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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1897)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, J lU .’i !•', Is.’, onr ¡„.litu H o n .,.... paraphernalia plant-d the Med. of ariatocrw y conscience, above aD other liber Je rm a n , J* H . Lyon! I JEhMAN & LYONS. the superiority of one m an ovei ties.” And are special privileges gi a n t When I hear people boasting it another. It is i he clergym an who ed to none? P A IN T E R S . A corporation is rew inds n.e of two little g irl, in keep» silent upo„ -he great quea- formed, buys its stock, and build.' • • i. The first one he- lions of the d a y , who says to n House, sign ami carriage j a im th e ir q u a rre ls, l n e t i r s t on • “ « ..rv a n t« h. a tln a tre . ib is property is afford gan it with, “Our house is nicer jp.... • laboring man. S. r » a s In ing. Paper-hanging ami interior ed protection by the government decoration a specialty. Charges th an yours.“ The other resented ; obed.en. to your „taste,.- It was and in return helps support the reasonable. Work guaranteed. this insult with “ Our house has a Henry U „r'l Sent n r " ’ governm ent. kuother corporation front ,torch on it anti yours h a in t.” dollar a day ts enough to, a work- “ Pooh! we got a bay window it, our ing „tan .” I. ts the clergym an who is formed. Phis corporation builds S I L V E R T O N ... magnificent buildings, rents part house and you h a in t.” “ Yes, but quiets the avaricious ntatt s cou- we’y eg o t a greenhouse and you «tie,toe, who in return quiets him of them , and uses them for places instruction.] h a i n t ” “ Anyhow, our house has with his gold. It is the clergym an of am usem ent a id got so,nett,ing on it yours h a in t.” who has controlled the votes. lie 'Phis propeity is also afthrdtd pro ..... A rtistic Work “ Well, w hat is it? ” “ I heard P a has kept man in ignorance ami tection hv the governm ent, hut not say last night th a t our house has a governed him . He has said Io th - one cent does it contribute tow a'd A starving m an, “ It is the Lord’s will. the support of the governm ent. m ortgage on it.” poor m an builds a home for his W hen you w ant a .... I verily believe some A m ericans His will he done. God loveth those G ood S m o o th S h a v e fam ily, yet In* m ust pay his just would boast about a mortgage on be ch astiseth .” our governm ent and call it patriot- I tell you, my friends, we m ust share of taxes <>n it or relinquish it. ( )r a F irst-C lass........ H air-C u t ism. This is not patriotism . It is do ay with this <h.etnne Thh Pile corporation build.- a home for -CALI. ON- Man their leader hut not * e cent ol sim ply selfish brag. P atriotism is the seat of our trouble. tiixes do they pay uj on h. I ret**« rises far above this. It consists of m ust he made to realize that he E. E. T A Y L O R . io the exem ption of ehurches a m ’ action. To build up our country and can help m atters. By this time he < * * * m ake it w hat it was” 'in te n d e d is should know th a t gods or dev.ls church property lr«»m taxation- O regon Jam es A. Garfield said: “ The S il v e r t o n , patriotism . To do good acts is have nothing to do with it AU patriotism . To spread , he religion the wrongs of this world are ol divorce b 'tvM en church and state of h u m an ity is patriotism . To hum an origin, and hy hum an he ought to he ahsolule. it ought to sacrifice right for your country is ings they m u d he rig -ted . 1 he he so absolute th at no church property w i'hin tin* state or in the not patriotism . It was not these clergym an has done our th in k in g nation should he exem pt I’om L IV E R Y feelings which inspired our long enough. It is lin n 1 we were S ieltish i equal tax atio n . For if you exem pt forefathers to establish this gov- living up to the D eclaration of I 11- FEED AN D ernm ent, If they had held narrow dependence. The D eclaration de- tin* church property of any church SALE S TA B LE patriotism above right we would d a re d equal rights to all and organization, to th a t extent you Cor. W ater and Lewis still be hound to our m other conn- special privileges to none. But im pose a tax on tin* whole com Streets. try But to do right is patri.U ic' who is it rides in palace cars on m u n ity .’' Sever;! 