The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-04-08

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tor me.
If this name has become noted among the
many that arc worthier around YOU, that il
greatly due to it, publicity. May be permit.
ted to atsts whence that csmeP Until within
lew centuries all the civilized nations Of the
globe were pent up on tho Etstern continent
Two or three hundred years ago they leaked over
into this; few and fearfully at first, then moro
and more. but always In their settlements tim.
idly hugging the Atlantic coast. Within the
last tive or three generations. they have barst
out, as 1t we're. end ovsr.run tAess vast CONT.
and possess these measureless stretches Of noun.
tans and valleys, hills, plains, forests and prai.
ries with the boundless psmpss and mountain
ranges of South America. Former generations
lived in villages and towns, thickly settled to.
gethsr where physicians were plenty and near
at hand Now, the people are widely scattered,
in many sections Of these many countries. For
great numbers the timely treatment of physic.
ians cannot be had: over large tracts of country
good or competent physicians 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 Oh horse.
back for their requirements. Hence has arisen
IN these modern times, necessity for remedies
ready ut hand, with directions for their use-a
present recourse for relief in the sxigelciss Vi
sickness, when no other aid is near. 1t Is new
necessity consequent upon the changed condi.
tons of human lfe-s want have spent my
years in supplying, and will tell you something
OF its extent. Our laboratory makes every day
some 63O, 600 potions doses Of our preparations
These are all taken by somebody Here is
number equal to the population Of about fifteen
cities as large as Lowell, taking them every day
for sickness keeps no Sabbaths) nor for once only,
but again and again, year after year, through
nearly one.third Of century We all join in the
jokes about medicines az We do about the Doctors
mission to kill the cler9ymans insincerity and
the lawyers cheating. Yet zach of these labors
among the most serious realities of life. Sick.
ness and its attendant suffering are no joke,
neither is the treatment of them. This system
of transportable relief, to be made available to
the people, must keep its remedies fresh in their
memories. This 10 done by advertising. Mark
its extent. An Advertisement, taking the run Of
the newspapers with which we contract some
1900 annually is struck of in such numbers,
that when piled upon each other eatwise, like
the leaves of book, the thickness through them
il sixteen miles. In addition, it takes some sew.
| en- millions Of pamphlets and twelve milliens OF
circulars to meet the public demand for this kind
Of information. Our annual issue Of pamphlets
alone, laid solid upon each other, make pile
eight and one-quar.er miles high. The circu.
lars, measured advise reach 1894 miles, and
these assertions are matters of mathematical Ger.
tainty. Whsseve. the estimation in which these
publications may be held here, they reach the
hresides OF millions upon millions Of men who
do treasure and regard them, and who in their
| trials do heed the counsel they bring.
Not only over these great Western continents
but throughout the other land 80 little known to
you, under our feet, the Australian continent,
there are few villages as large as this which are
not familiar with the name you have chosen, and
employing the remedies that bear it.
Thus, gentlemen, have striven in my humble
sphere to render some service to my fsIow.men,
| and to deserve among the afflicted and unfortu.
| nate some regard for the name which your kind
partislity hangs on these walls around me. We
may look forward with confident hope to the re.
| nown you will gather under it, and the prosper.
ity, which there is reason to trust the future has
in store for ysu. Situated as you are here on
one of the main arteries between the west and
the east, between the great industries of the
plough and the spindle you must aid in their ex.
| changes and thrive with them. Soon these chan.
uels will be opened wide and pouring through
your precincts streams of men and merchandise
that will need your furthsrance and must con.
tribute to your growth.
Located here in the centre Of New England to
what dearer spot can you turn that men inhabit ?
Beginning life rich with the houors OF your
mother town whose influence through her schools
and her scholars is of itself inheritance, with
such examples as Lawrence, Boutwell,, Hoar.
what may you not hope for of usefulness IN the
councils If the state and nation7
Contrast our condition with that Of the Europ.
can nations, alternately torn snd impoverished
with wars, credit it you may to the better sdu.
cation of the people, and you will realize tho val.
ne Of the example old mother Groton hes act
you, 30 worthy of your ambition to follow. Build
schools for your children and find talent to teach
them, when intelligence and integrity in pros.
porous and happy hsmes will then be the sure
reward.
Associated as you have made me with your
veal and wee, wish might be allowed to con.
tribute from my means, such as they are, sone-
thing towards this fret found ,tion of the public
good "
Gentlemen, 1 have detained you too long.
Oppressed with the fear, that I do not deserve
the distinction you bastow, l pray God to make
me worthier and to smile upon you with His
perpetual blessings.
On the records of the House Of Represen-
tatives may still be read the following resolu.