The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
MAN FOR SALE.
w. Thomas ,WithrOW of Girard
Wants to Sell Himself.
Is a Healthy, Docile, Obliging,
If Well Treated Man.
NOT LESS THAN $4,000
VIII Become Sole Property of
His Purchaser.
All Bids Must Be Received by
Noon on March 15.

| VINO wants to bid for a healthy. do
cile, obliging, if well treated male per
son. age 3S, who is willing to sell him
self for the modest little sum of
$4,000.
w. Thomas Withrow of Girard, Kan
sas, is a modest man who is willing to
dispose of himself. He is sending broad
| cast the following letter:
| Il hereby offer myself for sale to the
| highest bidder, for cash.
I am white American. age 3S,
sound and healthy, weight 135, stoclxy
and docile and obliging If we'll treated
| "On acceptance of bid and receipt of
| payment in full, will Immediately de-
liver myself into the custody of my
purchaser and become his property for
/ the rest of my life.
Bids will be received up to noon of
March 18th, On which date all bids will
be opened and the successful bidder
than $4,000 however will be accepted.
Bids must be mailed to me personal
ly and will be considered strictly con-
Dental.
"The sale will be made binding by
legally executed contract and bill of
sale, by which my purchaser will ac-
quire the sole and exclusive right to
my services for the remainder of my
tions of my maintenance.
How much am L offered?
Address, w. Thos. Withrow, 109 N.
Cherokee ST., Girard, Kan.
This is a bonaf1de proposal and will
be carried out if I can find a sattsfac-
tory buyer"
1t might be interesting to the fair sex
to know if the term Ibis property" are
used in the legal sense in his letter, or
If women are admitted to this rare
chance of buying a man for the paltry
sum of $4,000, board and keep.
According to the fifteenth amend
ment, adopted soon after the close of
the civil war no human being can be
bought or sold into slavery nor can
slavery or bondage exist In any FORM
Therefore it is somewhat doubtful If
the willing performer in the sold-into-
slavery game can get the $4,000 or more
without hearing from his majesty
Uncle Sam.
However no matter what the object
of this man with his strange plan may
be. 1t cannot be doubted that he is sert-
Gus in his intentions. He appears very
much in earnest and is simply dying to
sell himself to some one.
To become the property of any hu-
man being for the rest of his life for
the sum of $4,000 or over, looks as
though Mr.. Withrow didn't care much
about being an economic factor His
offer for sale which he insists will be
made binding by a legally executed
contract, includes the item that the
purchaser assume all the obligations of
maintenance.
In the history of bills of sale there is
perhaps none that for originality and
self stands forth so glaringly
as that of the young man from Girard.
Kansas is always springfng something
new and the fact that Mr.. Withrow is
willing to sell all rights to himself is
novelty even in the Sunf1ower state,
Carrie Nation, Myra McHenry, and Jay
House.
The only point in this whole letter
that savors of extreme modesty is the
small price which he places upon him
self. Who in Topeka with only thirty
eight years bearing down upon their
shoulders, would be willing to sacrifice
himself and his ambitions for the re-
mainder of his life for the paltry sum
of $4,000.
Mr. Withrow wants to know how
much he is offered. He won't sell him
self unless he is satisfied. Satisfaction
however in this case evidently mas TO
do with the pocketbook. |
There have been freak offers of more
or less proportions made from time TO |
time but this is the first time on rec
ord in a free country where a man IN
good health of ordinary intelligence, |
and with good chances for a successful
career voluntarily offered to sell him
self in bondage. What will he do with |
the money after he gets it, providing ne
is the property of some one else and has
not the slightest taint OF ind1v1duantyTI
Remember all bids for the purchase
of this strange man expire March 10,
don't fail to bid. 1t wouldn't do any
harm for the women to bid. This pro-
position of having exclusive control or
a man who will make himself doclIe
and subject to obedience for an entire
lifetime, is a proposition which ap-
the highest ideal of feminin-
ity. in regard to the sterner sex.
PITTsBURG PIONEER DEAD.
c. r. Hunt in Milling Business for