The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-04-06

OctOvcu IiVer ayr WIS tttttu w Wo
wings Of his pathos, aud nov the ap- ,
'prpscbiug traveller yearps II r,ach
the spot bis genieus has ssncr6sd
Along the bord,rs OF tho sea 10
parallcloRram and surrounding the
town is u county Of the same name
Ayrshire.
II would weary your patience to
hear The history Of my ancestors from
one ancient John Of Ayr. then John
Ayr, down through tho centuries TO
this Aver now before you through
their vicissitudcs Of poverty and plcn-
lty--of fortune aud misfortune ; how
they have intcrmarricd With England.
ireland and Scotland, and later with
the Ameriranss who are an excellent
mixture Of thcm,Al-
NV (;iends,--yoI'hase chosen tn
name I inherited for yonr town with
an extraordinary unanimity. and have
thereby conferred an honor upon me,
the proper acknow ed ,mcnt Of which
| do not feel fully able to express
But I'beg you to be assured that it is
appreciated and that IL will be great
. fully remembered with living 10, er-
est iu your prosperity while life re-
mains To me, and, tru't, beyond that
by my children alter me.
Ii this name has become motel u
mong the many that are worihier
around you. that's greatly due TO it,
: publicity. May be permitted to
( sta.c whence that came 2 Until wiih>
: in lew centuries all the civilized VA
4 tious Of the globe were put up on the
n Eastern continent, Two or three
= hundred years ago the leaked over IN.
= tn this few AMI tcariully ~ first. then
more and more hut always in their
n settlement, ,imiily luggirg the At
a lautic coast. Within The last two or
!, the generations. they have burst out.
= as il were, AM over-run these vast
d continents Of the West. Now they are
= scattered here and possess these meas.
% ureIess stretches oi mountains and
IF valleys. hills, plains, forests and prai-
|, ries with the boundlcs- pampas md
1 manuiain ranges of South America
, Former generations lived in villages
!. and towns, thckly settled together
}, where physicians were plenty and
j. near at hand. Now. the people are
IN widely scatt.red, in many sections OF
these many countries. For great
"a numbers the timely treatment oi ply
A. siriaus ccnnot be had over large
IA tracts Of country goo or competent
l.l Ia. h al AZ aH The a
m einuot visit patients enough many
a miles apart to live by their profession
in lor can they carry medicines enough
~ with then, on horse back for their re
). qniremrn's. Hence bus arisen il
Is these modern tlm,s. q necessity ioi
in remedies ready at hand, with dirce'
H. tons for their usc-a present re-
he course for relief in the cxi,encirs n
,o sickness, when no other dii is near i
n. is now necessity consequent upon III
rn changed condition Of human life,
want ] have spent iny years in sup
NJ plying, aud | will tell youy sonethin.
n. OF It's extent. Our laboratory make
,cs every day some 637 900 po'io so
~ doses of our preparations. These arr
nd all taken by somebody. Herd is
he oumher equal to the population o
ID fifteen cities MS large cs Lowell, 10
air king them every day (for sicknes
M keeps no Sabhaths) not for once only
m, hut again and again year after year
for through nearly one third Of 0 century
ed We oil join 10 the jokes ab,ut medi
lso cines as we do abont the Doctor
uf mission to kill. the clergyman's insin
ide cerity and the lawyers cheating
nj Yet each of these labors among tn
ed most serious realities Of life Sicknes
and its attendant suffering nro n
joke. neither ia the treatment Of then
This system Of transportah.e relief.
he made available to the people, mus
It's keep It's remedies fresh in their men
cries This is done by advertising
air Marx its extent. Ar advertisemeI
~ taking the run Of the uewspape
with which We contract (somo lSC
'er- annually ia struck Of in such nun
on bers, that when piled upon each 9th
nse Aatwise. like the leaves Of book, u
AZ the thick meas thronh them is sixie,
:, miles. In addition, It takes some =
'''- ven millions of pamphlets AMI iwel
81 millions of circulars to meet tho pu
lmS C demand for this kind Of inform
oc- tion. Oar annual issue Of pam phe
an. alone. laid solid uron each othe
,a;. make a pile eight and quarter mil
~" high. The circulars measured en-
-: VIE reach 1894 miles and these {
srriions are matters Of ma'hemai il
pnd crrtainly. Whatryer the esiiiaari
u, n in which thrse publications may
the held here, they reach tn" fi-esides
the millions upon millions OF mrn VIII"
h OF treasure and regard them, and W
'een in their trials do heed the couusel tn
ord bring. F
the Not only over these great Wesit
its continents bur throughout that oil
oug land so little kpowr to you, under {
oyal feet. the AUS ra'ian continent, th
yer, are frw villages as large as this whi
G us are not familiar with the name y
fore have chosen, aud employing the re
no. edies that bear It.
Du- Thus, gentlemen, have / striven
was my humble sphere TO render suInc >
ally vice to my fellow men. and to desel
here among the afflicted and nnfortun
well snme regard fos ,be rpme wbieh y
md, r. ind nartial,tv hnnvs nm thcaa "a,