St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-03-31
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| lac Massachusetts l."1i>l tturr t:lN-
lng enacted into law the vote of the
citizens OF Groton Junction to he char
tered IA Il town named after DIR. j. G..
Aver of Lowell, the people assembled Il
few day since cu mosSr Ia celebrate the
cnnsummatiuu of the event. MANY dis
tin"uish,d men were present, and when
| the Ii.lt tiir came the Great medicine
man spoke to them ~ iDlinw-
Lniies anil G~Nmco:
On the western coast of Scotland where
il slcIc- inio lie Irish SEA-, 4 liver. risir"
ON the mountains ui the inner Land,
winds down among ilic hills and rmptir>
into the Firth of Clyde. From lcmotc
tine it has teen called Ayr from an old
Scotch w"rd ''.\yry, meaning an c;i=lc' >,
nrst-ilc river of the ca"lc% nest. Near
it,, mouth aud contiguous haii'ur, lun4
stood Il hamlet which lccanc u rnyai
bur" or town namcd from tie river, an i
now about u~c-lhi:d rs Inr.e IL Lowell
the CITY ui Ayr. For more than Il
| Thousand years ii has h,rn noted in the
history OF Scotland Duin4 the wars II
| RuhJrt Hrucc ii WAS ga: of his Ic-orts,
and was ,-pc, ialiI favored Ey INN he
cause lac was there cuIcl IT lcpro>v.
Oliver Cromwell made il one ri the de
pots and headquarters Of his amy in his
attack upon Scotland, and one OF hi
old forts i nov the Citadel OF AYR.
But above all ~ distinctions. AYR
WAS the birthplace of the poet HnIn-.
Aud what a poet What a voice has
How has he hlilowcd the cotla"' and
all il co>crS-wran- and wife, pltchc,
aud poverty, hran>, barley, ale, hardship
and the poor mans toll. How he wraps
with tenderness whatever lc names, even
his bleak Ic#"ucS of pasture, the stmbhlr
field, ice, snow. slect. and rain, brooks,
birds, mice, thiStlcs and heather. His
Bonncy doom. John Anderson my .Jo
John, Auld Ian" Sync, ard Highland
Mary roll round the wcrid in ever ring
inc symphony with what is purr,t and
best in human nature. lis SONGS WOO
and melt the hearts Of youth and maid
ems. brin" lace To the sorrowrg and
COURAGE 10 the ovcrhurdrncd by their lot.
Ills inspiration has set the affections to
mu-ic in strains lat are immortal.
No other one IN IN ever made Il lan.
.ua"c classic, but hc has rendered that
low Iand Scotch Il D1iic da'cct "l fame.
The name oi h> humc and his hrluyrd
river Ayr was littrd nn the WINS OF li~
palho<, anal now the approaching travel
lcrs ycaru To reach the spot his Genius
has sancliticd.
Along The borders ui the sea in II par
allrlogram and SuIr"undin" the town Is
country of the same nHmr-Ayrshirr.
1t would weary your patience TO hear
the history Of my ancestors from one
ancient John of Ayr, then John Ayr.
down through the centuries /" this Aver
now before you; through thrir NIciS~l-
tudcs of poverty and plcnty-ot t-rtunr
and misfortune how they lave Inter
married with England, ireland and Scot
land, and later with the Americans. who
are an excellent mixture of them all.
Ny FraDdS,-yCu have chosen the
name inherited for your town with an
extraordinary manimity, and lave there
by conferred an honor upon me. the
proper acknowlcd. cement ot Which | do
not feel fully able 10 expires Bat be"
you to be assured that it is appreciated
and that it will be gratefully remembered
with Il living interest iii your prosperity
while lie remains to me, and, trust,
beyond than by my children after me.
Ii this name has become noted among
the many that are worlhicr around you,
that j. .rcatly due 10 lis publicity. May
| be- permitted TO State whence that
Game Until within a few centuries all
the civilized nations ut the "lulr wCr,
pent up on the Eastern continent. Two
or three hundred years ~" they Leaked
over into this few and ltariully at first,
tlcn more and moIc but always in then
= coast. Within the last two or three ocn.
cratiuns, they have burst out, ~ II Were,
and over-Iun these vast continents ot tlll
West Now they are scattered here
and possess these neasurrle-s stretches
Of mountains and valleys, hills, plains
forests and prairie- with the houndlc>
pampaS and mountain raf@rs OF S1utl
America. Former generations lived II
Villages and towns, thirkly settle To-
. .cthrr where physicians wric plenty an'
near at land. Now, the people ar'
widely scattered, in many sections .
; these many countries. For @rcat mum
bcrs the timely treatment Of physicians
cannot he had over large tracts of coun
- try good or competent physicians canno
- he had al all. They cannot visit pa
ticnts enough many miles apart to live
by their profession, nor can they carr,
medicines enough with them ON horse
back for their requirements. llcnc
has arisen in these modern times, ne
- cc>si,y for remedies ready at band, will
directions for their usC-a present re
:, course for relief in the cNigcncics OF sick
nc>s, when no other aid Is Ecar. 1t Is
new necessity consequent upon the chang
cd conditions OF human lic-a want
d have spent my Years in supplying, an
g l will tell you something OF its extent
q, Our laboratory makes every day som
. go, 900 polions or doses Of our prcpa
rations. These are all taken by some
=. body. Here i, u number equal to til
+ popnlation Of fifteen cities as large Il
II Lowell, taking them every day Qor sick
ness keeps no Sabbaih-) nor for one
only, bul again and again year after ycal
e through nearly one third OF century
We all join III the jokes about medicine