Oculeus His most famous quotes...

“A regular splitter of glaur, garnished with a side dressing of filth.”

Oculeus describing the condition of the road at Limond’s Wynd, Wallacetown.

“Flocks of sheep are driven along Fo Fort Street at night – from the boats, I p presume – and in the rear of each fl flock are a number of poor stragglers w with the dogs yacking! and biting at th their heels. I hope this may meet th the eye of owners and that they will h have some consideration for their d dumb animals.”

Oculeus slams farmers for their treatment of their sheep.

“I wonder muchly if the really well- to- do- class, or even the middle class of society, in this Auld Toon, are aware of the awful misery in which many of their poorer brethren live?”

Oculeus on poverty and inequality.

“A case was revealed to me of a washerwoman who, after a long and hard day’s work, was tendered 2s – while the food supplied to her was miserable, insufficient, and not fit for a cat.”

Oculeus on exploitation of the poor.

“If a man is afflicted with suicidal tendencies, he has to be restrained. In like manner the man, with a liking for drink, should be protected against himself.”

Oculeus on alcohol abuse.

“If you want to poison your cat, or give your enemy a fever, hold its, his or her head over one of the sewer gratings, on the Racecourse Road for choice, and your purpose will be accomplished. ”

Oculeus on local sewerage problems.

“The doctors of Ayr drive furiously.... they are trying to do two or three men’s work themselves, and capture as many fees as possible.”

Oculeus on the behaviour of some local doctors out to line their pockets.

“The cowardly yahoos who embraced the opportunity of having a ‘ go’ at several of our policemen last Saturday night are a disgrace to our town.”

Oculeus on police being attacked by the public.

“I was surprised to see prisoners from the gaol, employed doing up the garden ground of the warders’ dwelling houses to the street, before an interested crowd of spectators. It is not an edifying sight.” Oculeus on the treatment of prisoners.