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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON. OREGON, THURSDAY, JU N E 16, 1898.
and from which their owners, the
priests, protected them for ages.
However, at length a few holes in
their prison-house were produced
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by decay and want of repairs; and
Enforced idleness is not rest. It poor God and Devil both died for
is u n rest.— [Am erican Sentinel.
want of foul air, the only stuff in
The pedigree of the “civil sab*
and have their being” . Io be sure
h a th ” is wholly religious.—[Lx.
If one man lives in laziness, a n ­ some people are so foolish as to fan-
o th e r dies of hunger.— [Chinese cv th a t they never could be moral /.y there a n y th in g you w a n t? H ave yon property to sell?
I without the Devil to tem pt ami
l)o you wish to bun a hom e? Do you w ish
Proverb.
frighten them into being good I'h e 1
to go in to Ini si n ess? Do you w ish
Under the freest constitution, ig­ 1 Devil used to he a faithful ally of
to exch a n ge real estate or
norant people are still slaves.
the clergy, and did more than all of
person a I property?
[Condorcet.
them as a sheep-dog to hound and
Not a hum an being would ever frighten the sheep to the clerical
regard the bible as the word of God shearing-booths and sham bles. God
F riends : - -We have recently established a general Ex­
if he were not told so.— [Investiga­ was no good at all in those days, change and in fo rm atio n business in the th riv in g city of
and devils and witches used to play Silverton, and have for sale a n u m b er of town lots, vacant
tor.
How much does a m an know all sorts of pranks upon him. A las! and im proved, some well established business enterprises,
about God after he has read w hat they are all dead, those hum bugs some splendid farm s near Silverton, and last but not least,
everybody has w ritten about him? of our childhood, and no resurrec­ all the lots in
tion will overtake them!— [L iber­
— [E x.
ator.
The man who is always w aiting
The Pope's anxiety about the fate
for som ething to turn up usually
finds th a t his toes are the first to of Spain is said to have a tem poral a tract of land ad jo in in g the Liberal U niversity grounds,
reason.
The Roman Catholic
do so.— [Sel.
Below is a p artial list
church holds a vast q u an tity of and beau tifu lly situated for homes.
The man who is always searching Spanish securities hearing interest, of the property we have for sale.
for good fortune through the tele­ and stands to lose terribly by the
scope of his im agination is usually bankruptcy of Spain. There is gen­
CITY P R O P E R T Y .
FA RM P R O P E R T Y ,
very near-sighted as to good things erally some such reason behind e v - ,
*
H a l f - A c r e L o t in W est S ilverton ; , 2 3 acres, weli im proved, fine house,
within his reach —[Sel.
erv move of the astute hierarchy at b eau tifu l location for residence. $200.
barn and o u tb u ild in g s, one m ile fro:,.
C o r n e r L o t n ear th e L iberal U n i­ Silverton, $4000. W ill tra d e for larger
As all error is m eanness, it is in­ Rome. Catholic sym pathy all over
farm of equal value not over tw enty
cum bent on every man who con­ Europe is naturally with Spain. versity. $100.
L o ts in S e c u l a r H o m e , location m iles from Silverton.
sults his own dignity to retract it The provincial superintendent of to su it, a t $25, $50 and $75.
as soon as he discovers it, w ithout the order of C apuchins at Toulouse • 4 acres of lan d in S ilverton, O regon;
3 1 8 acres of sp len d id f r u it and farm ­
two good houses, fru it trees, etc. W ill ing land, well im proved, good running
fearing any censure so much as th a t in a circular to his m onks makes trad e for farm la n d .
w ater, th re e m iles ftom S ilverton, at 527
of his own m ind.— [Dr. Johnson.
the following declaration: “ T h e ; H o u s e a n d L o t n ear th e depot. p er acre. Can divide if necessary to
su it p u rch aser.
$750.
The P rotestant religion is, for war now beginning is not merely a
H o u s e an(I k»t in c e n ter of tow n.
the most part, more tolerant than war of races and a groundless war $375.
1 6 0 acres of fine tim b e r, r e a r s large
of
greed
against
justice.
More
than
saw
m ill, $1000. Logs can be floated
H o u s e a nd barn w th P * acres of
the C atholic sim ply because the
nearly
all th e way to m ill.
lan d in S ilverton. $750.
events which have given rise to all this, it is a war of religions;
Protestantism have at the same Protestantism has come again to
time increased the play of the in tel­ attack the Catholic church and
Silverton is the hom e of Secularism , and fam ilies mov­
the
cross
of
C
alvary.”
The
writer
lect, and therefore lessened the
ing here will have the splendid advantage of schooling
of
this
statem
ent
ignores
the
fact
power of the clergy.
But whoever
th e ir children in the only Liberal U niversity in th e world.
m
a
t
the
Protestants
have
ju
st
as
has read the works of the great
Silverton is b eautifully situ ated in the great W illam ette
Calvinist divines, and, above all, much stock in the cross of C alvary valley in the foothills of the Cascade m ountains.
A line
as
the
Catholics.
Both
sides
have
whoever has studied their history,
sp ark lin g stream affords splendid w ater power and great
a
heavy
investm
ent
and
a
good
must know th at in the sixteenth
advantages for drainage. W rite to us for fu rth e r inform a­
dividend.—[F
reethinker.
and seventeenth centuries the de­
tion. Yours for business,
B u re a u a n d E x c h a n g e
sire of persecuting their opponen ts
T e n th A n n u a ! C o n v e n tio n .
b u rn t as hotly am ong them as it
IN FO R M A TIO N
did am ong any of the Catholics,
The T enth A nnual Convention
even in the worst days of papal do­ of the Oregon S tate Secular Union
W atkk S t r e b t ,
m inion.— [ Buckle.
will he held at W agner, Oregon, O pposite L iberal Hail.
I t used to be dem anded, “ W hy three days, beginning Sunday, Ju ly ,
does not God kill the Devil?’’ It 3, E. M. 298. This is the first time W ho D o es Y o u r —
seems th a t very few ask that ques­ a convention has been called to
tion now. Because the Devil is as meet in this part of the state, and a
The
dead as God now, and he couldn’t splendid time is anticipated.
be deader than that. In fact, God first day will he devoted to exercis­
and Devil were each other’s alter- es at the grave of K atie Kehm
ego, or double. God was the Devil Sm ith, and the second day to the If you req u ire any
in a passably good mood, and the celebration of Independence Day. i
C a rd s or C irc u la rs ,
Devil was God in his tan tru m s. A full program will he announced
later.
P earl W. G eer ,
B ill H e a d s ,
They were the oldest Siamese twins
President.
N o te or L e t t e r H e a d s ,
connected by a link which they
Silverton, Or., May 5, 1898.
S ta te m e n ts ,
dared not sever. So they dragged
P
out th eir wretched existence as best
they were able, revenging their own
chagrin and ill-tem per upon m an ­
kind. These they did till they died,
several years ago. They were poi­
soned by the pure air of common
sense and science, a thing they had
never been accustomed to, you see,,
B U R EA U
rinting ?
T ic k e t s , P ro g ra m s ,
and
EX C H A N G E .
Silverton, Oregon.
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