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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1899)
8 To Raise Five Thousand Dollars i T eo Nights in a Bar Room to- for the U niversity. night at Liberal H all. 6 , ITTI c $ 6 LITTLE POINTS. ? Sunday evening our bueinew S ooooooooooo o ooooooooooog z ^ z ^ Secularists, l ,1 , P. C. Mosier, will g iv e.$50 m anager arrived from P ortland. where he had been sojourning in the P 1 crucif^ the n,e8‘ L ou Ames will give.. 50 “ D0* T h e y laugh at Ts THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT? A Friend will give....................... 50 interest of our Univ rsitv. I If so, m ake y o u r w ants know n to us, • th eir antics. I). Buckingham will g iv e.......... 50 an d we will try an d su p p ly th e m . I f Our talented elocution and mu- 'Pk,.., , A. Slam au, M. D., will g iv e .. . 50 w hat we do for you is w orth n o th in g to esU8 chaRed the you,.w e will ex p ect no pay. ( a st your R. C. Burtis will give............... 50 sic teacher, Miss Wolf, spent her devils into th"* A Friend will give..................... 50 holiday vacation in P ortland. She kHV >7 &W1,,e’ but w hat eye over the h st, and th en w rite to us C. F. Ames will give................... 50 returned on the afternoon train w"n NeWtO" - D aN Read o u r ad on page 6. A ddress, n ^ ^ y O R M A T IO N B U R E A U , P. Rauch will give......................50 Tuesday. ’ ynda11 and Spencer done? °X _____ S il v e r t o n , O r e . Tuesday. D. Bolton will give..................... 5(i A K ansas woman hides her m on M e rc h a n d is e .—A b u y er w anted for a H arrj Fricker will g ive............. 50 Secularists ought to flock into large E. Stewart will g iv e ................... 50 ey in the fam ily Bible, and in a te rto n . retail business in th e city J of Sil- Silverton by the hundreds and A Friend will g i v e ........................ 50 m arried life of tw enty-tw o years thousands next poring Don’t l e t ’« 1 , H o u s e fc s e p e r.-U a n te « !, k v a W id o w . Mr. Hjermstad, ) ’ 11 1 i her husband ban never found nnw a H i h o u sek eep er; one who u n ‘ iound any Friend from Waldo Hills j ' *' ° mind the obstacles. Go through : Of j t d e rstan d s th e care of ch ild ren and w ants H. Allen will g i v e ..................... 50 them, over them , around them, and n ¿ 7 a p ," v"' me' N° “ e but * L. E. Fuller will give.................. 50 in some way help to build up a i)oe8an om nipotent god live up ___________ 14 F. Wilkinson will give................ 50 Secular com m unity ft is getting to own doctrine, “ Love your 2 0 M en W a n te d .— If y..u are a S e cu J. E. Brooks will give................. 50 larist and have $500 to invest it will pay a start. Help it on! " enem ies,” when he allows even t h e 1 Ju liu s F ish e r................................50 Inform ation Bureau Adolf Wolf & Son . . . . . . ............. 6 0 1 The Weber Dramatic Co. are in J. K. Buff...................................... 50 B. A. L eo n ard .............................. 50 Silverton again and are giving some very interesting performances. A F reethinker. . - ........................) 50 t h i c k the M ountain \\ aif was ad- W arren Carsner will give........ 50 vertised for W ednesday night, and J. L. Barnhouse will give.......... 50 the famous tem perance dram a, Ten John Madden will p a y ............... 50 Alex. H ardie will pay. . . . . . . . . 50 N ights in a Bar Room, will be ren- Mr. W eber ha« a Mrs. E. J. Smith will give . . . . 50 -lered tonight. Cal Geer will give....................... 50 new com pany w i l l , him and does H. C. Edwards will g iv e........... 50 bis best to please his patrons. Jam es Officer will give............... 5o C. E. Glaze will g ive................... 50 <><>00000<X>000000000000000< provided th at CORRE5PONDENCE. more men (or women) you to w rite to th e In fo rm atio n B u r e a / m rm ent?1^ ‘° eler" ttl In w ritin g sta te y o u r age, fam ily if a n v ’ occupation and views in regard* to relig- *_________________ 12 If y o,,ng people are taught self- A g e n ts .— Agents wanted t<> se ll th e ( ’otroj, thev are not a p t to get ex- E o rstn er A uger Bit. M oney can ¡ 7 n«ide. Send 60c for sam ple, o r $2 60 cit(;d over loving Jesus. The un- for full se t packed in neat boxi 13 tra,ned m ind is easily led into 8 0 a c re s .—A bout four m iles from Sil 8UPe rstit»ons. verton ; sm all u nfinished h o u se; a b o u t 11 The m an who rays, -Je su s saves 5 acres cleared ; $600. B e tte r see It. W h o W ish e s to I n v e s t? — 104 acres of even m e," should live a short tim e as good bottom lan d as th ere is in the witlmn» ----- z*. of science, the 0 0 0 fn ° f AVa®h,i,? ^ o n - W as offered $10 - Without the 1 benefits X 9 heder« 12 Sixt^ " true savior. He would soon be con I I es ninw« ’ 3 h o r ?fe?’ "« « o n , h a rn e ss es, plows, harrow s, d airy and u ten sils ft verted to Secularism . It would be as sensible for a god J wiH give the same <X X >O O O < X X X X X ) < X H X X X ) O O O O O O ¡ to dam n a m an for having trouble > am ount. W here are with his liver as it would to send Our First Page Poem. the sixty-seven? »» r . _ one to a bell because he had a dis- M r . D e v il H a t e r : eased or dwarfed brain. )< X X K X > O < X X X X X X > < X > < X X > < X X X > (X > ( Dear Sir, — Your replv to the Cl ,: r v 1 preacher, while it was full of h ,ie/ ' , / n E n Siand ’« helping to NEW S AND NOTES. e s t . o a i i liberal-m inded X X di ‘w , 6Ch° ° le vJ 5 O^-OOO-O-O-O-OO-OO 0 -0 -0 0 -0 -0 O-O-OOOOC hogs, 6 pigs, 60 to 65 tons hav, hav b a il e s ’ * T a r ™ a t ’ t id e w a te r a t d <x>r, 2 h o u s es, _ barns sp rin g w ater a t l>oth houses h e m e s of all kinds. O w ner has m S 35 cows and kept 21 head of young s tw k c u ttin g plenty of hav from th is ex cellen t o ffS t,"“ ’, ? ,r a ,v h ' » b ic h T e now o ners, with all stock, produce and >m. f o r n ? it ie, tB f° r $5500' " rite to th e I n form ation B ureau a t once. j F o r S a le .—A fin é li t t l e h o o w in S il- t>fi5On’“ L'1Ü\ One acre of Ian d ’ for onlv $-85. p irst come, first se rv ed .” 4 particularly so to me, as, like your- Ch • c ” Wou d '* b<! " ' ° ng for New song books for the U niver - I f and wife, the estim able Mm. 2 , X F o r S a le o r T»-ade.—A farm ab o u t qn sity. Devil H ater, I have had a C hristian 8 * A“ er,ca? m iles so u th of The Dalles, 320 acres in good school d istric t of ab o ut 100 schol B. B. Sm ith entered the U niver experience. It took much from my J he priests have m ade the peo ars ; county road crossing Cascade m o u n sity Monday. life chat, by right, belonged to me, ple believe th a t to be an A theist is t a i n s , u aiiy m an , sh o rt distan ce to saw m ill and flouring m ill, tw o stores, black Mr. J. W. Scott and his son John and made me unhappy. However, som eihing awful, but ju s t the oppo sm ith shop, free wood am i at. u n lim ited I was very sincere, never having site is the tru th . To believe in gods m ou n tain ran g e ; box house 16x22 w ith drove over from Salem Sunday. k d ch en and woodshed added, good heard the other side of the ques is unscientific and barbarous. brick fireplace, both up am i d o ^ n s U irs New blackboards, and old ones tion; and because of my own sin i » x $ . T m i l T 8tCf''e'' * l *'," ? t’e r ; P°fit barn freshly painted, during vacation. Jesus thought th a t sickness was . 3-.’. 3 * m iles of good fence, 120 acres cerity, I can not find it in my heart in c u ltiv a tio n , ab o u t 50 m ore ready for Mr. J. W. Y arns arrived from to condemn all C hristians. But I a punishm ent for sin, as is shown plow. T he ow ner holds deed from* gov “ Behold, thou e rn m e t. Price $2000. W ould trad e for a Portland Sunday and took his place am sorry for them. It is time they in St. John 5:14: p la te in f liverton of equal or less value am ong our worker». should hear the other side of the art made whole. S jn no more, lest The price of th e place is based on its m oney-m aking capacity, and it is now 1 itt Hicks, Frank Brown and story, and with the convincing a worse thing come upon thee.” paying a good incom e. We will in v e s ti nivesti Jam es Officer are on the m um p proof of the Age of Reason. My Some think th a t Brigham Young gate any offer m ade. little song may be regarded as and Jesus C hrist walked on the and measle list this week. F o r S a le .—A fine iitte hom e in Silver- blasphem y by some of the readers rie« ^ * acr.e i apples, p ru n es, ra sp b e r water, but men of Science build Mr. Lou Ames made the Univer of the Torch, hut I shall sign my ships, dig canals under rivers, and ries, ch erries, p e a rs; n eat little house sity a New Y ear’s present of one MM Papered: g00d 8i<ie»alk: name to it, nevertheless. K ind re search the depths of the wonderfu hundred dollars in cash. 3 gards to Mrs. D. H. ocean in their cunningly-devised Master W ard Edwards, one of W a n te d —A buyer for a welleouinnoJ Cordially yours, armor. Who are the saviors of the livery stable. Good horses, „ood b n g 'X our prim aries, arrived from Port good harneses.erc. Cheap. tVrite te us S world? A nnie T ufts . land Saturday afternoon. Oswego, Ore., Dec. 27, 298. S ch o o l T e a c h e r .—A g e n th -m a n w i t h ___ ___ _____ " h-v iR >t necessary to pray to th irty years exp erien ce in th e school W hat do you think of the excel a \rizii ■ a ' 1-rnerciful god to have rnerev? , ld8 a te a c h e r’s sta te eertifi- lent poem on the first page, and its A Michigan boy, son of a Bap- I f there is a good god, and w Thave < ate, viould ,hr like e m p lo y m en t as teacher Peach vocal and in stru m e n ta l m usic, ft author, our Oregon Poetess? t e n . i X h i N H11 r " ClO8e a t- “ 80’" ’ H i8 a ” to him The ground was white with snow m orning in Silverton, but ■t was nearly all gone before night. School opened again with a larg er attendance than we expected, there being mumps and measles among us. , .. ... fall'e r s perform ance iy t X u i ' , T 7 r T ,7 nr eHPWit,‘' 3 p m, the n tu a l of which he could repeat. One .lay he thought it would be a good notion to per- form the ceremony on the fnmilv eat and her two kitten« in a till f water The k i n .r f water. 1 he k.ttens underw ent the ordeal Without protest, but the cat New Year’s eve. we realized a scratched the bi'.y’s f a ¿ b .d Í v " .ñ 7 pray. “ 0 God, have m ercy on mv S e c u la r is ts W a n te d .- S e c u la ris ts w h o SOUl ” Le* UR m ind our " " " busD are th o ro u g h ly in terested in th e cause are w anted to h elp huihi up a Sec“d a r ness, Mr. P reacher and t h e an d « c o m m u n ity n ear S ilv erto n , Oregon H will attend to theirs _ _ _ _ _ o » K*‘m<“n‘t,er> l f you send us the B e a l E s t a t e fo r S ale. - ( g nam es and » P re s s e s of 25 of your Liberal friends and acq u ain t Iui"se a n d h a m , g ,„ d <>.char,U dl , " ’ .- -- — ■ ” ».W V ' j 14 11111 v « b J m d es from S ilverton, n e ar s c K "" !" 8 Preaent |800 reS " n p ro v ed. on m ain road. Price «nug little sum for the gym nasium , throw ing her .low. £ ,h ‘ ’ o C° Py ’'æ T° rCh of Reas«n “< res im proved ah - i d : ‘'D am n y tu h "n ‘ ™ a " ¡ ‘i only : X w„b T r “i U " T ’8 3 : S 15 and very much enjoym ent at the .’ - " ib if - .^ said: "Damn you, then be a Meth Y. P. 8. S. C. dance. cost you a few m inutes’ work and a ()ne h u n d red and six ty acres- i«> odist if you want to.” 4 S ^ 'r to n 2 cent stam p. 7