Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-04-06
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Speech of DR.. i. e.. Ave-.

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Thepresent Legislature of Massachu-
setts has incorporated Groton Junction
| into a town by the name of Aver. in
honor Of DR.. J. c. Aver OF Lowell. The
inauguration of the new town took
place on the 9th inst. when the Doctor
spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen
On the western coast of Scotland
where II slopes To the Irish Sea. a river
rising on the mountains OF the inner
land. winds down among the hills aud
einpiies into the Firth of Clyde. From
remote time II has been called Ayr from
an old Scotch worel "Ayry." meaning
az eagles nest. Near its mouth aud
contiguous harbor, long stood a haal
let which became royal burg o. town
named from the river. aud now about
one-thiri ~ large as Lowell-the city
OF AYR For more than a thousand
Years II has been noted in the history
of Scotland. During the wars Of Rob
eat Bruce It WAS one Of his resorts. and
wa> especially fa, orci bv him because
he was there cured OF Lerrosv. Oliver
Cromwell madc II one of the depots
aud headquarters of his army in hi, at
tack upon scotland, and one of his old
forts j. now the Citadel Of AYR.
But above all its distinctions. AYR
MAS the birthplace of the poet Burns.
And what a poet What a voice has
be- given TO all the enurarinents of
home How has he halioRed the cot
;agC and all II covers @eans and wife.
patches and poverty. bean, and bailey.
ale. hardship and the poor mans toni.
How hc wraps with tenderness what
ever hc names even hi, bleak leagues
oi pasture, the stubole field. zee, SNOW.
s.c,t, aud rala. brooks. blrds. mice.
lhi>i.rs and heather. HIS Bpnny Doom.
John Anderson my j. John, Auli
Lang Sync, and Highland Mary, roll
rVuld tue wo,.d Ia cHcr ringing SYM
fAont With what j. pulcst and brst in
human nature. Ills sp4g, WOO and
melt The hearts of Youth and mai,iens.
hun- >olace to tht sorrowin. and coar-
a-e 10 the oNcrbdricncd uy their lot.
lis Inspiration ias set the affection, 10
music 10 strains that are immartal.
No other one man ever made a An.
-uaEc classic. hui le has rendered that
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The name Of ais home and his beloved
IiNcr A. WIS liilcd on the wing, OF
hl, paihos, aud now the approaching
traveller yearus 10 reach the spot h.s
genius has sanct,iei
Along the borleF, Of tie sea in a
Para..ciiogram and surrouniin. the
town i county of the same name
Ayr-hire. Ii would weary Your pa
tgruce 10 hea" the history OF my auccs
tors from one ancient John Of Ayr.
then John ANr. down through the cen
turlcs 10 this Aver now before YOU;
through their yIcissItudes of poverty
and plenty --oi fortune and misfortune
how the, have iutermarricd with Eng
land. Ireland, ami Scotland. and later
with the Americans. VINO are An ca
Cc.lent mixture OF them all
Ny JfieHuS,-y have chosen the
name | inhcri,ed for Your town with an
extraordinary unanlmtS, and have
thereby conferred an honor upon me.
the proper acknowledgement Of which
| 10 no; feel fully able u express. But
| beg YOU 10 be assured that ii i. a,-
preclatcd and viii be gratefully re-
member,d with living interest in
yOnr prosperity while life remains 10
me. and, trust, beyond that los m,
children after me. Ii tins maine has bc
come noted among the mary that are
wur'hler around you, that j. greatly
due 10 ITS publicity. May bc per
mltted 10 state whence that came.
Until within few centurie. ali the
CIVILIZED nations Of the globe were peut
rpon the Eastern continent. Two or
three hundted years ago they leaked
over lnto this; few and fearluly at
iis,t. then more and more but aiways
ia their settlements tiinldly hu.glng
two OF three generations, they have
burst out, as II were, and over-run
these vast continents of the West.
Vow they are scattered here and pos
scss these mcasureiess stretches of
mountains and valleys, hills, plains,
forests and prarics with the buuni!ess
painpas aid mountain ranges of South
America. Former generations lived
In ''llla5es and towns, tuicklV settled
to2ethe, where pny sicIans ncre plenty
and near at hand. Now, the people
are widely scattered. III many sections
oil these many countries. For great
numbers the timely treatment of ply
slclans cannot be had Mt all. They
cannot be had; over large tracts of
country good or competent physic. ans
cannot be had at all. They cannot
visit patients enough many miles apart
To nve by their profession, nor can
they carry medicine enough with them
on horseback for their requirements.
Hence has arisen in these modern
times, necessity for remedies ready
at hand, with directions for their use
present recourse for relief in the
eXingencies of sickness, when no other
aid is near. 1t is new necessity con-
sequeht upon the changed conditions
OF human iife-a want have spent INV
years in supplying, and will tell you
something OF its extent. Our labora-
tory makes every day some 630. 900
potlons or doses of our preparations.
These are all taken by somebody.
Here is a number equal to the popula-
tisn Of fifteen cities as large as-Lowell,
taking them every day (for sickness
keeps no oabbaths) nor for once only,
but again and again, year after year,
through nearly one third Of century.
We all join in jokes about medicines
as we do about the Doctors mission to
kill, the clergyman's insincerity and
the lawyers cheating. Yet each Of
these labors among the serious realities
Of life. Sickness and It's attendant
suffering are no ioke. neither il sh0,