The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-03-23


orated medicine man, the ciiizsns songrega-
ted together on the 9th inst. and, in company
with many of the distinguished men OF the
Commonwealth, properly inaugurated the
new town. Among the speeches was that Of
DIR. j. q. Aver, the god-s whose remarks
we fiod recorded as 10 lows:
LadieS and Geqtlemea:
On The western coast of Scotland where il
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 IimP 1t has been called
Ayr from an old Scotch word "Ayry," mean.
ing an eagles nest-the river of The eaale's
nest. Near its mouth and a contiguous ha,-
Dor, long stool hamlet which became roy-
al burg or town named from the river, and
now about one-thlrd as large as Loweli-the
city of Ayr For more than a thousand wears
u mas bean no'ei IN The history of Scotland.
During the wars OF Robert Blnce it was one
0. his resorts, aud was especially favored by
him because he YVES there Gu, ed OF leurost.
Oiser Cromwell made it one OF the depois
aud headquarters Of his army In his attack IN.
on Scotland, and one OF his old forts is now
the Cita ell OF AYR.
But ofal its distinctions, Ayr was the birth
place OF the poet Burns. And wnat a poeiI
WI at voice has be given 10 all the endear-
ments OF home! How has he balio we'd The
cottage and all it covers-wpans and vile,
patches and poverty, beans, barley ale. hard
snip and the poor man 5 rOii. How be wraps
with tenderness whatever he names, even his
bleak leagues oil pasture, the stubble and tiad,
ice, snow, sleet aud rain, brooks, birds. u ice
thIsIes and heaiher. His Bonny Doom, John
Ande SON, my Jo John, AUD Lang Syns, aud
Highland Mary roll round the world IN every
rlngltg symphony with what Is pu,est aud
pest 10 human nature. His songs WOO and
melt tue hearts OF youth aud maidens. bring
stlace to the sorrowne and Courage 10 the
overburhened by theiI lot. His inspiration
hIS set ibe affections to music in strains that
are immortal.
Moo one' one man ever made language
classic, bit he has rendered that lowIand
ocolcn a DUric dialect o. fame The name of
his hume aud hi, beloved river AYR was liIted
OH b. wing, OF his pathos, and NV the ap-
prnachInI traveller yeatns 10 reach the SPOT
his genius has sanctined.
Aloag the borders OF the sea In a paralelo.
gram and Surrounding tue town is a county of
the same name Ayrshire.
1t would weary your patience to hear the
history OF my ancestors IRON one ancient
John OF Ayr, Lheu John AYR, down through
the centui les TO this Aver nLw baiore Won.
pleuty-of fortune a0d Misfortune: how ,bey
have intermalried with England Ireland aod
scotland, and later WITH the Americans, who
are an excellent mixture oil them all
ny frlehds,-you bave chosen The name |
lDheried for YOUR town with all extraordinary
unanlmly, and have thereby conferred an
honor upon ME, the proper ackno wedsment
OF which do not feel fully able to express.
But hss you 10 be ese,,red-, ,tu. IL 70 oppTr.-
qu anu shat will hp ,har-
Ell wl'h living interest in your prosperity
while lite remains TO ME, and 1 trust bayoud
that by my childIen after me.
1t this name has become noted among the
many that-are worihier aIoun yuu. thai ia
greatly due 10 its publicity. May l be permit.
led 10 state whf Uce that Cant? Until within
iew centuries all the civilized nations oi the
glohe weie pent up IN the Eastern continent.
Two or thr, e hundred years ago they leaked
over into this; few and frariully at fist, then
more and more, but always iu their settle.
mens tirridiy hugging the Atautic coast -
Within the last two or three ceperatious ihey
have burst out, as /. were, and over-1un these
vast continents of The West Now they arc
scattered here aho possess these measuIelpss
slietches o. mountains and valleys, hi 5, plains
forests aud pIairieS with the bnundess pam
pas and uounlain ran es ni Sonh America.
folmer geneI @tons lived in villages and
clans were p"nty aud near at hand Now,
the people are widely scattered i'll many sec
llons or these many countries For great
numbers the timely treat meht of physiciaL S
cannot he bad; over large iiacks ot country
good or competent PLY sicians cannot he had
at all. They Can not visit patients enouo h
many miles apart to i've by their profess on.
nor can they carry medicines enounh with
tneih on horseback Tor their requirements
Hence "a lSnl IN. fLe.,
cePsity Tor remedies ready at hand with di-
rect ons tor their use-a pIesent recourse for
rellei I'D The eXiSesces oil sickness, when no
other ad is near. 1t is uew necessity con-
sequeDt upon the changed conditions OF bu-
mau lile-a want have spent my years In
supplying, and will tell you something of its
extent Our laboratory makes every day
some 63h,OO0 potions OF doses of our pTe, ara.
