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 .......... ..
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F
irst
P
rin
c
ip
le
s............
H
erb
ert
Spencer
C hristian would co isider shocking­
Data of Ethics.............
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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thing wrong with his u nderstanding P E O P L E ’S IN S T IT U T E
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