The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30


all that Mad'lle Lenormand predicted to
him nearly twenty years ago has been
fulfilled"
We may add by way of conclusion, that
Lenormand said, in 1912, that she would
live to complete her one hundred and
eighth year
The New Town Of Aver. Speech from
the Doctor.
Groton junction, near Lowell, Mass,
having been chartered town by the Leg
islaturc, and named after DIR. j. G. Aver, q
celebration Of the event was had on the
9th. Very many Of the distinguished
men Of the State were present, from whom
speeches, wit and humor flowed in abund-
ance. Upon being introduced to the
quests of the occasion, Dr. Aver spoke as
follows
Ladie md Gentlemen: On the western coast
of Scotland where it slopes into the IRISH Sea,
river, rising on the mountains OF the inner
land. winds down among the hills and emptles
into the Firth of Clyde. From remote time 1t
has been called AYR from an old Scotch word
.Ayry," meaning an eagles nest--the river of
the eagles nest. Near its mouth and Il con-
ticuous harbor, long stood hamlet which be-
came royal burg or town named from the
river, and now about one-thrd as large rs
| Iowcll-the city of Ayr. For more than a
thousand years it has been noted in the hi story OF
Scotland. During the wars OF Robert Bruce II
was one OF his resorts, and was especially ilVof-
ed by him because he was there cured OF lep-
ROSY. GIiver.C cromwell made it one oi!he depots
and headquarters of his army in his attack upon
Scotland and one his old forts is now the Clta-
del of Ayr.
But above all its distinctions, Ayr was the
birthplace Of the poet Burns And what a
poet! What Il voice has he given to all the en-
dearmcnts of home! How has he hallowcd the
cottage and all it covers-weans and wife,
patches and poverty, beans, barley, ale, hard
ship ana the poor mans toll. How he wraps
with tenderness whatever he names, even his
bleak leagues of pasture, the stubble feld, zee
snow, sleet, and rain. brooks. birds, mice
thistles and heather. His Bonny Doom, John
Anderson, my 10 John, Auld Lang Syne. and
Highland Mary roll round the world in ever
ringing symphony with what Is pure>t and
best in human nature. His songs WOO and
melt the hearts Of youth and madens, bring
solace to the sorrowing and courage to the over
burdened by their lot. His inspiration has set
the affections to music in strains that are I'M
mortal.
No other man ever made Il language classic.
but he has rendered that lowland Scotch a
and his beloved river Ayr was lifted on the
wings of his pahos, and now the approaching
traveller ycalnS to reach the spot his genius
has sanetiliod.
Along the borders of the sea in paraelo-
gram and surrounding the town is Il country Of
the same namc-Ayrshire 1t would weary
your patience to hear the history of my ances-
Tors from one ancient J ohm Ayr, then John Ayr,
down through the centuries to this Aver now
before you through their vicissltudes of
poverty and plenty-of fortune and misfortune; I;
how they have intcrmarried with England,
Ireland and Scotland, and later with the Amer
leans, who are an excellent mixture of them
all.
My frients-you have chosen the name | i'll
herited for your town with an extraordinary
unanmity .,and have thereby conferred an honor
upon me- the proper acknowledgment Of which
| do not feel able to express. But beg YOU to
be assured that it is appreciated, and that it will
be gratefully remembered with living interest
in your prosperity while life remains to me,
and, trust beyond that by my children after
NE.
If thi> name has become noted among the
many that are worthier around you, that Is
greatly due to its publicity. May | be per-
mtted to state whence that came? Until with
in few centuries all the civilized nations of
the globe We're pent up on the Eastern conti-
ncnt. Two or three hundred years ago they
%2Rsh @ 9HsG Ga more BIT DfW aRa fs1iy II ' a GS
ments timdly hugging the Atlantic coast.
