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 Extract from the Montrose Chronicle, Feb. 3, 182

" we mentioned a fortnight ago, that a man had found dead among the snow near Portleathen, we were  that it was John Burness, the author of the popular little  Thrummy Cap. He was a native of the parish of Glenbervie,, and was born May 23, 1771. He was many  private in the Forfar Militia; and although not much  a soldier, yet, as Burness the Poet, he was loved by the whole -officers and men. For sometime previous to his  was employed as a traveller for a Periodical Publishing  in Aberdeen; and in that capacity was well known over the county of Angus and Mearns. He has left, we understand, a  family in Stonehaven; and we are farther informed, that   contemplation to erect a monument over his grave, to mark  where rest the ashes of the humble and honest bard."