From the Kent and Sussex Courier, 31 October, 1873.

Caution to Cattle Salesmen. The "Yew Tree."

On Monday evening last, Mr. Price Jones left for the night 51 Welsh bullocks, which he had brought for sale at Ashford on Tuesday, in the meadow at the "Golden Ball," Kennington, and in the morning four were dead, it is supposed, from eating the branches of a yew hedge which encloses the field. One of the animals was opened, and a piece of yew six inches long found in its stomach. The Inspector, Mr. G. Fordham, refused to admit the other beasts into the Market, as the cause of death had not then been ascertained, so Mr. Jones not only lost the four beasts which died, but lost the market for the others as well.