Tons. These are all taken by son.ebody.-
Here IS number equal to The population OF
fifteen cities us large as Lowell, taking Them
every day flor sickness keeps no Sahbaths)
nor Tor once ONLY, but again and again year
after year, through neatly one third OF a CEN
Jury. We all JON in the jokes about medi-
clnes as we 90 about the Doctors mission to
klll, the clergyman's insincerty and the law.
yer's cheating. Yet each OF these labors
among The most serious realities OF life. Sex
ness and It's attendant suffering aIe no Joke
neither Is the treatment OF t. EN-. This system
OF uansportable relief, TO be made available
to the people, must keep its remedies fresh in
Their memories. This is done by advertising.
Marx lis extent. An advertisement, taking
the run OF the newspapers with which we con
tact (some 1900 annually is struck off III such
numbers, that when pied upon each otE er
fatwise. like the leaves OF a book, the thick
ness through them is sixteen miles. In addi-
ton, II takes some seven millions OF pamph-
lets and twelve millions of circulars 10 meet
ahe public demand Tor this kind OF infor-
nation. Our annual issue of pamphlets
alone, laid solid upon each other make a pile
eight and ore quarter miles high. The ciIcu-
lars measured endwise reach 1894 miles and
these assertions are matters of mathematical
Certainty. whatever the estimation In which
these publications may be held hele they
reach the firesides OF millions upon millions
OF men who do treasure and regard them
ana who in their trials do heed the cuuns Of
they bring.
Not only over these great Western conti-
menus out throughout that other land SO lit
TIC ,huowh 10 you, under our feet, the Aus
.ralan contluent, there are few villages as
Large as Ibis which are nos familiar with the
name yhu have chosen, and employing tbe
remedies that bear it.
Thus, gentlemen. have | siriven, In NV
humble sphere, TO render some service 10 nv
fellow men, ana to deserve among the afIiic ed
and unfortunate some reeaid Tor the mama
which your Kind partallIy hangs on these
walls around me. We may look forward with
confident hope 10 the r'nown YOU Will gather
under 1t, and the prosperity which there is
reason TO tiust the fnture has In Store tnr
you. situated as you are here ON one CT the
main arteries between the west and Tho eas,
between the great industries OF tbs n,c,.oi,'
aud the spindle YOU must aid in -
changes aud thrive with them. Sow 81 g
channels will be opened wide and no,'r,nC
through YOUR precincts streams ot men and
uPIchahd'Se that will need our r,rtberance
anu must ccn'r butte to your growth.
Located here IN the centie of New EuoIa 1d
~; " VIVA ueafer spot can YOU turn thai men
liiu"oi'' B' ginning lie rich with The honoSs
VI your mother towu, whose influence
throueh hei schools and her scholars is OF it
setI an lnberit9ncP, with such examples as
Lawrence, Boutwell,, Hoar, what may you OF
nope Tor OF usefulness in the Councils OF The
state and nation?
Contrast our condition with that OF the
European nations, alternately torn ana ith-
povefished with wars, credit It as you may 10
the better education of the people ana you
will realize the value OF the eSahpie oiu
mother Groton has set yoH, so WOilbA Of
your amhi,ion to follow. B"iid sch"ois ior
80 cl,,idr,.n and md talent to teach them.
mon m ellirerce and inte.:ity iu piusperous
and bnrpy homes VII be your sulr reWaid.
Ass,,eia, eJ rs YOU bave made rme " i'm ,our
veai aud W e. -lsb might be allowed 10
contribute from my means such as ,uey are
something towards THIS INST touudaliou OF le
pu lie good.
Gentlemen l have detained you too long
Oppressed with the fear that 90 not deserve
the distinction YOU beSlOy | nray Cod a.,