Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-30


j. c. Aver delivered ut the Inauguration OF the
town named after him
Lo,}ics unH Gcatl,mcn
On the western coast of Scotland where 1t
slopes into the Irish Sea, 81 river, rising on the
mountains of the inner land. winds down among
the hills and cmptcs into the Firth ol Clyde
From remote time it has been called Ayr from
'an old Scotch word "Ayry.' meaning an eagle
nest-thc river of the eagles nest. Near Its
mouth and L contiguous harbor, long stood L
hamlet which became L royal burg or town
named from the river, and now about onc-thllu
~ large Us Lowcll-thc city of Ayr. For more
than thousand wears it has been noted III the
history of Scotland During the wars of Ro-
bert Bruce it was one Of his resorts, and was
especially favored 10y him because ne was
there cured of lcpro<y. Oliver Cromwell made
it one of the depots and headquarters OF ms
army in his attack upon Scotland. and one "l
his old forts is now the Citadel OF Ayr,
But above all its destinations, Ayr was the
birth place of the poet Burns. And what Il
poet What voice has he given t.. all the
cndcarments Of home How has he halIowed
the cottage and all it corerS-wcans and wllr,
matches and poverty, beans. barley, ale, hard
Shin and the poor mans toll How he wraps
with tenderness whatever he names, even his
bleak leagues of pasture, the stuhblc field, ice,
snow, slcet and rain brooks, birds, mice, this
ties and heather His Bonny Doom, John An.
derson, my ,]o John, Auld Lang Syne, and
Highland Mary roll round the world IN ever
ringing symphony with what Is purcSt and best
in human nature. Ills songs Woo and melt the
hearts Of youth and maidenS, bring Soacc to
the sorrowing and courage to the ovrrhurdcntd
by their lot. His inspiration has set the al
tIctions to music in strains that are immortal.
No other one man ever made Il language
classic. but he has rendered that lOwland
Scotch 4 Doric dialect of fame. The name OF
his home and his beloved river Ayr WAS lifted
on the wings Of his pathoS, and now the APP
preaching traveller yrarn; to reach the SPOT
his genius has Slnctlhcd.
Along the borders of the SCH in Il parlllcio-
gram and surrounding the town Is i county "i
the same namc-AyrSllirc
Ii would weary your patience to hear the
history of my ancestors from one ancient J"lili
of Avr, then John Ayr, down through the cen.
thcir yicissitudcs of poverty and plcnty--'of
fortune and misfortune; how they have inter
married with England, ireland and Scotland,
and later with the Americans, who are IN cX-
cclent mixture OF them ALL
Mn frfcntls,-you have chosen the name
inherited for your town with IN cXtlaordI,
nary unanuity, and have there 10y c"nlrrrrd
IN honor upon me the proper acknowl-
edgmcnt of which do not feel fully able to- cN-
press. But beg you to be assured lhat II Is
appreciated and that it will bc gratefully re-
mcmbercd with Il living interest in Your pros
pcrity while life remains to me, and, trust
beyonl them by my children after nr.
IF this name ll:ls become noted among the
many that are worthicr around you that Is
greatly due to its publicity. May br permit
ted TO state whence that came? Until within Il
few centuries Ill the civilized nations "i the
globe were pcnt up on the Eastern continent.
Two or three hundred years ago they leaked
over into this few and it;lrtully ut hr>t, then
more and more but always in their settlements
timdly hugging the Atlantic coast; WITHIN
the last two or three generations, they nave
burst out, rs it were, and ovcr-rull these vast
continents of tlk, West Now they are scatter
cd here and possess these mcaSurcleSs stretches
of mountains and valleys, hills, plains, forests
and prairics with the boundlcsS pamlt!S and
mountain ranges Of South America. Former
generations lived in villages and towns, thckly
settled together where physicians were plenty
and near ut hand Now the people are widely
scattered in many sections of these many conn
tries r.
For great numbers the timely treatment OF,
nbvsicians cannot be had; over large tracts OF
country good or competent physicians cannot
be had ut ALL They can not visit rltlcntS
enough many miles apart to live by their pro-
ttssion nor can they carry medicines enough
with them on horseback for their requirements.
Hence has arisen in these modern times, II ne
cessity for remedies ready at hand, with dlrec-
tons for their rlse-:l present recourse Tor re-
lief in the cygencics of sickness, when no other
aid is near 1t is new necessity consequent
upon the changed conditions of human hie-a
want have spent my years in supplying, ana
will tell you something OF its extent. OurElDor'
atorv makes every day some 60, ,0W portions
or doses of our preparations These are all
taken by somebody. Here is 4 number equal
to the population of fifteen cities Us large us
Lowell, taking them every day tor sickness
keeps no SabbathS) nor toroncc only but asaln
and again year after year, through nearly one
third of century. We all JOIN III the Jokes
about medicines as wo do about the Doctor :
mission to kill, the clcrgyman's $ inSinccrity and
the LAWYERS cheating Ic. each of these l;lbolS
arc among thcm0st serious realities oflltc. Sick
ness and its attendant suffering lrc no JOKE,
neither is the treatment Of them. This system
Of transportablc relief, tn he made available to-
the people, must keep its remedies fresh III
their memories. This is done by advertising.
Mark its extent An advertisement, taking the
run of the newspapers with which We contract
(somc 1900 annually is struck off in such
numbers that when piicd upon each other
natwisc, like the leaves Of book, the
thickness through them is sixteen miles.
In addition, it takes some seven millions OF
n,mnhlets and twelve millions of circulars to
meet meet the public demand for this kind ofintor-
nation Our annual iSsuc of pamphlets III one,
la;d solid upon each other, make pile ight
and one quarter miles high The circulars
measured cmlwisc reach 1891 miles and these
assertions arc matters of mathematical G'rialn
ty Whatever the estimation in which these G;
publications may be held here, they reach tue
ircsidcs of millions upon millions OF men VINO
do treasure and regard them, and who IN their
trials do heed the counsel they BRING
Not only over these great Western continents
but throug ghout that other land 81 little known
TO You, under our feet, the Australian cont
>nent, there are few villages rs large as THIS