Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903, April 21, 1898, Page 8, Image 8

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    T H E T O R U I OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , A P R IL 21, 1898.
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Inform ation
Bureau
To Raise Five T housand D ollars We will furnish tloon to you with Mr. H ay and Mr. LaSalle and
for th e U n iv e rsity .
your nam e and address printed <»n family.
Mr. L aSalle’s daughter
them for 75 cents per hundred, Anna has been very sick since my
Secularists,
$1.50 for 250, or $2 50 for 500 post last visit to H arrisburg, but I was
P. C. M"sier,will give
paid. Let the people know where glad to find th a t she is recovering TS T H E R E A N Y T H IN G YOU WANT
50
\ I 1J »
Lou Ames
will give
and has bwpeg of soon being well 1 If so, m ake your w ants known tons
,
ra» you stand
A F r ie n d w ill g iv e ........................... oO r
again. Mr. H ay kindly rowed me and we will trv and supply them . If
D. Buckingham will g iv e........... 50
w hat we do for you is w orth’ nothii _ t
across the W illam ette and I m ount­ von, we will ex p ect no pay. Cast voUr
Abroad
A. Slanian, M. D , will give .. 50
ed tfie wheel and pedalled aw ay for eve over the list, and th e n write to up
K. C. Burt is will g iv e............... 50
1 Read our ad. on page 6. Address
Tuesday,
April
12,
I
took
the
A Friend will g iv e .................... 50
Junction City, a distance of four
IN FO R M A TK )N B U R E A U ,
( •
Ames will give...................oO train for H ubbard, w h e re arrange- I njy es> where I was billed to lecture I’“ I 100.
S ii . v ei ; K,\. i iKE
P. Rauch will give..................... o
mente had been m ade for trie to lec- s „ n(iav nitrht
School T e a c h e r .—A young lady, w|,n
D. Bolton will g iv e..................... 50 t
.
.
..
t
Sunday night
is
a thorough S ecu larist, would like eu,.
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;ii
-ji
ture
th
a
t
evening.
Mr.
Kester
had
I found that Mr. W ilkinson had
H arry Bricker will g iv e............. OO
®
plovnrient in a public school. She holds
E. Stewart will give
50 h-ft nothing undone in the way of m ade all the arrangem ents for the a th ird -g ra d e certificate and can give
A Friend will g i v e ....................... 50 arrangem ents, and consequently w«* lecture and Prof. Sibbitls kindly good references.
Mr. H jerm stad,
/
- q had a splendid crowd at th e lecture. furnished the music, which added
S chool T e a c h e r.—A gentlem an with
Friend from W aldo Hills \
th
irty
y ears' ex p erien ce in the school
I bis was the fitst Secular lecture in greatly to to the program . The
room, who holds a s ta te te a ch e r's certifi­
IL Allen will g i v e ......................50
L .E . F u ller will * > v e . 50 th a t
" (" r years, and m any pen- audience was not very large, hut cate, would like em ploym ent as teacher.
F. W ilkinson will g iv e............... 50 pie came through curiosity to see better than we expected, for the Can teach vocal am i in atu m en tal music*
what the cause of Secularism really churches m ade an extra effort to
C are o f C h ild re n .— A girl of 19
provided th at
steady
and q u ie t, S ecu larist, wants sit­
Let us hope that they found draw our crowd aw ay from us. uation as
c are-tak er an d teach er of chil­
more men (or women) is.
will give the sam e nut and that the m ajority of them They did not accom plish m uch, d ren . Is co m p eten t, can teach rudi­
en ts of m usic amt plays th e organ.
am ount.
W here are are well enough satisfied so that however, and the cause of Secular­ m
References given ami required.
the eighty-three?
they will attend Secular lectures ism still flourishes. Mr. W ilkinson
S e c u la ris ts W a n te d .--S e c u la rists who
whenever they have an o p p o rtu ­ and family are congenial people are thoroughly in terested in the «-ause
nity. I met many Secularists at the and I enjoyed my stay with them are w anted to h elp build up a Secular
-li
co m m unity n e ar Silverton, Oregon. It
lecture and spent the next m orning very m uch. The two children will is th o u g h t liest th a t each m em her of the
NEW S AND NOTES.
visiting them . H ubbard c u l d have receive their education at the Lib­ co m m u n ity own a little hom e of his or
her own, which can very easily he ob­
a Secular Sunday school if we had eral U niversity.
