Towns > Glasgow > 1787 - Reprint of Jones's directory; or, Useful pocket companion for the year 1787

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action in the Court of Session was raised against him; and, after a
protracted litigation, the lady was declared his lawful wife. He
steadily refused to live with her, however, or to acknowledge her as
his wife. She entered the Court of Session once more, obtained a
divorce, and got married a second time; while Mr. Orr remained
single through life, and died an 1803, in the fifty-ninth year of his
CAPTAIN PATON,
A gallant old soldier, who had seen a good deal of service in foreign
parts, and who was much given to fighting his battles over again. It
was his daily habit to promenade the " plainstones" opposite his own
house in the Trongate, clad in a suit of snuff-coloured brown, his
long, spare limbs incased in blue striped stockings, knee breeches,
shoes and buckles. He sported a long queue, a gold-headed cane,
cambric ruffles, powdered hair, and a cocked hat, which he always
took off with French politeness when saluting a friend. He was
commonly called "the Beau," and was esteemed by all who knew
him as "a prince of worthy fellows, and a pretty man also." He
lived with two maiden sisters, was a regular member of the Coffee-
room, and dearly loved a bowl of good punch, seasoned with limes
from his own estate in Trinidad. At last he sickened and died;
and John Wilson in the Nodes sang of him thus : —
"Oh! we ne'er shall see the like of Captain Paton no mo!"
ROBERT DREGHORN OF RUCHILL
{Or "Bob Dragon," as he was called all over the city) occupied a
large house fronting West Clyde Street, and was in the daily practice
of walking up Stockwell Street to the Cross. He was a tall, gaunt
figure, dreadfully marked by small-pox ; with a large crooked nose,
and a pair of eyes that looked in opposite directions. He had a
great antipathy to mischievous boys, whom he belaboured with his
walking-stick whenever any of them came within reach of the
" Dragon's" arm; and had as great a partiality for servant girls with
bare feet ! He was, in short, the embodied ideal of ill-nature and
ugliness : mothers used to frighten their children by the mention of
his name ; and yet he was known to be a kindly-disposed man. One
morning in 1806, he was missed from his usual walking-ground; and
on inquiries being made, it was discovered that poor Bob had died
by his own hand. The story ran that his house was haunted ; and
so strongly did this feeling prevail, that it remained empty and for-
:saken for many years afterwards.
PROFESSOR JOHN YOUNG
Was generally regarded as one of the most accomplished scholars
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