ß T H E TORCH OE REASON, SILV E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , D EC EM B ER 30, 1897. W ESTERN es, there cerlain lv * could be no n<>- • » hier calling. It requires an architect to build gulfed him .” ‘‘W hat a brute he was!” exclaimed C«d. Ingersoll, anti à building, even if it be an idiotic the exclam ation was echoed by all or insane asylum , but it requites present. “ Yes,” said Mr. Ileecher, genius like Roliert G. Ingersoll’s to shaking the long, whit»* ^ia \r ’)ac^ m ake it unnecessary to have such from his forehead, ami pointing hi» . ,. 7 . . ' r in r r » .r n t , l i n / p r a i i i ‘ .. ‘ v p 1 » ( O i . ! . l l - buildings, bet us throw away our finger at Ingersoll, “yes, Col. In , gersoll, and you are the man. The crutches as soon as possible and hum an soul is lame, hut C hristian- w’alk erect. ily gives crutches to it to ¡»ass the) ------------------- highw ay of life. It is your teach F in e d fo r n o t K e e p in g T h a n k s Is there a n y th in g yon want? H aveyou property to sell? ing »hat knocks the crutches from g iv in g . Do you wish to bun a home? J Jo you wish under it and leaves a helpless and to go in to bus* ness? l)o you wish rudderless wreck in the slough of Not recently, indeed, has any Despond. If robbing the hum an ' to exchange real estate or soul of its only support on this person been fined for a reason of person a I property? e a rth —religion—be your profession, this nature, hut such a thing is not why, ply it to your h e a rt’s content. unknow n in (he history of the! It requires an architect to erect a F riends :— We have recently established a general Ex- building; an incendiary can reduce U n ite d S ta te s; a n d th e fact that it has occurred in the past suggests change and Inform ation business in th e th riv in g city of it to ashes.” The w riter doesn’t give Mr. In the thought that a recurrence <»f 1 Silverton, and have for sale a n u m b er of town lots, vacant the sam e is entirely po-sible, if nut and im proved, some well established business enterprises, gersoll’s reply, and no doubt a good ' , , , For history repeats it some splendid farm s near Silverton, and last b u t'n o t least. c C i hristian • li . l . r 1 probable would suppose that In self, and as this incident shows, a a l l the lots i l l gersoll was com pletely crushed. regard for feast ami fast days of We think it would lake better reas governm ental appointm ent tends oning Ihan Mr. Ih echer gave to the n a tu ra lly to find expression, wh»*n lilile parly to crush any reasona fully developed, in an enforced ob ble man. Look at what Mr. servance of such days 1»\ legal pre a tract of land ad jo in in g the Liberal U n iv ersity ground», Beecher said the first thing! He scription. The following is from and beautifully situ ated for homes. Below is a p artial list said he d id n ’t have i»n> thing to say the W aterbury Arm rican, and gives of the property we have for sale. and then went on and tried to put the record of the prosecution as it Mr.Ing« rsoll in a ridiculous position. was set down at the time, ninety He sim ply lied to begin with (p riest CITY P R O P E R Y. FA RM P R O P E R T Y , years ago: ly trick), then he was personal, H a l f - A c r e L o t in W est S ilv e rto n ; 2 3 acres, well im proved, fine house, “ W aterbury, Nov. 26th, A. I). b eau tifu l location for residence. $2tH). which is impolite when in com barn an d o u tb u ild in g s, one m ile fro:,. 1807, at evening, personally a p C o r n e r L o t near th e L iberal U n i Silverton, $4000. W ill tra d e for larger pany, and especially when personal versity. .*100. farm of equal value n o t over tw enty peared David Beecher, Seym our to another's disadvantage. The L o t s in S e c u l a r H o m e , location m iles from S ilv erto n . T \le r, Freem an B. H ine, ami H ar to su it, at S2o, $50 and $75. writer draw’s on one’s im agination vey Paine, and acknowledged be 4 acres of land in S ilv erto n , Oregon ; 3 1 8 acres of sp len d id f ru it am i farm- in speaking of Mr. Beecher draw ing f o r e me, the subscribing au th o rity , two good houses, fru it trees, etc. W ill in g la n d , well im proved, good running himself to an er«'ct position, and trad e lor farm lain!. w ater, th re e m iles from S ilverton, at p27 that they were guilty of a breach of H o u s e a n d L o t n e ar th e d ep o t, p e r acre. C an divide if necessary to shaking hack his long, white hair $750. su it p u rch aser. a certian statu te law, entitled an We d o n ’t understand th a t long, act t<> enforce the observance o f ! H o u s e and lot in c e n te r of tow n. white hair has any more to do w ith $375. 