Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-04-13
Inauguration.
OF THE
NEW TOWN OF AVER.

and life long acquaintance. Alter thank :.
ing the audience for the cordiaiity of their
greeting, DR.. Aver spoke as follows:
Ladses and Gentlemen:
On the westeriDg coast Of Scotland
where il slopes into the Irish Sea, river
rising Oh the mountains Of the inner land,
winds down among the hills and cmpties
into the Firth Of Clyde. From remote
time it has been called Ayr from an old
Scotch word Age mseniDg an eagles
nes.-the river - the eagles nest. Near
lite mouth and asontigaous barbor. long
stood a hamlet which became royal burg
or town named from the river, and now
about one-third as large as Lowell-the
city Of Ayr. For moro than a thousad
years it has been noted in the history of
Scotland. During the wars Of Robert
Bruce it was one of his resorts, and was
especiallysfavored by him because he was
there cured of leprosy. Oliver Cromwell
made it one Of the depots and headquar-
tiers Of his army in his attack upon Scot
land, and .one of bis old forts is how the
Citadel of Ayr.
But above all its distinctions, Ayr was the
brit .3lace Of the poet Burns. Aud what q
poel What voice has he given TO all the
endearments of home !. How has he hnllowed
the cottage and all it covers-weans and
vile. patches and poverty, beans, barley, ale.
hardship and the poor mans toll. How, he
WRAPS with tenderness whatever he names,
even his bleak leagues OF pasture, the stukss
field. iee snow, sieet. and rain, brooks
birds. tnice, thistles and heather. His Bonny
boon. John Anderson, my 10 John, Aud
Syne3 and Highland Mary roll round the
world in ever ringing symphony with Ehat is
unrest and best in human nature. His songs
WOO and melt the hearts of youth and maid
ems. bring solace 10 the sorrowing and cour-
age to the overburdened by their lot. His
inspiration has sent the affections 10 music in
strains that are immortal
No other one man ever made o language
slassic, but he has rendred that lowland
Scotch Doric dialect of fame. The name Of
his home and his beloved river Ayr was lif-
ted on the wings of his pathos, and now the
approaching traveller yearns to reach the
spot his genius has sanclihed.
Along the borders of the sea In par.
allelogram and surrounding the town is q
county of the same name-Ayrshire.
1t would weary your patience ~ hear the
history of my ancestors from one ancient
John of Ayr. then John Ayr, down through
The centuries to this Aver now before you ::
through their vicissitudes of poverty and
plenty-of fortune and misfortune how they
have intermarried with England, Ireland and
Scotland, and later with the Americans, who
ira On excellent mixture Of them all.
My friends.-you have chosen the
name inherited for your town will
an extraordinary unanimity, and have
thereby conferred an honor npon me. the
proper acknowledgment of which l do not
feel able to express. But beg you to be
assured that it is appreciated and that it
will be gratefully remembered with liv-
ing interest in your prosperity VII lie life
remains to me, and. l trust, beyond tina I,
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 few centuries all the civ
ilaed nations Of the globe we're pent up
on the Eastern continent. Two or three
hundred years ago they leaked over into
this; few and fearfully at first, then more
aud more but always in their settlements
timidly hugging the Atlantic coast.
Within the last two or three generations.
they have burst out, as it were, and over
run these vast continents of the West.
Now they are scattered here and possess
these measureless stretches of mountains
and valleys, hills. plains, forests and prai-
ries with the boundless rampass ard
mountain ranges of South America.
Former generations lived in villages and
,owps, thickIv settled together where ply
'sicians 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 physicians cannot be had; over large
tracts of country good or competent ply
sicians cannot be had at ALL They can
not visit patients enough many miles
apart to live by their profession, nor can
they carry medicine enough with them on
horseback for their requirements. Hence
mas arisen in these modern times, ne
sessity for remidies ready at haod, with
directions for their use-a present re-
course for relief ia the cxigencies of
sickness, when no other aid is near.
1t is new necessity consequent upon the
changed conditions of human life-a
want [ have spent my years in Supplying.
and | will tell you something Of its ex-
tent. Our labratory makes every day
some $4,000 portions or doses of our
preparations. These are all to be taken
by somebody. Here is a number equal
TO the population of fifteen cities as large
as lowell, taking them every day (for
sickness keeps no Sabbaths) nor for once
only, but again aud again. year after
year, through nearly one-third of a cen
fury. We all join in the jokes about
medicines as we do about the Doctors
mission to kill, the clergyman insinccr-
ity and the lawyers cheating. Yet each
of these labors among the most serious
realities Of life. Sickness and its attend
ant suffering are no joke. neither is the
treatment Of them. This system of traus
portable 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.
tisemeut. taking the run of the newspa-
ners with which we contract (some 1900
annually is struck off in such numbers.
that when piled upon each other Hatw Use,
ike the leaves of book, the thickness
through them is sixteen miles In addition,
IT tales some seven millions of phamphlets
and twelve NJ rliiens of circulars to meet
the public demand of this kiba of infer-
nation. Our abaual sssae Of pamphlets
alone. laid solid upon each other, make
j pile eight and one quarter miles high.
The cirealars measured .eDdwise reach
20f and t,lac sorf Lang q ut