Within the last two or three generations, they
have burst out, rs 1t We're, and over-run these
vast continents Of the West. Now they are
scattered here ami possess these meaSurce>S
stretches of mountains and valleys, hills, plains,
forests and prairies with the boundieSs pampaS
and mountain ranges OF South America. For
mer generations lived i'll villages and towns,
thickly settled together where physicians We're
plenty and near ut hand. Now. the people are
widely scattered, in many sections of these
many countries For great numbers the time
ly treatment of physicians cannot be had; over
large tracts of country good or competent ply
sicians cannot be had at all. They cannot visit
patients enough many miles apart to live by
their profession, nor can they carry medicines
enough with them on horseback for their re-
quirements. Hence has arsed in these modern
times. Il necessity for remedies ready at hand.
with direction for their uSe-sl present recourse
for relief in the cXigcncits of sickness, when no
other aid is near. 1t is a new necessity conse-
quent upon the changed conditions of human
llte-l want have spent my years in supplying
and will tell you something of its extent. Our
laboratory makes every dav some go OOU
potions or doses of our preparations. These
are all taken by somebody. Here is Il number
equal to the population of fifteen cities as large
as Lowell, taking them every day Cor sickness
keeps no Sabbathsl not once only, but again
and again year atte year, through nearly one
third Of Il century. We all Join in the jokes
about medicines as we do about the Doctors
mission to kill, the clergyman's insnceritv and
the lawyers cheating. Yet each of these abor>
are among the most serious realities of life
Sickness and its attendant suffering are no
joke, neither is the treatment Of them. This
system of transportablo relief, to be made
available to the people, must lieep its remedies
fresh in their memories This is done by ud-
yertising. Mark its extent. An advertise,
ment, taking the run of the newspapers with
which we contract (some 1900 annually i.
! ,I,v,
upon each other tlatwise, like leaves of Il book
the thickness through them is sixteen miles.
In addition, it takes some seven millions OF
pamphlets and twelve millions of circulars tC
meet the public demand for this kind of nfor
nation. Our annual issue of pamphlets alone,
laid solid upon each other, make pile eight
and one quarter miles high. The circulars
measured endwise reach 1894 miles, and these
assertions are matters of mathematical certain
| ty. What ever the estimation in which these
publications may be held here, they reach the
| tiresdes of millions upon millions of men who
do treasure and regard them, and who in then
| trials do heed the counsel they bring.
| Not only over these great Western continent,
but throughout that other land so little known
| to you, under our feet, the Australian CONT
| nent, there are few villages us large as this
which are not familiar with the name you have
| chosen, and employinglthe remedies that bear it
| Thus, gentlemen, have | striven in my hum.
BILE sphere to render some service to my fellow
men. and to deserve among the afflicted and un
| fortunate some regard for the name which youl
| kind partially hangs on these walls around me
| We may look forward with confident hope t.
| the rcnown you will gather under it, and the
prosperity, which there is reason to trust the
| future has IN store for you. Situated as you
| are here on one of the main arteries between
the west and east, between the great industries
of the plow and the spindle you must aid in
their exchanges and thrive with them. Soon
these channels will be opened wide and pour
| ing through your precincts streams of men an
merchandise that will need your furtheranc
and must contribute to your growth.
| Located here in the centre of New England
| to what dearer spot can you turn that men in
| habit? Beginning life rich with the honors 0
| your mother town whose Influence through hel
schools and her scholars is of itself an inherit
| ance, with such examples as Lawrence, Bout
well, Hoar, what NAV you not hope for of use
| fulness in the councils of the state and nation?
| Contrast our condition with that of European
! nations, alternately torn and impoverished witt
wars, credit it you may to the better cducl-
ton ofthe people, and you will realize the val
ue of the example old mother Groton has sci
you, so worthy of your ambition to follow
Build schools for your children and find tai
ent to teach them, then intelligence and integ
rity in prosperous and happy homes will b(
| your sure reward.
| Associated as you have made me with youl
veal and woe, l wish l might be allowed t.
| contribute from nv means such as they arc