The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-04-13
The Great Medicine Man,

DR.. Aver, the distinguished Pill and
Pectoral man, who is really a good ply
clan and TO quack, has new honors
thrust upon him by the people of Gro
ten Junction, who have just changed
the name of their town to AVER
At the celebration incident upon the
inauguration of the town under its new
name, the "Great Medicine Man, was
introduced by the president of the day
and spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On the western side of Scotland, where
1t slopes to the Irish sea, river, rising
OH the mountains of the inner lands,
winds down the hills, and empties into
the FIRTH of Clyde. From remote time
it has been called Ayr from an old
Scotch word "ayry," meanng an eagles
nest-thc river Of the eagles nest. Near
its mouth and 4 continuous harbor, long
stood hamlet which became royal
burg or town named from the river, and
now about one-third as large as the city
of Lowell-the city of Ayr. For 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 10y
him because he was there cured of the
leprousy. Oliver Cromwell made it one
OF the depots and headquarters of his
army In his attack upon Scotland, and
one OF his old forts is now the Citadel of
Ayr.
But above all distinctions, Ay: was
tue birth. place of the poet Burns. And
what poet! What voice he has Civ
en- to all the endearments of home !.
How has he haIlowed the cottage aud
all it covers-the wife, the bairns, patch.
es and poverty, beans, barley, ale, hard
ship and the poor mans toll. How he
wraps with tenderness whatever he
names, even his bleak leagues of pas
ture, the stubblefield, ice, SHOW, sleet
aud rain, brooks, birds, mice, thistles
and heather. His "Bonny DOOM"
John Anderson" "Auld Lang Syne"
and"Hiyhland Mary" roll round the
world in ever ringing symphony with
what is best and purest in human ma
ture. His songs WOO and melt the
hearts Of youth and maidens, bring So
lace to the sorrowing aud courage to the
overburdeled by their lot. His inspira
ti"n has set the affections to music in
strains which if not heavenly are i'm
mortal.
No other man has ever made Ian.
guage classic, but lie he has rendered
that lowland Scotch Doric q dialect of
fame.
The name Of his home and his beloy.
ed river Ayr was lifted Oh the wings Of
his pathos, and now the approaching
traveller yearns to reach the spot his
genius has sanctitied.
Along the borders Of the sea in par
allelogram aud surrounding the town.
is county of the same name-Ayr-
shire.
1t would weary your patience to hear
the history Of my ancestors from one
ancient John of Ayr, then John Ayr,
uo"u thiOuSh Tie centuries 10 the Aver
before you; through their vicissitudes of
poverty and plenty, fortune and misfor,
tune; how they intermarrieG with Eng
land, ireland and Scotland and
later to the Americans, who
are an excellent mixture of them all.
Ny Friends You have chosen the
name inherited for your town with
remarkable unamity, aud have thereby
AL honor upon me, an &C
OF which do not feel
fully able to express. But l beg you to
DO assured that it is appreciated, and /.
That it will be remembered with living |,
interest in your prosperity while life |
remains to me, and trust beyond that
by 10y children after me.
II this name has become noted among
The many that are W. rthier around you,
hat is greatly due to its publicity. May
| be permitted to state whence that
,ame. Until within few centuries, all
he civilized nations on the globe were
,ent up on the eastern continent. Two
II three hundred years ago they leaked
'ver into this few and fearfuiiy at first,