DEATH OF TAN O'sHANTER.
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Al Lochwnnoch, on the 9th inst. died Thomas
Reid, labourer. The importance attached 10 this
circumstance arises from his having been the ce.
ebrated equestrian hero of Burns poem, TAM
O'SHANrEn He was born on the 2lst Of October
i745, in the clachan of Kyle AYRSHIRE, and he
has now at length surmountcd tile ''moses river,
slaps, and styles of lite." For considerable
time past he had been in the service of Major
HerYey, Of Castle Sample, and for nine months
previous to his death had been incapable of Ia.
bour; during which time, to the honor of Major
fIervey be il remembered, the many ills of old
age and disease were soOthed as far as possible
by y fostering and laudabe generosity, Reid
however, retained TO the last The desire of being
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