Middletown transcript., 1871-04-08
SPEECH OF DR. >. 4. AVER At THE M
AuGuHATfON OF THE TOws OF
AVER. MASS.

AVER. MASS.
LADIES AND GEArLEMgS. On the west :
crn coast Of Scotland where it slopes into
the Irish Sea, river. rising on the noun
tnins of the inner land, winds down among
the hills and emptics into the Firth of
! Clyde. From remote time il has been
called Ayr from on old Scotch word +" Az
ry, meaning an eagles nest the river of
the eagles nest Near its mouth aud
contiguous harbor, long stood hamlet
which became n royal burg or town named
/ from the river, and now about onc-third
as large as l.owell-tbc city of Ayr For
more than thousand years it has been
noted in the history of Scotland During
the wars OF Robert Bruce il was one Of his
resorts, aud was especially favored by him
because he was there cured Of lcprosy.
Oliver Cromwell made it one of the de-
pots aud headquarters Of his army in his
attack upon scotland. aud one of his old
forts is now the Citadel Of Ayr.
But above all lis distinctions, AYR was
the birthplace of the poet Burns And
what poet What voice has he given
to all the endcarmcnis of home How
has he hallowcd the cottage and all it COW
ers--wcans aud wife. patches aud poverty,
beans, barley, ale, hardship aud the poor
mans toll. How he wraps with tcuder.
ness whatever he names, even his bleak
leagues Of pasture the stuhblo field, ice,
snow, slcc,, aud rain. brooks, birds, mice
thistle tnd heather. His Bnnny Doom,
John Anderson, my .Io John. Aud lang
Sync, and Highland Mary roll round the
world in cstr ringing symphony with
what is purest aud best in human natur,.
His songs Woo aud mel, tht heart, Vi youth
aud ;haidens, bring s4lact 10 the sorrowing
and couragct 70 the oyorbrrlentd - their
lot. Iii, inspiration has set lhu affection,
10 music in strains tia, are immortal
No other one man ever made language
classic, but he has rendered that hwland
Scotch Duric dialect ot iaulc. The nnmc
ot his home aud his 1cloycl river Ayr
WAS lifted un tn wings oi his pathos. anil
nuw the approaching traveller vearn, TO
reach the spot his uiu, la, ,lulifed.
.Al"us the border, e! til. sea ina bar.
allcogram anI surrounding the town /, a
county ot the same insane Ayrshire.
II would weary your patience 10 hear
the history Of my ancestors from enc an
ticnt John ii Ayr than J In Ayr. down
through tlt cenia1i t1t tbs Aver now be.
iare ,fou. through ihgii yieis,itnlcs Of pay
erty ami rlenty al tltlune anil misf5r
ttnis bow they have intfruarriol with
England, ireland aud Scotland. anl lafrr
With the Am ,tau- who arr m excellent
mixture etihsm all
Wy friends, ynu have chosen the name
| inherited for Your iosu with nn cx,raor-
dinary unamily, and have thereby confer
rcd an honor upon me the proper nc.
hroMird cement # which do BOT feel full
ly atic Ia express Bat beg vou Ia be
assured thai i is appreciated ani ihn, il
will b. greattaIly remembered with a liy.
ing lhtr,st ~ your prosperity while life re-
malns 10 ne, and. ! trust, beyond that by
ny childr II after me
II thi- ua,aa has become MOTEL among
tiiv many TIM are worlhier around van.
that + greatly due 10 lis publicity. May
| BE permitted to s;nic whence that came
| nth within fi'G centuries all the civil
'1ed nations of the globe were pcnt up ON
tn Eastern continent. Two or three hun
Dr. d year agf they leaked over into this
iaw aud fearlally nj first, thcu more AMI
more but always in their ,elilcm .nts tim
IDLY hn"sing the Atlantic coast. Within
the last two or ihrce generations. they
have bur, out, as it were, aud over.run
thcse vast cinluents If the West Naw
they are scattered here and possess these
mca,arcless stretches of mountains and
valleys, hills, plains forests aud rrarirs
with the bounllass pampas and noun
tain ranges Of South America. Former
generations lived in villages and towns.
ihjckiy settled together where physicians
were plenty aud near n hand Now. the
people are widely scattered. in many see.
tinn> If these mnny countries. For great
numbers the timely treatment of physi.
clans cannot be had; over large tracts Of
country good or competent physicians can
not hc had at all They cannot visit pa
tien,s enough many miles apart to live by |
their profession, nor can they carry mcli.
zines enough with them on horseback for
their requirements. Hence has arisen in !
these modern times II necessity f1r rene |
dies ready at hand, with directions for
their nsc-a present resource for relief in /
the cxigcncics Of sickness when no other
aid is no,r. II is a new necessity consc-
qncnt upon the changed conditions Of hu- |
man lifc--a want | have spent my years
in supplying, and will tell you some
thing of its extent Onr labratory makes /
every day some G2D. 00n potinus or doses |
Of our preparations. These are all taken
by somebody. Here is n number equal to
the population Of fifteen cities as large as
Lowell, taking them every day for sick
ness keeps no sabbaths) nor for one only,
but again and again year after year,
through nearly one-ihird of century.
We all join in the jokes about medicines
MS we do about the doctors mission to kill. /
the clergymans insinccrity and the law
yer's cheating Yet each of these labors
are among the most serious realities oflife.