. The Bairds of Gartsherrie. Some notices of their origin and history . irtues of industry and economy. The reward of these virtues—namely, riches and honour —has seldom, perhaps, been more bountifully vouchsafed by a kind Providence thanin their case. None of them condescended to the vices of pride and luxury. Whether future generations of the family will complete the round of the philosophers axiom remains to be seen; but that some of them may do so is far from improbable. Mrs. Baird lived nearly eighteen years after her husbandsdeath, and died at Coats House on the 8th of July, 1851, at the
. The Bairds of Gartsherrie. Some notices of their origin and history . irtues of industry and economy. The reward of these virtues—namely, riches and honour —has seldom, perhaps, been more bountifully vouchsafed by a kind Providence thanin their case. None of them condescended to the vices of pride and luxury. Whether future generations of the family will complete the round of the philosophers axiom remains to be seen; but that some of them may do so is far from improbable. Mrs. Baird lived nearly eighteen years after her husbandsdeath, and died at Coats House on the 8th of July, 1851, at the advanced age of eighty-three, having been most sedu- lously attended by her daughters in her last illness. She was buried in the Churchyard of Old Monkland beside herhusband, and within two hundred yards of the farm house of Woodhead, where she and her husband began their married life. The farm house of Kirkwood, their next residence, was withinhalf a mile, and High Cross, where they resided till 1820, was within a quarter of a mile, of Woodhead. Many changes in. oS X o Z)X o Q < _J zo Q _l o THE BAIRDS OF GARTSHERRIE. 2,7 the rise and fall of families did this old lady see in the course of her long life, but none more striking than in the rise of her own. At her marriage, the event was probably not known beyond the limits of the poor clachan at Old Monkland Kirk. At her death, the church seats of her family in four parish churches, situated in as many counties, aswell as several of the pulpits, were draped in black. To the last she was simple and true. Pride was unknown toher; and she never was heard to allude to the riches orprosperity of her family. Referring to the drawing of which the accompanying plateis a copy, Mi\ Baird writes,— It represents Old Monkland Kirk, with the school house and Kirk-style, very much as they were in the beginning of the present century. The building in front of the church is what was the school house and teachers house. At this school
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