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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1897)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , D EC EM B ER 2, 1897. Q u e e r K in d of F r e e t h o u g h t . W ESTERN GOOD BOOKS There is a Freethought paper called the T orch of R e ason publish PH<s@s ed at Silverton, the editor of whicti We ean fu rn ish th e following books seriously believes the authorities well lx>und in cloth ; good p rin t, sta n d a rd did lig h t in suppressing the sizes, lor th e ex trem ely low price of Firebrand. The T orch devotes 60 cen ts each, postage 10 cents. Don’t m o st of its space to righting C hris fail to take advantage of th is offer. tian ity , and very frequently m akes Origin of S p ecies................Chas. Darwin use of language w h ic h the orthodox D escent of M a n .......... .. “ “ F irst P rin c ip le s............ H erb ert Spencer C hristian would co isider shocking Data of Ethics............. *• “ ly indecent and im m oral. It seems E m e rso n ’s Essays art o r R esartus ............ T hom as Carlyle to me th a t th e orthodox C hristian Is there Itn i/tyilig yot< ir tm t? Ildl'e l l l t l l property to sell? S»r has ju s t as m uch reason to desire ’ n „ '.-..i, H istory French Revolution t ‘ Do you iris// to buy a Ibonbe? Do you w :,sh Discourses of E p ictetu s the suppression <»f th e T orch of Past and P re s e n t.......... T hom as C arlvle to go into business? Do you Irish R eason by law as the said T orch H yi >atia..................................C has. K ingly to exch a n g e real estate or has to desire the suppression of the A utobiography of Benj. F ran k lin Kjrebrand. The T orch does not Fifteen Decisive B attles of th e personal property ? World........................ F. C. Creasy mention the F ireb rand at ail, so as T en n y so n ’s Poems not to advertise it. It speaks of S h ellev 's P o e m s “licentious scoundrels’’, evidently F riends :— We have recently established a g e n e r a l E x - L°nudeilow s Poems referring to the F irebrand editors. an<l Inform ation business in the th riv in g „ city of M ilto n ’s Poem s Now we m ust bear in mind th a t change t. t ood’s Poems there is no law to suppress a paper Silverton, and have for sale a num ber of town lots, vacant H B u rn s’ Poems on the ground of its editor being li- and im proved, some Well established business enterprises, R obert B row ning’s Poems centious or a scoundrel, p there some splendid farm s near Silverton, and last hut not least, Byron’s Poems ?spe; was nearly everv editor would have l i i ,i „ . • ’ Shakespeare s P< ’«ems . his . contem t J porary “ across xu x x sll the lots m A ddress, the street JO N E S ’ BOOK S T O R E , ,-ent to jail and there would not be a 291 A lder S t . PO RTLA N D , O RE enough papers to s ta rt fires with. The F irebrand editors may have opinions on questions of sexology different from those of the T orch a tract o f land ad jo in in g th e Liberal U niversity grounds, E lher H A R D E S T Y , editor, hut th a t can h ard ly be urg and beautifully situated for homes. Below is a partial list ed as sufficient reason why their of the property we have for sale. paper should be shut down. W ill practice in all courts of th e state. There is m atter in th e F irebrand Special a tte n tio n given to collections that I do not approve of, hut th at C ITY P R O P E R T Y . and n o tary work. FARM P R O P E R T Y , is no reason for its suppression. On R oom 3, W olf B lock . H a l f - A c r e L o t in W est S ilv e rto n ; th e other hand there are m any 2 o acres, well im proved, tine house, b eau tifu l location for residence. $200. OREGON. good things in it. My plan is to barn and o u tb u ild in g s, one m ile fro;,« SILVERTON, C o r n e r L o t near th e Liberal U n i Silverton, $4000. Will trad e for larger pick the good o u t of everything and versity. $100. farm of equal value not over tw enty leave the bad alone. I believe in N, J e r in a n , J, H. Lyons. L o ts in S e c u l a r H o m e , location miles fiom Silverton. liberty of opinion and liberty of to s m ’ J " $ ^ ? W »»d'JSb expression w ithin lim its of reasona JERMAN & LYONS, O n e B e t B la c k sm ith ’s to o ls and 3 1 Q acres of splendid f ru it and fram ble decency, and the law has not well estab lish ed business. A bargain at ing land, well im proved, good ru n n in g yet decided th a t the F irebrand has $150. w ater, th re e m iles from Silverton, a t '(27 per acre. Can divide if necessary to H o u s e a n d L o t n e a r th e dep o