The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-03-31
SPEECH OF DR.. AVER.


were conceded they held grand celebration,
at which many distinguished men were pres
ent, who joined in the festivities, and by their
brilliant little speeches added eclst to the &C.
casiou. The "Great Medicine Man" to whom
they had done such honor, was called for and
spake asfollowE
LadtSs Gad Geatlemea :-On the western
coast Of Scotland whore it slopes into the IT.
ish Sea, Q river, rising on the mountains Of
the inner land, winds down among the hills
and empties into the Firth of Clyde. From
remote time It has been called Aver from an
old Scotch word "Ayry," meaning an eagles
nest-the river Of the eagles nest. Near it
mouth and Q contiguous haFbor, long stood q
hamlet which became royal burg or town
named from the river, and now about one
third as large as Loweil-the city Of Ayr. Fol
more than thousand years it has been noted
in the history Of Scotland. During the wars
Of Robert Bruce it was one of his resorts, and
was especially favored by him because he wai
there cured Of leprosy. Oliver Cromwell made
it one of the depots and headquarters of his
army in his attack upon Scotland, and one o1
his old forts is now the Citadel Of Ayr
But above all Its distinctions, Ayr was The
birthplace Of the poet Burns. And what
pcetl What a voice has he given to all the en-
dearments Of home! How has he hallowed
the cottage and ali it covers-weans and wife
patches and poverty, beans, barley, ale, hard
ship and the poor mans toll. How he wrap
with Tenderness Whatever he names, even hi
bleak leagues of pasture, the stubble field, ice
snow, sleet and rain, brooks, birds, mice
thistles and heather His Bonny Doom, JohI
Anderson, my 10 John, Aud Lang Syne, snC
Highland Mary roll round the world in eve
ringing symphony with what is purest anS
best in human nature. His songs WOO anG
melt the hearts of youth and maidens, brinl
solace TO the sorrowing and courage to thu
overburdened by their ! ct. His inspiration
has set the affections to music in strains tina
are immortal.
No other one man ever made a languagt
classic, but he has rendered that loWlanC
Scotch Doric dialect of fame. The name O.
his home and his beloved river AIRY, was lift
ed on the wings Of his pathos, and now the ap
preaching traveller yearns to reach the spo
his genius has banctlfed.
Along the borders of the sea in parallelo
gram and surrounding the town is county o
The same name-Ayrshire.
1t would weary your patience to hear tht
history of my ancestors from one ancient Johl
of Ayr, then John Ayr, down through the cen
turies to this Ayr now before you; througl
their vicissitudes of poverty and plenty-o
fortune and misfortune; how they have inter
married with England, Ireland and Scotland
and later with the Americans, who are an ex
cellent mixture ofthem all.
M fIiends,-you have chosen the name
inherited tor your town with an extraordlnarl
unanimity, and have thereby conferred al
honor upon me, the proper acknowledgment
of which do not feel fully able to express
But beg you to be assured that it is appre
sted and that it will be gratefully remember
cd with living interest In your prospentl
while life remains to me, and, trust, beyonC
that by my children after me.
II this name has become noted among tn
many that are wolthier around you, that
greatly due to its publicity. May 1 be per
mitted to state whence that Gamer Unit
within few centuries all the civilized nation
of the globe were pent up on the Eastern con
rinent. Two or three hundred years ago the,
leaked over into this; few and tearfully at first
then more and more but always in their set
Elements timidly hugging the Atlantic coast
Within the last two or three generations, the
have burst out, as it were, and over-run thes
vast continents Of the West. Now they ar
scattered here and possess these measureles
stretches of mountains and valleys, hills, plains
forests and praires with the boundless pam
Former generations lived in villages anC
towns, thlckly settled together where physi
clans were plenty and near at hand. Now
the people are widely scattered, in many sec
tionE of these many countries. For grea
numbers the timely treatment of physician
cannot be had; over large tracts Of countr.
