The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-01

tipguished men Of the State were present
DR.. Aver was introduced by President
Prescott, and made a speech in which
there is much that has more than per.
sonal interest. Hesaid:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On the western coast Of Scotland where
il slopes into the Irish Sea, river, rising
on the mountains Of the inner land,
winds down among the hills and empties
into tho Fifth Of Clyde. From remote
time il has been called Ayr from an old
Scotch word "Ayry," meaning an eagles
nest-the river Of the eagles nest. Near
its mouth and contiguous harbor, long
stood hamlet which became royal
burg or town named from the river, and
now about gone.thirtl as large as Lowell
tho city Of Ayr. For more than . thou
sand years ii has been noted in the
history Of Scotland. During the wars
Of Robert Bruceit was one Of his resorts,
and was especially favored by him be!
cause he was there cured OF leprosy.
Oliver Cromwell made It one Of the de-
pots and headquarters Of his army in his
attack upon Scotland, and one Of his old
forts is now the Citadel otAyr. %. ID
But above all its distinctions, Ayr was
the birthplace Of the poet Burns. And
what poetl What voice has he given
10 all the endearments Of home! How
has he -hIllowed the cottage and All 1t
covers and wife, patches and poV.
erty, beans, barley, ale, hardship and the
poor mans toll How he wraps with ten
derness whatever he names, even his
bleak leagues of pasture, the stubble.
field, Ice, snow, sleet and rain, brooks,
birds, mice, thistles and heather. His
Bonny Doom, John Anderson, My 10
John, Aud Lang Syne, and Highland
Mary roll round the world in ever ring
ing symphony with what is purest and
best in human nature. His songs woo and
melt the hearts Of youth and maidens,
bring solace to the SorrOwing and cOur.
age to the overburdcned by their lot His
inspiration has set the affections to music
in strains that are immortal.
No other one man ever made Ian.
guage classic, but he has rendered that
lowland Scotch 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 approaching travel
Ter yeArns TO reach the spot his genius has
sanctified. "'
Along the borders of the sea in a paral-
telegram and surrounding the town is o
county Of the same name-Ayrshire. l.
It would weary your patience 10 hear
the history Of my ancestors from one an
cient John Of Ayr, then John Ayr, down
through tho centuries to this Aver now
before you; through their vicissitudes Of
poverty and pIenty-of fortune and mis-
fortune; how they have intermarried with
England, Ireland and Scotland, and later
| with the Americans, who are an excellent
mixture Of them nll. H' ll .''
Nh FifendS,-y0 have chosen the name
| inherited for your town with On extra
ordinary unanimity, and have thereby
conferred an honor upon me, the proper
acknowledgment OF which | do not feel
fully able TO express But I beg you 10
be assured thatit is appreciated and that
It will he gratefully remembered with a
living interest In your prosperity while
life remains 10 me, and, l trust, beyond
that by my children after me. '
II this name has become noted among
the many that are wOrthier around sou,
that is greatly due to its publicity. May l
he permitted to state whence that came?
Until within few centuries dill the civil.
lied nations Of the globe were pent up on
the Eastern continent. Two or three hun.
bred years ago they leaked over into this;
few and lcarIhlly at first, then more and
more but always In their settlements tim.
idly hugging the Atlantic coast. Within
the last two or three generations, they
have burst out, as il were, and overrun
these vast continents OF the West, Now
they are scattered here and possess these
measurelesS stretches OF mountains and
valleys, hills, plains, forest and prairies
with the boundless pampas and mountain
ranges Of South America. Former gen
eraiions lived in villages and towns,
thiChly settled together where physicians
were plenty aud near at hand. Now, the
people are widely scattered, in many Sec
lions Of these many countries For great
numbers the timely treatment Of physi'
Cians cannot be had; over large trtIcts
of country good or competent physi'
cians cannot be had at ALL They can
not visit patients enough many miles
apart to live by their profession, nor can
they carry medicines enough with them
on horseback for their requirements.
Hence has arisen in these modern times q
necessity for remedies ready at hand, with
directions foftheir use-a present recourse
for relief In the exigencics Of sickness,
when no other aid is near. II isa new ne
ceSsity consequent upon the changed con-
ditions OF human llie-a want l have
spent my years in supplying, and | will
tell you something OF lis extent. Our
laboratory makes every day some 10000
pOtiOns or doses Of our preparations.
These are all taken by somebody. Here
is number equal To the population Of
fifteen cities as large us Lowell, taking
them every day -(Ior sickness keeps no
Sabbaths) nor tor once only, but again and
again year alter year, through nearly one
third Of q century. We all join in the
jokes shout medicines rs we do about the
Doctors mission to kill, the clergyman's
inSincerity and the lawyers cheating.
Yet each Of these la6Ors among the most
serious realities OF life. Sickness and its
attendant suffering arc no joke, neither is
the treatment Of them. This system oil
transpOrtable relief, TO be made available
to the people, must keep its remedies fresh
in their memories This is done by ad-
vertising. Mark its extent. An adver-
tisenenE, taking the run Of the newspa-
pers with which we contract (SOme 1900
annually Is struck off in such numbers,
that when piled upon each other ffatwise,
like the leaves Of q book, the thickness
through them is sixteen miles, In addi.
ton, Il takes some seven miles Of pam
phlets and twelve millions Of circulars to
meet thepublic demand for this kind OF