t. exceeded these lim its. T hat is inv su it p u rch aser. $750. idea of freethought. T hat of the House, sign and carriage p a in t H o u s e an<I lot in c e n te r of tow n. T orch seems to me to savor uf or $375, Paper-hanging and interior 1 6 0 acres of tine tim b er, e a r s large ing. thodox bigotry and intolerance. I decoration a specialty. Charges Logs can he floated H o u s e and barn w th I S acres of saw m ill, $ 1000. do not know w hether the T orch has land in S ilverton. $75<J. nearly a.l th e wav to m ill. reasonable. Work guaranteed. lost its reason, or reason has lost its T orch ; there appears to he some thing the m atter th a t I do not un Silverton is the hom e of Secularism , and fam ilies m ov M 'M ILLAN & PITTMAN derstand.—J.L .Jo n es,in Commoner. INFORMATION B u re a u etnei E x c h a n g e SECULAR HO M E P A IN T E R S . ing here will have the splendid advantage of schooling th eir children in the only •/ Liberal U niversity */ in the world. Silverton is b eau tifu lly situated in th e great W illam ette vallev •/ in tin* foothills of the Cascade m ountains. A tine sparkling stream affords splendid water power and great advantages for drainage. W rite to us for fu rth er inform a tion. Yours for business, We th in k the above shows a “queer kind of F reethought.” In the first sentence Mr. Jones states as a tru th w hat he has no reason io think is title. We did not m ention his free-love, anarchistic friends’ All kinds of choice- paper and we have no idea w heth er the au th o rities did rig h t or wrong in suppressing it. We do not know th a t the paper published Always on h an d and sold a t IFORxMATION BUREAU and EX C H A N G E. obscene literatu re. If they did we are sorry they were so foolish;) W ATKR brRKl-T. Silverton, < )regon. anti if they d id n ’t we are sorry < >ppo«ite L iberal H all. t i n y are persecuted. By “ licentious We pay th e h ig h est price se m ndrels” we had in m ind other parties, hut Mr. Jones seems to, think the coat fits his friends, sol er.-- ....G iv e U s a C a ll.... forces it on them . Poor fellow-, , AND how much more m ust they suffer for righteousness’ sake? We believe S IL V E R T O N ... th at all should have the right to INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS think and to express th a t thought and we also believe as Mr. .Jones To teach, educate and confer degrees «»I sc h o la rsh ip iijhhi those who by studious- does, th at it is a good plan to pick ness are e n title d to th em in A rt, Science, L ite ra tu re , Law, Philosophy a n d T h eo l the good out of everything, and ogy. I t is well know n th a t hun d red s of ]>eople are highly qualified in various when l i e says“ within lim its of reas lines of scientific research, and have become practical as well as theoretical schol ...A r tis tic W o rk onable decency,” he shows th a t he ars since leaving th e school room and are d eserv in g of a degree suitable to th e ir thinks there is a lim it. We do not callling. M any are w orthy and fitted, an i W estern U niversity is fully a u th o riz ed to honor such w ith a su itab le degree. O th ers, not q u ite readv, to aid them our know w hether the editors of . the . plan is to direct courses of reading and stu d y , followed by periodical ex am in a tio n s. W hen you w ant a .... G ood S m o o th S h a v e Firebrand reached th at lim it or and w hen th e can d id ate is qualified, to g ra n t a diploma for a suitable degree, ac- not, and as we did not refer to cording to the sta n d a rd of scholarship attained. The degrees that may he confer- Or a F irst-C lass........ them at all in speaking of r» d are B. P., B L. S., Ph. D., A. M.. S LL. p ., I). D. H a ir -C u t «‘H .u.nii.m « .....I.r.d ro l« ” W p t h i n k Am ong th e p a tro n s a s stu d e n ts, and g rad u ates ho ld in g th e fine L atin diplom as ¡1 u itio u s scoundrels , we th in k of W estern U n iv e rsity , are teachers. doctors, p asto rs, law yers, m erch an ts, me- -CALL ON- Mr. Jon» s is using orthodox metn- chanics, authors and inventors. For full partienlars, address, od- of ju m p in g at conclusions and hah lost hin lurch and his r. ason both and there seems to be s«»me- > • • * * * * * thing wrong with his u nderstanding P E O P L E ’S IN S T IT U T E - - C H IC A G O , IL L IN O IS S ilverton , ..................................O bkooh ETCHERS ...FR ES H M E A T ... Standard * Prices. V /E S T E Ä N U N IV E R S IT Y Cash fo r Fat S tock. Absent Toochinç Institute B arber Shop M. J |_,. R A N D A LL, Ph. D., M. D. E. E. TA Y LO R !