1 6 0 : acres of fine tim b e r, n e a r s large days of public fasting and th a n k s Tx»gs can be floated the question than a wig or Mr. I n H o u s e n n 'i barn wth 1)^ acres of saw m ill, $1000. giving, by atten d in g to servile la ¡and in Silverton. 1*750. n early all th e wav to m ill. gersoll’s bald head. But now we are through the hypocritical crust, bor and recr»-at ion, by chopping, shooting, hunting, etc., on the 26th let us exam ine tin* argum ent. Silverton is the hom e of Secularism , and fam ilies m ov day of November, it being a day Mr. Ingersoll is represented as ing here will have the splendid advantage of Schoolin, strong and healthy, while C hris appointed by the governor of this th eir children in th e only Liberal U niv ersity in the world tians are represented as lame and state to be observed as a day of Silverton is b eau tifu lly situ ated in th e great W illam ette thanksgiving throughout with crutches. I bis tallies one for public valley t/ in the foothills of the Cascade m ountains. A tine this state. our side. In actual life a strong “ \V herefore it is considered and sp ark lin g stream affords splendid w ater power and great bully would he, as Mr. Ingersoll advantages for drainage. W rite to us for fu rth e r inform a said, a brute to act so, but instead adjudged by this court th at the tion. Y ours for business, of being a bully, even in religious said David beecher, Seym our Tyler, m atters, Mr. Ingersoll is known by Freem an B. H ine and H arvey IN FO R M A TIO N BU REA U and E X C H A N G E . ali who know him to he fair and Paine, each of them , pay a fine of $1.25 to Ashley Scott, town treas honest. He would not take take W a t » h S t r e e t , Silverton, Oregon. advantage ol a weak antagonist. It urer, for the benefit of the town of O pposite L iberal Hall. W aterbury, where said offense was would he better to represent him as kindly showing the poor cripple com m itted. T h ro w A w a y th e C ru tc h e s . (Continued from 4th page) NFORMATION H u r e c iti a n d E xchange S E C U LA R H O M E how to walk w ithout his crutches ami thus become strong and m anly. When Mr. Ingersoll knocks the crutches of superstition from under a poor, weak C hristian, he does not let him fall into a cesspool, but ral her onto I he smooth, clean, grass- „ . covered terra firma of common “ FR EPER IC K I loTCHKISS, “ Justice of Peace.” —[Am erican Sentinel. U n iv e r s it y W ESTERN AND U N IV E R SIT Y A b se n t Teaching Institute Fund. IN C O R PO R A TED UNDER TH E LAWS OF IL L IN O IS T he am ount given in this fund f a c t u a l cash paid in regardless of To teach, ed u cate and confer degrees of sc h o larsh ip upon those who by studious- whal has been prom ised: ncss are e n title d to them in A rt, Science, L ite ra tu re , Law, Philosophy am i Theol- n . , i , , , Previously acknowledged, $ 5 5 4 .5 5 ogy. I t is well know n th a t h u n d re d s of people are highly qualified in various sen se. 1 5Q lines of scientific research, and have become p ractical as well as th eo retical scbol- J. G. Francis, Oregon 1 0 0 ara s*nce l‘‘av *nK Bie school room and are deserving of a degree su itab le to their Mr. Beecher’s a tte m p t was as F. Y an llo eter, Oregon i n n • Ca,1,in* ‘ M any are w orthy and fitted , and W estern U niversity is fully authoriz- weak as his figure of speech where Jo h n 8. H olm an, Illinois 1 .0 0 . ed to honor such with a su itab le degree. < fib ers, not q u ite readv, to aid them our 1 .0 0 pl«n is to d ire c t courses of reading and stu d y , followed bv periodical exam inations, he .»peaks of knocking the crutches Oregon and w hen th e can d id ate is qualified, to g ra n t a d iplom a f o r a su ita b le degree, ac- M A T E R IA L , ETC. fr<»m under a m an ’s soul and leav j. , - n cording to th e sta n d ard of sch o larsh ip a tta in e d . The degrees th a t m av be confer- Previously acknowledged, $254.50 red are B. P ., B. 8 ., L. 8 ., P h . D., A. M., M. 8 ., LL. D.. D. D. ing it without a rudder. E. W. Ross, (lumber) 1 0 .0 0 Among th e p atro n s as stu d e n ts, an d g rad u ates holding th e fine L atin diplomas lh • siateiiient that religion is ¡of W estern U n iv ersity , are teach ers, doctors, pastors, law yers, m erc h an ts, me chanics, a u th o rs and in v en to rs. For full p a rtic u la rs, address, the «»nly support for the hum an Not to agree with my opinion is soul (i ».elkct) is a m istake of Mr. o , , i . .. * • counted by Bigotry as the most hei- B«ec.,e », and as to th e profession llolls crim e of which any n c ,,, id robbing it of its artificial crutch- be g u ilty .—[Sentinel 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 J. H. R A N D A L L , Ph. D., M. D. <M . I