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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1896)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2-1, 1 8 9 6 . Health Talks to Children. T here are ever so m any creatu res and th in g s try in g to get a living in th is world. Some of th em , like cows and horses, we have a great deal of use for. O thers, like m osquitoes, bedbugs, weeds, poison ivy, and E n g lish sparrow s, give us a good deal of trouble, w ith o u t doing ...’.Vw/be '•-■iwt tliatyve know qf.^^So i • • we try to keep them o u t, drive them awav, or else kill them if they insist on com ing in where we are try in g to live ourselves. . r « * 3 e T ru th fu l u n d er all circu instances, You know how weeds will keep veg- Be H opeful, even in adversity , etables from growing in th e garden. You Be E ver sure to fulfill your p ro m ises, know how lice will keep hens from lay- , rtig. We have to kill these W eeds and ' Be T e m p e ra te in all y o u r h ab its, lice, or <Jse they will kill our plan ts and Be O n your g u a rd ag ain st te m p ta tio n , chickens. If they d o n ’t kill th em , they ’ Bp K eadT to lend a help in g h a n d . * . I. . it . 1 . certain ly stop th e ir grow ing, and m ake Be C h a rita b le to th e poOr an d errin g . Be H onorable in all your dealings. th em feel w retched. Now, th ere are things like weeds and Be O n th e rig h t side,even if in m in o rity . lice so very sm all th a t it is im possible Be F ree and in d ep en d en t in th o u g h t ever to see them w ith our eyes. They and actions. ate a h u n d red tim es sm aller th an the separate grains of corn m eal, sm aller Be R esolute and firm in th e rig h t. even th an the particles th a t m ake w hite Be E a rn e st in all good endeavors. flour. Some of them are alive, like lice, Be A lw ays w atching for good in o th ers. and some are very little p lan ts or weeds. Be S ure to sustain a good cause. Some live in w ater; some in the g r o u n d ; Be O p en , free and in d ep en d en t. some float around like d u st in th e a ir; Be N ot slow in subscribing ami some grow on o th er things, ju st as lice paying for fand get o th ers to do grow under chickens’ feathers, or as th e sam e] th e wide aw ake and only Free moss grows on rotten logs or th e bark of T hought p a p er in th e F ar W est—The trees. T orch of R eason . Most of these tin y p lan ts and anim als By carefully c u ltiv atin g th e Be’s ac do no h a rm . They live, like skatin g cording to th e above form ula and as bugs, on ponds, enjoying them selves in m any m ore equally as good as you may th e ir own way, and h aving little o r n o th see fit to add, you will have m ore of th e ing to do w ith us, good or bad. But sw eets of life th a n the Israelites ever th tr e are some of th em , especially those had in th e land of C anaan. th a t cling to o th er things tiia t m ay do M ichael J ohnson . a g reat deal of h a rm , ju st as lice do c h ick ens. Some live in our clothes, som e in A Petition. our h air, some on o u r feet, and som e in our m ouths. W herever th ey find a O h, pow er! th a t governs all I e!ow, layer of d irt, they grow faster, and get If any are doom ed to endless woe, more d irty and fm d-sm elling them selves, As p riests—who claim tospc/.k for th£c— and th en our clothes and h a ir and Ixxlies H ave said th ey a r c ; —O h! list to me. get d irty and bad-sm elling too. W hat we have to do is to take w ater and soap and l o r love of th e e —O h! gran t mv p ray e r; wash them off. In our m ouths we use For love of th e m —Oh ! let me sh are to o th -b ru sh e s and pow der to brush them And cheer th e ir fate, w h a te 'e r it be, iqe. aw ay from th e teeth and tongue, w here ^ o r sufferers are d e ar W ords can not tell my grief, slioiiId t know they grow in hu n d red s and th o u san d s. It is like hoeing out weeds from our gardens. I m ay h e ar the sound of en Hess woe. Some very bad-sm elling little creatu res T hy heaven can l>e no plat e for me, live on o u r feet. I t ’s a nice th in g , th e n , i* angpls Pra,se such c ru e lty .— W. B . r n n i n n r , f p e” p l a m Peabodv. to wash th em aw m ay v t from oi|r feet am i stockings alm ost every day. S ubscriptions for th e T orch of R ea - son , are now in order. The ones th a t live m o u r h a ir we need to brush out and wash ou t. B u t th e m ost im p o rtan t ones to get a t are those GOOD BOOKS inside our m ouths. 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