Such desolations in my time have been;
I have an end of all perfection seen.”
Thomas Tyre, pedlar, died on the 2nd day of January, 1795, and was buried in the graveyard of West Kilbride, where his monument, with the following descriptive lines, may any time be seen. He was over 72 years of age:—
“Here lye the banes of Thomas Tyre,
Wha lang had drudg’d through dub and mire
In carrying bundles and sic like,
His task performing wi’ small fyke.
To deal his snuff Tam aye was free,
And served his friends for little fee.
His life obscure was naething new,