Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-06
Christening q New Town.

The people of the thriving village OF
Groton Junction, Mass, having outgrown
their village bounds and become town,
petitioned the Legislature of the State, and
the village of Grpton Junction became the
town of AVER, named after DR.. j. @.
Aver, q name familiar with every house
hold in the country. Not long since, the
celebrate the important event, and the
new town was christened amid general re-
joicing. Upon the occasion DR.. Aver was
present, as well as many distinguished
gentlemen of the State; and, when the
Doctor was introduced, he responded as
follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen.
On the western coast Of Scotland where 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 1t has been called Ayr from an old Scotch
word "Ayry," meaning an eagles nest-the river
Of the eagles nest. Near Its mouth and Q con-
q royal burg or town named from the river, and
now about one-third as large as Lowe-the city OF
noted in the history Of Scotland. During the wars
OF Robert Bruce 1t was one OF his resorts, and
Vas. Was especially favored By him because & he was !,
ono of the depots and headquarters Of his army in
his attack upon scotland, and one Of his old forts
But above all It's distinctions, Ayr was the birth
| place of the poet Burns. And what poeti What
homei How has he hallowed the cottage and all
Ii coyers-weans and wife, patches and pow
mans toll. How he wraps with tenderness what
ever he names, even his bleak leagues of pasture,
the stubble field, ice, snow, seet and rain brooks,
Doom. John Anderson, my 10 John, Auld Lang
| syne, and Highland Mary roll round the world in
ever ringing symphony with what Is purest and
| best in human nature His songs WOO and melt
the hearts of youth and maidens, bring solace TO
| the sorrowing, and courage to the overburdened
| nv His n eet
| to music in strains that are immortal.
No other one man ever made language classic,
but he has rendered that lowland Scotch Doric
dialect OF fame The name Of his home and his
/ beloved river Ayr was lifted the wings Of his
| to reach the spot his genius has sanctihed.
| Along the borders of the sea is parallelogram
and surrounding the town is a country Of the same
| name-Ayrshire.
II would weary your patience to hear the history
Of my ancestors from one ancient John OF Ayr, yI
Aver now before you through their yicissitudes OF
| poverty and plenty-of fortune and misfortune !;
how they have fntermarried with England, Ireland
| and Scotland, and later with the Americans, who
| are an excellent mixture of them all.
Ny Frtsnds-You have chosen The name i,er inner
| ity, and have thereby conferred an honor upon
me, the proper acknowledgement OF which I do
be assured @ that it is Appreciated and that 1t viii be
| gratefully remembered with living interest in
trust, beyond that by my children after me.
II this name has become noted among the many
m M are nmSoitS Man be pemed to state
| whence that camef Until within a few centuries
all the civilized nations Of the globe were pent
| upon the Eastern continent. Two or three hun
| hred years ago they leaked over into this; few
and fearfully at first, then more and more, but al
| ways in their settlements tmidly hugging the At
Iantic coast Within the last two or three genera
tions, they have burst out as 1t WERE and overrun
these vast continents Of the West. Now they are
| scattered here and possess these measurelees
stretches of mountains and valleys, hills plains,
forests and prairies with the boundless pempas
generations lived in villages and towns, thickly
settled together where physicians were plainly and
tered in many sections Of these many counTes
For great numbers the timely treatment Of physi-
clans cannot be had; over large tracts Of country
good or competent physicians cannot be had a
all. They cannot visit patients enough many
miles apart to live by their profession, nor can
they carry medicines enough with them on horse
back for their requirements.
Hence has arisen in these modern times ne
cesety for remedies ready at hand, with directions
Of when no other % aid is m
1t is . new necessity consequent upon the changed
conditions of human life7a want have spent my
Of it's extent. Our laboratory makes every day
some $50 600 potions or doses Of our preparations
number equal to the population Of fifteen cities a
large as Lowell, taking them every day (for sick
again and year after year. through nearly one
third Of q century. We all join in the jokes abou
medicines as we do about the doctors mission
> |
yer's cheating. Yet each of these labor amonf
, the most serious realities Of life sickness anS
Of Rem FMS system or
relief, to be made available to the people, mus
done BY advertising Mark its extent. An ad
vertisement, taking the run OF the newspaper
with which we contract (soms ,s0o annually, ]
each other natwise, like the leaves OF book tn
thickness through them is sixteen miles. In add
ton, it takes some seven millions OF pamphlets
and twelve millions OF circulars, to meet the pub
lie demand for this kind of information. Our an
3 nual issue of pamphlets alone, laid upon esc
: high. The circulars, measured endwise, reacl
a 1884 miles; and these assertions are matter. 9
in which these publications may be held here
they reach the fresdes Of millions upon mil
\ lions of men who do cherish and regard them
and who, in their trials, do heed the counsel the
y bring.
: but throughout that other land so little known
you under feet, the Australian continent ther
. are few villages as large this which are not fl
: pir pioying % the remedies % that bear it. :.
: Thus, gentlemen, have striyen in my huInbl
men' and to deserve, among the afiicted and VI
e fortunate, some regard for the name whlch yot
q kind partially hangs on these walls around ms
!, | We may look forward with confident hope to u
= renown you will gather under IT, and the pro
n perity which there is reason to trust the futul
mas IN IN 10, a areres betweeS the west an
e East, between the great industries OF the plo
u and the spindle you must AID In tnelr exCnane,
b and thrive with them. Soon these channels WI
q be opened wide and pouring through your pr
= cincts streams Of men and merchandise that nee
;, your furtherance and must contribute TO yor
p growth.
a Located here in the center Of New England,
!; what dearer spot can you turn that men inhaoi
Is Beginning life rich with the honors OF your moth
% town whose influence through her schools NJ
\, her scholars is of itself Inheritance, with SUE
:. | examples as Lawrence, Boutwell,, Hoar, what ms
81 you not hope for of usefulness in the councils
% the State and nationr
;s Contrast our condition with that OF the Is
. | ropean nations, alternately torn and improvisht
with wars, credit it you may to the better educ
)e ton of the people, and you will realize the vail
II Of the example old mother Groton has set you,
- | worthy of your ambition to follow. Build schoo
70 for your children and find talent to teach ther
Ot then intelligence and integrity In prosperous al
m happy homes will be your sure reward.
a. Associated as you have made me with your we
and woe, wish might be allowed to contriou
er from my means, such as they are. something
IN wards this foundation of the public good.
N Gentlemen, Ihave detained you too long. o
II pressed with the fear that do not deserve the d
Id tinction you bestow, 1 pray God to make =
De worthier and to smile upon you with His perpet
in al blessings.
- A PET goat, belonging to an Irishmt
~ ~ in Macon, Ca, ate up seventy dollars
III greenbacks which he found in an OPT
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