. The Bairds of Gartsherrie. Some notices of their origin and history . spent the most of hislife while he had charge of the sale department of the coalat the Canal Basin. The annexed portrait of Mr. Baird is from a picture atUrie, painted by Mr. Macnee in 1852. Mr. Baird was an ultra-Conservative, and took a keeninterest in politics. He was a man of great shrewdness, and wasnoted for his witty and sarcastic sayings. But his personal obser-vations were generally made in the presence of the party con-cerned, and although often calculated to cause a hearty laugh,they were always void of anything
. The Bairds of Gartsherrie. Some notices of their origin and history . spent the most of hislife while he had charge of the sale department of the coalat the Canal Basin. The annexed portrait of Mr. Baird is from a picture atUrie, painted by Mr. Macnee in 1852. Mr. Baird was an ultra-Conservative, and took a keeninterest in politics. He was a man of great shrewdness, and wasnoted for his witty and sarcastic sayings. But his personal obser-vations were generally made in the presence of the party con-cerned, and although often calculated to cause a hearty laugh,they were always void of anything bitter or ill-natured. Inbusiness he was able and judicious, and his advice was soughtand valued by many friends in Glasgow. Not long after he went to Urie, his health began to fail,and he died, unmarried, in London, on the 2nd of March, 1862,to the grief, not only of his own family, but of a large circleof friends; for he was one of the notabilities of Glasgow, andwas greatly missed from his accustomed haunts. He wasinterred in the Houff, the burial place at
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