The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-04-14

tONn, petltlOneu the Legislature Oh the
State, and the village of Groton June.
ton became the town of AVER, named
after DR.. j. C. Aver, name familiar
with every household in the country.
Not long since the people of Aver gath.
cred en- masse to celebrate the Important
event, and the new town was christened
amid general rejoicing. Upon the oc-
casion DR.. Aver was present, as well as
many distinguished gentlemen of the
State; and, when the Doctor was intro.
duced, he responded as follows
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On the western coast of Scotland whore 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.
an old Scotch word "Ayry." meaning an eagles
nest.,the river of the eagles nest. Near its
mouth, and contiguous harbor long stood a
hamlet, which became royal burgh town
named from the river, and now about one-third
| rs large as Lowell-the city of Ayr. For more
than thousand years it has been noted in the
Bruce it was one of his resorts. and especially
favored by him because he was there once cured of
| leprosy. Oliver Cromwell made it one of the de-
| pots 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
What voice has he given to all the endearnents
| ofhome How has he hallowed the cottage and
all 1t covers-weans and wife. patches andpov-
erty, beans barley, ale, hardship and the poor
mans toll. How he wraps with tenderness what
| ever he names, even his bleak leagues of pasture
the ,stubble, field, ice, snow. sleet, and rain
brooks, birds, mice, thistles and heather. His
Bonny Doom, John Anderson my 10 John Auld
Lang Syne. and Highland Mary roll round the
world in ever ringing symphony with what is
purost 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 over
burdened by their lot. His inspiration has set
the affections to music in strains that are i'm
mortal.
No other one man ever made language
classic. but he has rendered that lowand Scotch
n Doric dialect of fame. The name of his home
and his beloved river Aver was lifted on the
wings of his pathos, and now the approaching
traveller yearns to reach the spot his genius has
Along the borders of the sea is parallelogram
AND surrounding the town is Il county of the same
name-Ayrshirc.
1t would weary your patience to hear the his
tory Of my ancestors from one ancient John of
Ayr, then John Ayr. down through the centuries
to this Aver now before you through their vcis,
STUDIES 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
M Fiends-You have chosen the name / in
herited for your town with an extraordinary
unanimity, and have thereby conferred an honor
do not feel fully able to- express. But beg you
to be assured that it is appreciated, and that it will
be gratefully remembered with living interest
in your prosperity while life remains to me- and
l trust. beyond that by my children after me.
If this name has become noted among the many
that are worthier around you, that is greatly due
whence that came? Until within a few centuries
all the civilized nations of the globe were pent
up on the Eastern continent Two or three hun
dred years ago they leaked over into this; few
and fearful " at first, then more and more, but al
ways in their settlements timidly hugging the
Atlantic coast. Within the last two or three
overruu these vast continents of the West. Now
they are scattered here and possess these meas
urel less stretches OF mountains and valleys, hills
plains. forests and prairles, with the boundless
pampas and mountain ranges of South America
Former generations lived in villages and towns,
thickly settled together, where physicians were
plenty and near ut hand. Now, the people are
widely scattered in many sections of these many
countries. For great numbers the timely treat
ment OF physicians cannot be had over large
tracts of country good competent physicians
cannot be had at all. They cannot visit patients
enough many miles apart to live by their profess
sion nor can they carry. medicines enough with
them on horseback for their requirements.
Hence has arisen in these modern times, ne
cessity for remedies ready at hand, with direc
tions for their use-a present recourse for relief
in the eXigencies of sickness when no other aid
is near. 1t is a new necessity consequent upon
the changed conditions of human lifc-a want
have spent my years in supplying, and will tell
makes every day some $4,000 pOtions or doses of
our preparations. These are all taken by some
body: Here Is number equal to the population
of fifteen cities as large "a Lowell, taking them
every day (for sickness keeps no Sabbaths), nor
for once only, but again and again, year after
year. through nearly one-third of century. We
all join in the jokes about medicines as we do
about the Doctors mission to kill: the clergy
mans nsincerity and the lawyers cheating. Yet
each of these labors among the most seriousreali-
ties of life. Sickness and its attendant suffering
are no joke neither Is the treatment of them. This
system of transportable relief, to be made avail
able to the people, must keep its, remedies fresh
in their memories This is done by advertising.
Mark its extent. An advertisement taking the
run of the newspapers with which we contract
!some 1900 annuallyl is struck oil In such num-
bers, that when piled upon each other tatwise.
like the leaves of book, the thickness through
them Is sixteen miles In addition, 1t takes some
seven millions of pamphlets, and twelve, millions
of circulars to meet the public demand for this
Kind OF information. Our annual issue OF pamph-
lets alone laid upon each other, make pile
eight and quarter miles high, The, circulars
measured endwise reach 1894 miles and these as
sertions are matters of mathematical certainty.
Whatever the estimation in which these publica-
tions may be held here they reach the fireside of
millions upoi. millions of men who do cherish
and regard them; and who in their trials do heed
the counsel they bring,
but throughout that other land so little known to
you, under our feet, the Australian continent,
there are few yilagesas large as this which are
not familiar with the name y0u have chosen, and
employing the remedies that bear 1t.
Thus gentlemen have | striven in my humble
sphere to render some service to my fellow men,
and to deserve among the afflicted and unfortu-
nate some regard for the name which your
kind Partially hangs on those walls around
me- We may look forward with conf
dent hope to the renown you will gather
under it, and the prosperity which there
is reason to trust the future has in store for you.
Situated rs you are here, of the main ar
teries between the west and east, between the
great industries of the plow and the spindle. YOU
must aid in their exchanges and thrive with
them. Soon these channels will be opened wide
and pouring through your precincts streams of
men and merchandise that need your furtherance
and must contribute to your growth.
Located her in the center of New England, to
what dearer spot can you turn that men inhabitY
Beginning life rich with the honors of your mo-
thcr town whose influence through her schools
and her scholarsi s of itself inheritance, with
such examples Lawrence, Boutwell,, Hoar,
what may you rot hope for Of usefulness in the
councils of the State and nation?
Contrast our condition with that of the Euro
pean nations, alternately torn and Impoverished
with wars, credit it you may to the better cdu-
cation of the people, and you will realize the va
| lue of the example old mother Groton has set
| you. so worthy of your ambition to follow. Build
schools for your children and find talent to teach
| them, then intelligence and integrity in pros
porous and happy homes will be your sure re-
ward.
Associated as you have made me with your
veal and woe, wish might be allowed to con-
| tribute from my means, such as they are,
| something towards his foundation of the pub
| lie good
| Gentlemen, have detained you too long. OPP
pressed with the fear that l do not deserve the
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