mrs. Beagle was shipped a few miles to his grandmother’s house