Joseph Morris: Livestock Auction

6th October 1817

Valuable Flock of Sheep, feeding Beast and Cows, and fat Hogs,
To be SOLD by AUCTION,
By SAMUEL DEACON,

On Monday the 6th Day of October, 1817, on the Premises of the late Mr. JOS. MORRIS, at DESBOROUGH, near Kettering,

The following very valuable Flock of SHEEP, fat and very fresh BEAST and COWS, and Fat HOGS, viz:--

100 Ewes
70 Theaves
89 Shearhogs
20 Two-shear Sheep
1 Tup
46 Welsh Beasts
7 Fat Cows, and
12 Fat Hogs

Catalogues may be had six Days previous to the Sale, at the Swans, Harborough; White Hart, Kettering; and at the George Inn, Desborough.

The Auctioneer requests the Company to meet him on the Premises, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, when the Sale will commence.

 Northampton Mercury, Saturday 20 September 1817

Notes:

Shearhog: a ram being one and a half to two years old

Theave (pl. Theaves): a young female sheep, usually before her first lamb

Welsh Beasts: cattle