Miss G ertrude tain ed . W rite to us.
Mrs. B. F orstner, of Salem Ore., some one to put in charge of it. M illiorn is still at home and ex­
R e a l E s ta te fo r S ale. — 80 acres,
Among
those
I
met
are
Mr.
and
house
and b arn , good orch ard , ail fenc­
presses
a
desire
to
be
able
to
attend
contributed six splendid volumes
ed,
8
m
from Silverton, n ear school,
Mrs. Kester and th eir daughter the Liberal U niversity again next 35 acres iles
to the library last week.
im proved, on m ain road. Price
Lena, who takes the Little Candle, term .
Miss Sihhitts is another $8(1(1.
F. S. M atteson, of T urner, O re , Mj. ftnd Mrs
M(. W(,,feJ.
T w enty a c re s; 15 acres im proved, all
who hopes to receive an education fenced, good sp rin g , 14» m iles from Sil­
sent Mans 1 lace in N ature , by Hn(j Dr. an(j Mrs. Weaver, where I in our institution.
Y esterday I verton. Price $700.
One h u n d red and six ty acres; 12
H uxley, for the lih raiy .
took dinner.
1 also met several called at the home of George Bai­
acres cleared, 4 m iles from Silverton.
J. E. Hosmer has accepted the others whose nam es I fail to recall, ley and had a very pleasant time Price $300.
nom ination for State Superintend- After dinner Mr. and Mrs. Kester and a good dinner.
I will spend
H e lp W a n te d .— A lady in Eastern
took me in their carriage to Wood­ the rest of this day in and near Oregon writes to th e Inform ation Bu­
ent of Public Instruction.
reau as follow s: “ I w an t a woman who
Those who wish to belong to tin burn, where I took the train for Junction Uity and then try my is able to work ; a «rood cook, and a nice
“ l u c k ” in other places. I am out housekeeper. We live on a farm and
Library Association may do so by Silverton.
have no ch ild ren a t hom e. We have
After spending a few days at in the interest of the cause, and work hands i n t h e sp rin g ami through
placing a hook in the library.
home, I “ hit the road” again. Fri- wherever I can best serve the cause, hay h arv est. The wom an (or girl) we
em ploy m u st lie agreeable and we prefer
We are in receipt of an o th er line I (|.ly (.V(,n i„g , |O()k , he (riij)) f()rA|.
there you will find me.
a L iberal.
If we get one to su it, we
load of potatoes from Mr. M. Cooley. baliyi wb,.re J arrived In tim e to
would w ant h e r by th e year, or as long
P earl W. G eer .
as she w anted to stay , if it is until death
We can’t he starved out as long as Rnd K(>mK (ri,.nds bef,)re
Ju nction City, Ore. April 18.
p arts u s .’’
we have bueh friends.
q,,
•
r I vi-ited
•
i .i the ex-
Sim*e ad v ertisin g as above the lady
I he . next . m orning
has taken th ree g ran d ch ild ren to care
The C hristian Nations, the United press oflice, where a bicycle was in
5tockholders’ M eeting.
for. She is therefore still m ore in need
of help and will pay go<xl wages.
