Women Sold al Auction.
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Occasionally We hear Of wife be.
ing carried 10 the Smithfield market,
in England. for sale, but the practice
is falling into disuse. At Babylon,
(no! on Long Island, but in Asia
there is an annual fair for the sale OF
girls OF a manageable age. The
most beautiful are first put up, and the
man who bids the largest sum Of mo-
ney gains possession other. The se-
cond in personal appearance follows;
the bidders crafty themselves with
handsome wives accordingly to the
depths Of their purses. There are in
Babylon some girls for which no bid
is offered, yet these are also disposed
Of, so provident are the Babylonians.
When all the beautiful girls are sold.
the crier offers the most deformed 10
stand up, and after he has openly de,
manded who will marry her with a
small sum, she is at length adjudgcd
to the man who is satisfied with the
least, and in this manner the money
arising from the sale Of the handsome,
serves as portions to those who are ol
either disagreeable looks or have any
other imperfections.


In England's poor-houses, the girls
are disposed of to master manufactur-
ers, deliverable free ofcharge."