1 )e a rs ago an estim ate and we can never have too much half fare, while the poor laboring of government. B arber Shop S ilverton ( c o n t in u e d on pa g e e ig h t .) real patriotism . The m an who m an m ust pay full fare or walk, ____ Double Rigs and Saddle Horses always said, “ The world is my country, to W ho is it gets half price tickets or ~ , I on hand a t th e low est prices. A corral N o tic e o u r a d fo r o u r N ew s o n g , cor,nected w ith th e h am for loose stock. do good is my religion,” was no is adm itted free into the ass<*m- T h e s e little hooks have cost! In fo rm a tio n regarding any kind «4 oiher than Thom as Paine, the blies and places o f am usem ent and B ook .. ' stock p ro m p tly a tte n d e d to, by person I or le tte r. H orses Boarded and Fed on apostle of our liberty. in stru ctio n ? Who is i' th a t dic- u s much la b o r and we w ant t° But I do not think any of us tates to men how they m ust act them . Send for one and write to ' reasonable term s, would wilfully do aw ay with the and what they must th in k ? Il is y o u r friends about it. HARDESTY & MOODY. noble principles laid down by our the clergym an, and it is for clergy- We give the Torch of Reason and forefathers. I believe we are all men that women d* ny ihem- the Freethought M agazine for one patrio tic— we all love America, selves the necessities <»f lif<-in order y e a r for the sm all sum of $1.50. Nor do 1 th in k that the causes th at they may live in luxury and Now is ihe tim e to subscribe. which have in a measure destroyed ease. I have actu ally seen families liberty have been horn in the last go w ithout butter from their own few years. T h e y were alive ip tin* table in order th a t their m in ister’s colored w ith “ P E R F E C T IO N ’’ glorious tim e of W ashington, Je ffe r-' m ight l»e supplied. Women wear Dyes w ill m ake beautiful C ar pets am i Rugs, an d , unlike son, F ran k lin and A dam s, hut faded calico dresses and th -ir o th e r dyes, th e colors ob tain ed were sim ply sm ouldering, absorbed m in ister’s wif»— silk. w il not wash out o r fade. for the tim e being in tne struggle My friends, you have no idea ’They a re sim p le and econom We can fu rn ish th e following books for liberty. W hen these patriots, what a hold the clergy has, ami well ical to use, and th e new “ P e r hound in eloth ; good p rin t, sta n d ard neither daunted by toil nor danger, they an* not easily going to l e lin - sizes, for th e ex trem ely low price of fection” . ’ )tt >n Dyes are e sp e tin cen ts each, postage 10 cen ts. D on’t cially a d ap ted for Rugs and Rag nor bribed by gold nor honors, were ] qtiish their hold. I know of a cer- fail t<> tak e ad v an tag e of th is offer. C arpet m aking. giving th eir very lile-biood upon tain m inister’s family who send O rigin of S p e c ie s................( ’has. Darwin For Sale By All the field of B unker H ill, these th eir washing to a poor widow D escent of M a n ................ F irst P rin c ip le s............ H erbert Spencer causes were sim ply sm ouldering, woman with eight children to sup- Data of E th ics'................ D R U G G I S T S . E m e rso n ’s E ssays ready to burst into flame. These port rath er than do it them selves, GUISS & SON, S arto r R esartu s ............T hom as Carlyle causes were born with th e clergy. This is about as much < h arity as H istory French R evolution “ Wholesale Agents. W ith them came the idea of caste, they have in tin-ir ln a its. about as Discourses of E pictetus Past and P re s e n t............T hom as C arlyle - - OREGON, SILVERTO N. - - the ineq u ality of man. Only eer- much liberty. They say to I he H y p a tia ........................ ......C has. K ingly tain classes were to think. The poor widow woman, “ Give me mo A utobiography of Benj. F ran k lin Fifteen Decisive B attles of th e rest were to hear and believe, much and I will give you the key W orld .......................... E. C. Creasy T en n y so n ’s Poem s W ith them came our god, igimr- to heaven.” The) then proceed to S helley’s Poems ance. W ith them cam e the great- console her— to give In r the pass- Longfellow s Poems est blow civilization had ever word, which probably consists in Pope s Poem s M ilton’s Poems known. They said to the whole ibis: “ We m u s i patiently endure H ood’s Poems world, “close your eyes and he- all things; it is th** L ord’s will. He B u rn s’ Poems Roln-rt B row ning’s Poems r Caveat*, and Trade-M -rks obtv.ned and all Cat lieve.” They said to every m an, died to save um . I host* who have a B yron’s Poems 2ent business conducted for M o o r« .' .'EES. ’ O ur O ffice 19 O P P o rire U . S . P a * O r r C sm all p rin t “ You have no right to th in k , I will hard time of it in this world will a:;d we rsn s c :re parent in less tin ., t. xa Uiw>-( S h ak esp eare’s Poems r e n o t e ¿«mu £.-om W u u ashington. su u i..» » « « * do your th in k in g for you.” They have so m uch the better one in tin* Send r-.odel, drav.ng or photo., with desenp-j sm all prin t tion. 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