Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-04-14
Christening a New Town.

The people of the thriving village of
Groton Junction, Mass, having out
grown their village bounds and become
town, petitioned the Legislature of the
State, and the village Of GrotOn junction
became the town of AVER, named after
DR.. j. C. Aver, name familiar with
every household in the country. Not
long since, the people of Aver gathered
en- maSSe to celebrate the important
event, and the new town was christened
amid general rejoicing. Upon the occa-
sion DR.. Aver was present, as well as
many distinguished gentlemen of the
State; and, when the Doctor was intro
duced, he responded as follows:
Ladies' and 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 .empties into the Firth of Clyde
From remote time it 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 a royal burg or town
named from the river, and now about 0ne-third
as large as 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 espe
cially favored by him because he was there cured
of leprosy. 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.
| birthplace of the poet Burns. And what poet
What a voice has he given to all the endearments
of home! How has he hallowed the cottage and
all it cOvers-weans and wife, patches and power
ty, beans, barley, ale, hardship and the poor
| man 5 toll. How he wraps with tenderness what
ever he names, even his bleak leagues of pasture
! the Stubble field, ice, snow, seet, and ram,
! 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 ringing symphony with what Is
| purest and best in human nature. Ills songs WOO
and melt the hearts of youth and maidens, 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 lmmor-
| tai.
Sic but he has rendered that lowland Scotch
| DOric dialect OF fame The name OF MS nome
and his beloved river Ayr was lifted on the wings
! of his pathos and now the approaching traveller
! yearns to reach the spot his genius has sane
! titled.
Along the borders of the sea in a parallelogram
| and surrounding the town is a county OF the same
| name-Ayrshire.
1t would weary your patience to hear the his
! tory of my ancestors from one ancient John OF
| Ayr. then J ohm Ayr. down through the centuries
| to this Aver now before you through their vics
! STUDIES of poverty and plenty-Ot fortune and
misfortune; how they have intermarried with
| England, Ireland and Scotland and later with
| the Americans. who are an excellent mixture OF
! them all.
M FrteRds-YOu have chosen the name m
| herited for your town with an extraordinary
unanmty, and have thereby conferred an honor
| upon me, the proper acknowledgment OF which L
| do not feel fully able to express. But beg you
to be assured that it is appreciated and that 1t
| will be gratefully remembered with living in
! terest in your prosperity while life remains to
me, and, I trust, beyond that by my children
| after me.
If this name has become noted among the
| many that are worthier around you, that Is
greatly due to its publicity; May be permitted
| to state whence that came? Until within a few
centuries all the civilized nations of the globe
| were pent up on the Eastern continent. Two or
| three hundred years ago they leaked over into
| this; few and fearfully at first. then more and
| more but always in their settlements timidly
| hugging the Atlantic coast. Within the last two
| or three generations, they have burst out as 1t
| were and oyerrun these vast continents OF the
| West. Now they are scattered here and possess
| these measureIess stretches of mountains and
valleys hills plains forests and prarles with the
| America. Former generations lived IN villages
and towns, thckly settl led together where physl-
| clans were plenty and near at hand. Now the
| people are widely scattered in many sections of
| these many countries. FoI great numbers the
| timely treatment of physicians cannot be had
| physicians cannot be had at all. They cannot
visit patients enough many miles apart to I'VE by
| their profession nor can they carry medicines
enough with them on horseback for heir re-
qulrementS.
Hence has arisen. in these modern times,
necessity for remedies ready at hand WIN ul[ec
lions for their use-a present recourse Tor rele1
IN the exigences of sickness, when no otner ana Is
near. 1t is a new necessity consequent upon the
changed conditions of human llte-a want nave
spent my years in supplying, and l will tell you
something Of its extent. Our laboratory makes