States and Spain, ought to pi ay if wailing for me. W ith the aid of a
Notice is hereby given th at th ere
they haven’t, or ought to stop if friend I succeeded in putting the
th a t’s what they have been doing, m achine together and took it out for will he a m eeting of the stockhold­
T R A C T S OF
ers
of
the
Silverton
Liberal
Union
A nything to save Cuba!
a trial, which proved to he a sue-
If every C hristian in our land ce,‘sful <>ne- 1 ............ w have com- for the transaction of anv and a l l 1
would read the article in this issue P8n>' <>n ,,1V t r if’s- 8,1,1 «'though my business that m ay he legally j
the meeting, at
from H erbert Spencer, they would com panion may at times prove to brought before
e d it e d b y
be obliged to pray pretty hard or 1>e a treacherous one, I am sure I L’beral H all, Silverton, Ore., April
ELIZA MOWRY BLIVEN
lose th eir tail!) in the Bible ere- ean UHe U 1(1 K"od »«'vantage in the 30, E. M. 298, at 2:00 o’clock p. m. C ontaining condensed a rg u m e n ts in fa-
voi of Moral S ecu larism am i Right
By order of the President.
cause of Secularism
Living, am i ag ain st S u p e rsti­
at ion storv.
L. A mes , Sec’y.
tio n , Im m o ra lity and
W hile in A lbany I called on Miss
In te m p e ra n c e .
“ T he Dem ands of L iberalisin'’ is
W illitt, who is an enthusiastic Sec­
JU
S
T T H E T H IN G
the title of a 64 page pam phlet is­
U
niversity
Fund.
to .h an d to y o u r C h ristia n frien d s. Pub
sued by the T ru th Seeker Co , New u larist, and was glad to learn th at
lished m onthly a t $1.00 per year (50
she
intends
to
travel
in
the
interest
York, a t ten cents a copy. It deals
.
,
. . The
.... am ount given in
... this fund
tra c ts each m o n th ), bv
at length with the nine dem ands of ° 1 H caUH>’
com pany with Miss, ¡g a c tu a j cag|, pa id jn< regardless
„ rdless of |
t I I O
I' I «-» a tour
.-V » » M of A the
I - <-» M
a« •-» what
1 a I has I been prom ised:
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THE LIBERAL U N IVER SITY CO,,
»rcible argu
argu- iLkJb.ott
‘R,>alL m
aking
coun-
Liberalism and is a forcible
_
Silverton
.
.
.
Oregon
,,
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, try this summer. She expects to he Previously acknow ledged,. .$625.30
m ent against the union of church
~ ,
.
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u
...
™
1.00
a t the convention this year, and
l .n in n n
and state.
3.60
M 'M IL L A N & PITM AN
will add to the entertainm ent, as
5.00 i
Remember if you send tis the she is a good violinist. I also had
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Scientific
W isdom .
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nam es and addresses of 2o of
your Liberal friends and acq u ain t-
ances, we will m ake you a present
of a copy of the Torch of Reason
Song Book No. 1. I bis will only
cost you a few m inutes’ work and a
two-cent stam p.
| the pleasure of a visit w ith Dr. H ill
while in A lbany, and enjoyed look-
ing at |,jp fine collection of n atu ral
history specimens and Indian rel-
jC8. Dr. H ill is a very interesting
nian to talk with, being well vers-
ed in the topics of the day.
Secularists, would you not like to
Leaving A lbany in the afternoon
on the train , I arrived at H arris-
burg in a short tim e and called on
some of the Secular friends,
nviv, a am
im ong
in g
whom are Mr. Tvler, Mr. T iacv,
have some letter heads printed with
Secular sentim ent and W ettstein’s
Freethought
badge,
o
® to use in cor-
respondent» with your friends?
M A T E R IA L , ETC.
Previously acknowledged,
$274.50
Religion teaches man to sing
praises to God, but all such singing
does not drown sorrow or relieve
hum an w ant.— [Investigator.
B U T C H E R S —
All k in d s of choice-
...F R E S H
M E A T ...
Always on h an d an d sold at
The In ca rn atio n has to T>e believed
w ith o u t evidence.
T here is no way
it can Ire estab lish ed . It is beyond th e
reach and realm of reason. It defies ole
• i • in d > ep e n d , en t t of , e x p tr-
servation
eervation and , is
ience.—[Ingersoll
S ta n d a rd *
P rice s.
W e pay th e highest price
C ash f o r F a t S to c k .
....G iv e U s a C a l l....