Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-04-05


-Groton junction. part Groton, Mas.
sachusetts has been Incorporated into a
new town and named after DIR. j. C. Aver,
of Lowell The DR.. was present at the
Inauguration and delivered the following
address on the occasion;
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
hsmldt which became royal burg or
town named fadm the river, and now about
one.thrd as large as Lowell--the city Of
Ayr. For more than a thousand year it
has been noted in che history Of Scotland,
Dureing the wars of Robert Bruce it was
one Of his resorts, and was especially ia
yorcd by him because he was there sured
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.
But above all its distinctions, Ayr was
the birthplace Of the poet Burns. Aud
what poet What u voice has he given
to all the endearments Of home How
has he hallowed the cottage and all it
covers-weans amp wife, patches and pow
erty, beans, barley, ale, hardship and the
poor mans toll.
He has reuderd that lowand Scotch a
Doric dialect of fame. The name of his
home 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 sanctifed.
1t would weary your patience to hear the
history of my ancestors from one ancient
John of 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 are an excellent mixture of them all
My Jraends,-You have chosen the
name / inherited for your town with an
extraordinary unanimity, and have there
by conferred an honor upon me. the proper
acknowledg cement of which l do not fee
fully able to express. But i beg you tc
be assured that it is appreciated and tina,
it will be gratefully remembered with .
living interest in your prosperity while
life remains to me, and, trust, beyond
that by my children after me.
If this name has become noted anon,
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 civil
lied nations of the globe were pent up OIL
the Eastern continent Two or three hun
dree years ago they leaked over into this
few and fearfully at first, then more anc
more, but always timidly hugglng the At
lantic coast. Within the last two or thre
generations, they have burst out, as it wer
and over-run these vast continents of tn
West. Now they are shattered here AM
possess these measureless stretches 0
: mountains and valleys, hills, plains, for
, ests and prairies with the boundlass pam
pas and mountain ranges Of South Amer
} "a. Former generations lived in village