good OF competent physicians cannot be haG
at all. They cannot visit patients enough
many miles apart to live by their profession
nor can they carry medicines enough witt
them on horseback for their requirement
Hence has arisen in these modern times, q nee
essity for remedies ready at hand, with direc
tons for their use-a present recours
for relief in the exigencies of sickness
when no other aid Is near. It Is a new neces
sity consequent upon the changed condition
of human life-a want have spent my year
in supplying, ana I will tell you something o
its extent. Our laboratory makes every da,
some 6S0,00O portions or doses of our prepara
tons. These are all taken by somebody
Here is q number equal to the population o
fifteen cities as large as Lowell, taking then
every day flor sickness keeps no Sabbaths
nor for once only, but again and again, yea
after year, through nearly one third of cen
tury. We all join In the jokes about medl
cines as we do about the Doctors mission +
kill, the clergyman's insincerity and the law
yer's cheating. Yet each of these labors anon
the most serious of life. Sickness and its at
tendant suffering is no joke, neither is tn
treatment Of them. This system Of transport
able relief, to be made available to the people
must KEEP Its remedies fresh in their memo
ries. This Is done by advertising. Marx it
extent. An advertisement, taking the run o
the newspapers with which we contract (som
1900 annually is struck of in such numbers
that when piled upon each other hatWlse, Hk
the leaves Of a book, the thickness througl
them is sixteen miles. In addition, it take
some seven millions of pamphlets, and twelv
millions of circulars to meet the public demand
for this kind of information. Our annual Is
sue Of pamphlets alone, laid solid upon eacl
other, make pile eight and one quarter mile
high. The circulars measured endWise reacl
1894 miles, and these assertions are matter
Of mathematical certainty. Whstever the es
timation in which these publications may b.
held here, they rsaCh the tiresides OF mIlllon
upon millions OF men who do treasure and re
gard them, and who in their TRIALS do heed tn
counsel they bring.
Not only over this great Western cont
nent but throughout that other lands 50 llttl,
known to you, under our feet, the Australian
continent, there are few villages as large a!
this which are not familiar with the name yo,
have chosen, and are employing the remedies
that bear it.
Thus, gentlemen, have I striven in nv
humble sphere to render some service TO m,
fellow men, and to deserve among the at
hicted and unfortunate some regard for the
name which your kind partiality hangs on
these walls around me. We may look forward
with confident hope to the renown you vii
gather under it, to the prosperity, which there
is reason TO trust the future has in store fol-
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the main arteries between the west and east,
between the great industries of the plough and
the spindle you must aid in their exchanges
and thrive with them. Soon these channels
will be opened wide and pouring through
your precincts streams of men and merchan-
disc that will need your furtherance and must
contribute to your growth
Located here in the centre of New England
TO what dearer spot can you turn that men
inhabit9 Beginning life rich with the honors
of your mother town whose influence through
her schools and her scholars is of itself an in
heritance, with such examples as Lawrence,
Boutwell,, Hoar, what may you not hope for of
usefulness in the councils Of the state and na-
tion7
Contrast our condition with that of the Eu-
ropean nations, alternately torn and improv-
ished with wars, credit it as you may to the
DckSCN OAuOlhAOAA VI PSOBAOB eAN JOu VIII
realize the value of the example old mother
Groton has set you, so worthy OF your am
bition to follow. Build schools for your children
and find talent to teach them, then intelligence
and integrity in prosperous and happy homes
will be YOUR sure reward
Associated as you have made me with your
veal and woe, wish might be allowed to con-
tribute from my means such as they are, some-
hing towards this first foundation Of the
public goods,
Gentlemen, have detained you too long.
Oppressed with the fear, that do not deserve
he distinction you bestow, pay God to make
ne worthier, and to smile upon you with His
perpetual blessings.
Hismarc k has been made Prince of the
Empire, and Won MOltke, has been presented
With grand cross of the order of the "Iron
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