T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , JU N E 17, 1897.
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Before the match was applied to
Beelzebub Ensign Least lead a
T he Licensed Preacher.
to the son, and to the holy ghost, regular «»Id fashioned Salvation ex
perience meeting.
which is one god.
cod. Amen.
perience
meeting.
The
preparation
of burning His
J he above testim ony is signed by
the following gentlem en—Oliver Satanic .Majesty included the
Cowdery, David W hitm er, M artin erection
- - - - - - of
- a - scaffold consisting of
H arris and also the testim ony of two uprights and a cross beam. A
eight other witnesses: Be it known " ire was stretched between the up-
unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, rights, giving the appearance of a
and people unto whom this work f(,°t hall goal.
(Bible) shall come that Joseph
On the platform was a trunk
Sm ith Jr. the tran slato r of this labeled ‘T h e D evils < best. ’ 1 he
work has shown unto us the plates big figure of the devil lay face
of which hath been spoken, which downward on the floor while his
hath tin* appearence of gold, and m ethods were under discussion,
as m any of the leaves as the said
Services began with a hym n by a
Sm ith h ath tran slated , we did chorus of young women in poke
handle with our ham ls.
bonnets. 1 hen Ensign Keast open-
And we also saw' the engravings e<* Hie devil’s chest.
thereon, all of which has had tin
‘‘Pm going to show you” said he,
appearance of ancient work and ’a
tools the devil puts into our
hands to help us carve our way in t •
of curious w orkm anship.
hell.”
And this we bear record with
W ith that lie produced a whisky
words of soberness, th a t the said
Sm ith has shown unto us for we llask from the clu-st. The audience
have seen and hefted and know of greeted it w ith irre v e re n t rem a rk s
Our Stock
After the trunk had been emptied
a surety th at the said Sm ith has
Of /Tedi uni-Priced
got the plates of which we have the devil was raised into position,
and an imposing looking devil he
spoken.
And we give our nam es unto was. The effigy depicted in flani-
the world to witness unto the world , big red stood out impressively in
th a t which we have seen and we the dingy room. It look'd ten feet
The distorted face was
lie not, god bearing witness of it. high.
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painted
a
ghoulish
g
reen
,
and
with
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hristian
W
hitm
er,
Jacob
W
hitm
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Yours to Please
Peter W hitm er Jr., John W hitm er, 1 he rope about the th ro at with
H iram Pag»*, Joseph Sm ith Sen., which it was suspended t«» the
H yrum Sm ith, Sam uel IL Sm ith, gnllow's cross beam sent an un-
My little ones, now I have given canny thrill through the audience,
Silverton , Ore on.
you the evidence of eleven gentle-'
In his left hand Beelzebub held
men who have so generously come, f| sachel. Ensign Kea^t opened it
forward and testified to the divinity a ,‘d to°k out the devil’s card of in-
of the Mormon bible. Were they pro d u ctio n . They were big placards
laboring u n d er» delusion, may he a labeled “ Pride,” “ Lust,” “ Back bit-
question with some of you. Some 'in g ,” “ E nvy,” “ P lenty of Tim e.” 1
infidels say the hook of M ormon The ensign read them off without
was w ritten by an eastern m erchant oomnieiit and nailed them to the
merely for pastim e.
gallows tree.
f have discovered that infidels.
M eanwhile red fire and alcohol
skeptics and
investigators are: has been placed under the figure ,»f
very much given to doubt when it the demon. th e lights were turn-
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concerns bibles and sacred history.
out and the female portion of
I often wonder why these “ P aul the audience were thrown into a
p ry s” do not m ind their own Ihitter of excitement,
Chem icals, Drugs, M edicine, Toilet A rticles, Perfum er
business, and allow us preachers i Out of the darkness came a great
and Soaps, S tationary, P aten t Medicines, P aints
to go on with our traffic which con- shout of hallelujah, as L ieutenant
and Oils, Combs and Brushes, Etc.
sistsof pulling the wool over the eveg Gregerson struck a m atch and
of the dear people. There is noth- lighted the red tire,
ing th at will hoo doo some folks so
W hen the Hames shot up the
quickly and effectually as religion, tableau was thrilling. W ith the
SILVERTON, OREGON.
providing the religion contains a r,,<i glow in front and the figure of
devil or two.
S atan loomed up like the horrid
My little ones, som etim e ago th e ' m onster of a nightm are. Soon the
Christian endeavor society held a fire attacked the effigy. M eanwhile
season of p rayer for the con- th e hall rang with shouts of
versation of Col. R G. Ingersoll, hallelujah, the dash of cym bals and
hut these prayers were not answer- the rum ble of bass drum s.”
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ed and of course the naughty “ Boh”
In tru th there never was so much
was not affected by the religious rejoicing before or since in all
labor of his wouhl he persecutors. M isso u ri for the devil was dead_
This unexpected result so C hagrin ! burned up. Fie what a shame!
ed the “ boss” of the S alvation
p ut w,n did Ihese poor simple
A rm y th a t he hankered to revenge misguided fanatics burn satan?
M r
Christian brethren, so a few |)„ they not know that for n eari,
Corner Hain and W ater Streets
d a js ago the Salvation A rm y ai 10oo years we sky pilots have
old
Inhtfooi 7t’h CT !\
d o th ed our hacks and fed our bellies
old
apl.tfoot ( th e . evil) in effigy on
fat of , he ,an(, u |lti| ||p
SILV ER TO N , ORE.
'h »king perhaps this transaction caticle on our abdomen8 was ,, ‘wl|
Z o n i nn, L h r I"« erso ll’s best u p h a r d a n d tight a8 th e b p a d „ ( a
Unexcelled
Shoes
A. WOLF & SON
J. D. H a m m o n d
D R U G G IS T
C n s ite r & D a v e n p o rt
M erchandise
lion rrn r 'il a „ • I dru" ,? All by the kind aid of this
S altatio n arm y folks don’t m ind ver}. old Bpn, . foot Great
,
carry in g coals to Newcastle if they how the Infidels, Skeptics, Agnostics
can win souls to t hrist in th a t way. F reethinkers, Scientists Rev C C
.lev I9 ¡ 7 effiav
Th ‘"
i f
M° ° re
lh e Blue G ™8’ Blade.
« em 8 /-,
,,‘ ho adding of Macdonald of the T ru th Seeker
hlei
l " ‘V of
1"."1’!-
I- «"*>'. J . of I). the
Free of Thought’
idea. ’jusT.vhaf
J u s w hat i shade
sigm- H-
M agazine,
Shaw
the In-
ficance is attached
to the spectacular dppPndent Pulpit
th e o r i ^ r ’ of8 T b ’T ' *
” Ut T
• , . ,
u *" t
It
with fire ’th e ’burninix^f \
. ,levil
out o f s i n f u l h 'a i
i ii'" 1!nage
out of sinful hearts or half a dozen
other things. The audience Thurs-
. „
•
• Va u ,,,t"V in u rs -
* d M A T V
f<*
and took Its choice on after effects,
p w
Geer of
th ''T o rc h of Reason and the devil
knows who else will go m ad with
joy when they learn th a t his most
royal highness has been burned to
.ink«, u. i nn;a \r,,
r {„>
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u L ,ttle ° neH
woe 19 nnne
My R 'st trum n is
taken! T he devil’ is dead! m T g
ing is now dismissed. Amen.
JO H N HICKS
SAMUEL AMES
Hicks & Ames
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HaiTw are, Tinw are, Stoves,
AGRICULTURAL
IM P L E M E N T S
G uns, Pishing Tackle, C utlery, Sporting Goods, Etc., Et
SILVERTON, OREGON.