serpent-plague

Updated: July 10, 2026

In this year a proposal came from Glasgow to build a cotton-mill on its banks, beneath the Witch-linn, which being on a corner of the Wheatrig, the property of Mr Cayenne, he not only consented thereto, but took a part in the profit or loss therein; and, being a man of great activity, though we thought him, for many a day, a serpent-plague sent upon the parish, he proved thereby one of our greatest benefactors.

John Galt - The Annals of the Parish; or, the chronicle of Dalmailing during the ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder