T H E TORCH
of
REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, FEBRU ARY 23, IMI».
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late period, can quit th e filthy hab­
tobacco,
and
I
have
used
it
for
a
t
M onday, February 27th, is the
it, and th a t even now be could be­
least fifty years. I do not say this
beginning of the spring term in the
come a more logical th in k er and a
boastingly, for I am asham ed of it,
N E W S AND NOTES.
Liberal U niversity. We have the
but I believe in telling the tru th , if better w riter th a n be is. 1 his ter­
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assurance of several new students,
the devil.
I rible curse has rob’ned our very best
E xam ination» in the U niversity and our school promises to be very it does sham e
thinkers of th eir best thought and
have tried m any tim es to quit, hut
interesting the balance of the year.
again this week.
could not. Now, Mr. Exchange, sent m any, as it «lid G eneral G rant,
The Univesity boys play ball
The B ernhard W alther Concert you will perhaps sav: “ O, yes! you, to an untim ely grave.
Let us be so ch a rita b le as to love
Company consists of th e following or any other m an, can stop, if he
these beautiful, sunny days.
B ernhard \V alth er at Liberal hall, specialists: M adame W alther, Eng­ has a mind to,” but I will say,that if our fellow men too well to rem ain
lish b a lla d iit; B ernhard W alther, you have not the h ab it and m ade silent on such an im portant sub­
F riday and S aturday evenings.
ject for fear th a t some of our friends
Belgian violin soloist; H arry W.
The president of the U niversity F ay, com m edian; Ada J. Cosgrove, the tria l, you know no more about it
th an the preachers do about heaven m ight feel insulted. E d .
has given up his proposed solicit­
vocalist, im personator and dancer, and hell,God and the devil. They are
ing trip, and will remain in the
and Miss Eschelm ann. This is a trying to teach the people some­
school the rest of the school year.
strong com pany and should be well thing they know nothing about
A covey of eleven beautiful Mon­ patronized.
them selves.
golian pheasants was seen on the
P hilip M arquam , who wrote the
I will adm it th a t m any have, and
U niversity grounds one day this Bible of Civilization, has been ju d g ­
m any can, quit; some of them after TS TH ER E ANYTHING YOU WANT?
week, w ithin fifty y ards o fth e Uni­
ed insane and is now in the asylum using it as long as I have, but th at
If so, m ake y o u r w ants know n to us,
versity building.
a t Salem. W e published his bibles is no proof th a t all can. A m an and we will try and supply th e m . If
We hope every friend of the cause for him, and we dare say his writ who has been bitten by a venom ­ w hat we do for you is w orth n o th in g to
vou, we will e x p ec t no pay. C ast your
will read and use the supplem ent ings are as sensible and his ideas as ous reptile can be cured if he has eye over th e list, an d th en w rite to us.
ad. on page 6. A ddress,
we p rin t th is week. We cannot well founded as are those of Moses an antidote in time and of suffi­ Read our
IN FO R M A T IO N B U R E A U ,
overestim ate its im portance. It is His m anner of building Paradise is cient strength to overb »lance the Box 100.
S ilverton , O r e .
sent out because of a great em er­ in advance of the one contem plated poison, b u t if the an tid o te is not
H o u s e k e e p e r .— W an ted , by a w idow ­
er,
a ladv as h o u se k ee p er; one who u n ­
gency.
in the skies. We wish the Chris strong enough the poison is fatal.
d e rsta n d s th e care of ch ild ren and w ants
The only antidote for the cure of a p e rm a n en t hom e. None b u t a Liberal
We feel very sorry th a t it has tia n s would read his bible.
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the tobacco habit th at I know of is need ap p ly .
been necessary to postpone our Y .
2 0 M en W a n te d .— If you are a Secu­
will power, and any one who has
P. S. S. C. meetings so much of late,
la rist and have $500 to invest it will pay
Tobacco, Insult, Charity.
not enough of th a t power can not you to w rite to th e In fo rm atio n B ureau.
but if each subscriber does as our
q u it and should he pitied rath er In w riting sta te y o u r age, fam ily if an y ,
supplem ent suggests, we will have a
occupation and views in regard to re lig ­
E ditor T orch of R eason :
th a n censured. Let us never insult ion.
hall of our own next year.
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I find in the Torch of F ebruary
nor
kick
a
brother
of
the
hum
an
A g e n ts .— A gents w anted to sell th e
The Inform ation Bureau is doing 16th an article, taken from an ex­
family
l»ecau»e
he
is
down,
but
give
E
o
rstn er A uger B it.
M oney can l>e
good work. I t succeeded in secur­ change, on the use of tobacco.
m
ade.
Send
60c
for
sam
ple, o r $2.60
ing a good school for Prof. J. K W hile agreeing with the exchange him our sym pathy and try to edu­ or full set packed in neat box.
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cate
the
youth
to
avoid
th
e
block
Buff last week, and a t present it th a t the use of tobacco in anv form
8 0 a c r e s .—A bout four m iles from Sil­
th
at
so
m
any
of
our
best
th
in
k
in
g
verton
; sm all, u n fin ish ed h o u se; ab o u t
has im p o rtan t real estate deals on is a filthy, disgusting and injurious
5 acres cleared ; $600. B e tter see It.
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men
and
women
have
stum
bled
th e docket. Patronize the Bureau. habit, yet I think such an article
over.
No nice m an uses tobacco,
F o r S a le .—A tin»* little house in Sil­
The ed ito r’s m other and two sis­ should not be placed in th e col­ but m any good men do.
verto
one acre of lan d , for only
So let us $285. n , “ w F ith
irs
t
com e, first se rv ed .”
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ters with their families ta lk o fm o v um ns of as good a paper as the not insult them by saying there is
ing to Silverton. T heir home is in Torch, because it is an in su lt to hardly a more disgusting spectacle
F o r S a le o r T»-ade.—A farm , aliout 30
m
iles
south of T he D alles, 320 acres, in
W isconsin, where it is too cold in m any of the very best thinkers.
th an a man w ith a d irty pipe stuck good school d istric t of ab o u t 100 schol­
The exchange says a tobacco
the w inter and too hot in the sum ­
in his m outh.
I will add th a t ars ; county road crossing Cascade m o u n ­
m er, especially when such a de­ smoker cannot be expected to do your article is as disgusting to ta in s, d aily m ail, sh o rt d istan ce to saw ­
mill and flouring m ill, tw o sto res, b lack ­
lightful clim ate m ay be found in much thinking. Now, I would like m any good th in k ers as the man sm ith shop, free wood and an u n lim ited
m o u n tain ra n g e ; box house 16x22 w ith
to call its attention to the fact th a t
Oregon.
with the d irty pipe stuck in his k itch en and woodshed ad d ed , good
a m ajority of the best thinkers of
brick fireplace, both u p and dow n sta irs
The B ernhard W alth er Concert
m outh is to you.
ceiled
w ith m atch ed lu m b er ; p o st b arn
C om pany will return to Silverton the past and present were and are
20x32;
3 m iles of good fence, 120 acres
Please pardon my criticism of
inveterate
tobacco
users
in
some
in
c
u
ltiv
a tio n , ab o u t 50 m ore ready for
th is week, and their many adm irers
your
article.
No
offense
is
m
eant.
plow.
T
he o w n er holds deed from gov-
will be pleased to have the oppor­ form—m ostly smokers.
e
m
m
e
t.
$2000. V\ ould tra d e for a
Do you think G ran t could have Let us be charitable, for ch a rity place in S Price
ilverton
of equal or less value.
tu n ity of enjoying tw'O more of their
covers
a
m
ultitude
of
sins.
T
he
price
of
th
e
place is based on its
high class program s, to be given a t been the great general and states­
C.
R.
C
ook .
m oney-m aking cap acity , and it is now
m an th a t he was if he had not done
paying a good incom e. W e will in v e s ti­
Liberal hall, F rid ay and S aturday
M
cM
innville,
Ore.
much thinking? How about the
gate any offer m ade.
-
evenings, under the auspices of the
m ajority of our best arm y officers
F o r S a le .—A fine litte hom e in Silver-
U nited A rtisans.
and thousands of others, both of
to n — «-¿-acre; apples, p ru n es, ra s p b e r­
B rother Cook may feel assured ries, c h erries, p e a rs; n e at little house,
F. W. H ubbard of Colorado sent the dead and living, who m ight he
in the nam es of seven new sub­ m entioned? Now, I don’t say their th a t we have ch arity for our m any p ain ted and p a p e re d ; good sidew alk.
Price, $450.
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scribers to the Torch this week, and intellect was any better for having friends who, like him self, have
W a n te d —A b u y er for a well eq u ip p ed
in a private letter inform s us th a t the habit. On the contrary, I be­ caught the filthy tobacco disease,
livery stab le. Good horses, good buggies,
he likes the Torch more than ever lieve it would have been still better but his idea o f the article m ention­ good h a rn e se s,e tc . C h eap . W rite to us.8
and cannot th in k of doing w ithout if they had never contracted the ed being as disgusting to m any
S c h o o l T e a c h e r .— A g e n tlem a n w ith
it. We hope other of our subscrib
th
in
k
ers
as
the
m
an
with
the
d
irty
th
ir
ty y e a rs’ ex p erien ce in th e school
habit.
room
, who holds a te a c h e r’s sta te c ertifi­
ers will lose no tim e in sending in
No, I do not wish to encourage pipe is to ub needs a little ex p la n a ­ cate, would like em p lo y m en t as teach er.
new subscriptions.
the use of anything injurious. I tion. H e seems to th in k we are Teach vocal an d in stru m e n ta l m usic. 9
right. Now, should we w ithhold
S e c u la r is ts W a n te d .- S e c u la r is ts who
Mr. A. J. S hrum , an Oregon pio would advise all who have not con­
the tru th because it m ay be d is g u s t-, are th o ro u g h ly in terested in th e cause
neer of ’46, is visiting in Silverton. tracted the babit, to shun it as they
w anted to h e lp build u p a Secular
ing to those who are guilty of dis­ are
would
a
contagious
disease.
I
be­
co
m
m
u n ity n e a r S ilv erto n , O regon. I t
H e has not been in this p art of the
obeying
its
law’s?
And
in
his
c
rit­
is
th
o
u
g h t best th a t each m em b er of th e
state for twenty-six years, and he lieve it to be contagious to a cer­
I c o m m u n ity ow n a little hom e of his or
icism M r Cook has done th e very h e r ow n, w hich can very easily be o b ­
comes from his home in C rook tain degree. Who ever knew a ci­
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thing lie criticises us for doing; ta in e d . W rite to us.
county, where he is known as Jack gar m aker who did not smoke? If
th a t is, he says th a t “ the use of to­
R e a l E s t a t e fo r S ale. — 80 acres,
Shrum , the rancher and stock ra is­ the habit is indulged in longenough
house
a n d b a rn , good o rch a rd , all fenc­
bacco in any form is a d irty , filthy,
ed , 8 m iles from S ilverton, n e a r school,
er, to renew his acquaintance with it will liecome a disease incurable.
disgusting and injurious h a b it” . If 35 acres im p ro v ed , on m ain road. Price
his old friends in the W illam ette For a disease it certainly is, as soon
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it was wrong for us to p rin t those $800.
T w enty a c re s ; 15 seres im proved, all
valley. He expects to rem ain in as the first poisonous dose is taken,
words from an exchange, is it not fenced, good sp rin g ,
m iles from S il­
our city and vicinity several weeks, and 1 believe it to be to a certain
v
e
rto
n
.
P
rice
$700.
wrong for B rother Cook to write an
and would like to meet with all the extent hereditary.
1 One h u n d re d an d six ty a c re s; 12
'a rtic le containing them ? We be- acres c le are d , 6 m iles from S ilverton
I
can’t
remember
the
tim
e
when
old pioneers who came across the
P rice $300.
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my father and m other did not use ’ lieve B rother Cook, even at this
plaius in the early days.
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