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H	UNTY	SHERIFF
in.
It was high noon on June 29, 1886 when Sheriff of
acting
Hancock County, Joseph L. Cazeneuve	as	crier of a sale
sold to Thos. L.	Airey of the	firm T. L.	Airey & Company
kO head of cattle for the sum	of $1,200.	The sale of	a
spring wagon, four plows, a cart and two harrows brought in an added $25* The sale also included a parcel of land.
^As was the custom of the day, the description and name of each cow	was given in	the out-cry. According	to _
records found in	the minutes (Book K, Pg.	533-3/0 the
auctioneer cried: " one thoroughbred Jersey cow named Mischief*, a heifer in 1882| Tots; Grade Jersey Cows Jenny, Alice, Tiney, Rebecca, Daisey, Pink, Bell and Mary. 10 heifers of 1 yeaVvto 18 months old in 1882; 5 calves 1882; 13 large Kentucky bred cows named Nerva, Murphy, Wilds, Martha, Spot, Ella, Bessie, Posie, Muzza, Arno, Chutt, Sukey & Whitey; two Creole Cows, Pegy and Pachet — a four wheel milk wagon and a spring wagon — "
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