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TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JU N E 8, 1899.
j„«t where I wanted to be—at Dedication of the Paine B ust. ting remarks informed us th a t we
were there for noble work. He
Homer’s. W ho w ould wish to he
New’ York City m ust he full of gave a short history of the bust,
¡n a better place? I found him in
the back yard, of course, with his Infidels! Seven carloads of them which, at the close of his rem arks,
wife, two children, sister (M rs. left on a special train T uesday was unveiled by the aged sculptor,
Martin) and last, but by no means m orning, May 30, for New Ro­ Mr. M acdonald, who then m ounted
east, his menagerie of pheasants, chelle and tlie old farm of T hom as the stone wall, which was used as
chickens, ducks, quails, dogs, deer, Paine. The m agnificent bronze a rostrum , and m ade a few brief
two fine horses and “ Swin,” the bust m ade by Mr. M acdonald had and fitting rem arks. Mr. M acdon­
been placed on the m onum ent at ald m ay well be proud of his work,
monkey.
Homer did not know I was P aine’s grave, and now we were on which will stand hundreds of years
within three thousand miles, and our way to the spot to unveil the after he is dead and point out to
of course he was surprised. H e is bust and dedicate it to the cause of the people who chance to pass th a t
the same Homer he alw ays was and H u m an ity . W h a t a jolly crowd way the fact th a t Thom as Paiue
always will be. I never saw a p e r -, th a t special train-load of people has had adm irers who dared stand
son more capable of enjoying his did make! W e left the F orty- up for him in the face of ridicule
position. To be surrounded with second street depot at 11:15 a. m. J u s t such work as this is w hat is
the luxuries of a home, an ideal and by 12 o’clock were a t New Ro­ killing th e prejudice ag ain st the
home, was his dream when a boy. chelle statio n , a tru ly beautiful man Thom as Paine.
The next speaker called was Mr.
This dream is fully realized. He place. P ain e’s m onum ent is more
has a wife who can enjoy w hat he th an a mile from the station. E. C. W alker, of New Y ork City,
enjoys and increase his happiness M any took carriages and coaches, who spoke at length and to the
ten-fold. Hom er, the younger, is but the m ajority walked, preferring point, receiving the applause of all
almost an exact counterpart of his to tak e an outing while an oppor­ | present.
He was followed by Pearl W.
father and is a bright little boy. tu n ity afforded. The scene is de­
lightful
around
New
Rochelle.
The
Geer, of Oregon, who was wel­
Little Mildred is a model child and
rolling
hills,
w
ith
huge
trees
and
a
comed with great applause and de-
itally the sweetest little girl I ever
saw. Sim ply to live
is
not lu x u ria n t growth of grass and devoted a few m om ents to a tribute
Homer’s am bition. He believes in underbrush, with the old houses to Thom as Paine, closing with Geo.
doing som ething as he goes along, and stone fences bu ilt so m any J. R em sburg’s poem, “ The A uthor-
and he does it. He alw ays loved years ago, all com bine to m ake the H ero.” At the close of his speech
to be with birds and m ake pets of scene a delight to lovers of nature. Mr. Geer was presented with a
W hen the crowd arrived a t the unique penholder by C apt. Geo. VV.
animals. He is a n a tu ra l carica­
turist and has m ade pictures all m onum ent, lunches were spread, Lloyd, of New Rochelle.
his life. He loved to see a cock­ stom achs were filled, appetites s a t­
Mr. T. B. W akem an, of New
fight, not for b ru tality , but to isfied, th irsts quenched and all York City, delivered the next a d ­
study the birds’ natures. He en­ w e re m ade happy. A general good d r e s s , which was a splendid review
joys a prize fight for the sam e tim e was had talking, visiting and of the noble work of T hom as Paine
reason, while he abhors the b ru ta l­ “ getting acq u ain ted ,” until the for H u m an ity . H is speech ought
ity of it. H is greatest trouble in hour arrived for the program .
to be printed and read by every
life has been to find a m eans of
D r. E. B. Foote, Jr., called the One. He proved conclusively that
making a living and at the same m eeting to order, and in a few fit­
Continued on 6th page.
time to enjoy the talents and am ­
bitions with which n ature has erir
dowed him. He has solved the
problem com pletely. H e draw s a
salary quite sufficient for his needs
and has around him w hat he can
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enjoy. His collection of p h e a sa rts.
is the finest p riv ate collection in
the world. He is the proud owner
of the finest A rabian horse in the
United States. He has won fame,
which m akes m any a one jealous.
But he does not care for fame p a r ­
ticularly. He does not push h im ­
SHOULD HELP TO BUILD
self forward. He goes about his
business and enjoys life as he lives
it. H ardly a m ail comes th a t does
AT SILVERTON. OREGON.
not bring requests from some of his
admirers for his autograph. This
1. I t will h e lp m any young m en and young wom en
does not “ turn his head” nor make
to
a hig h er ed u catio n who oth erw ise will grow u p
him forget th a t he is sim ply a
w ith o u t its g reat ad v an tag es.
man. He realizes th a t he is just
2. I t will ed u cate w orkers for th e great forw ard
what nature has m ade him , and he
m arch of F re e th o u g h t an d Progress.
couldn’t be otherwise. W hat a
3. I t will forever silence th e accusation th a t Secu­
pity th at we cannot all realize this
la ris ts have n ev er done a n y th in g .
same tru th in regard to ourselves
4. I t will h a ste n th e tim e when Reason an d Love
and others! Less egotism for our­
will reign, and w hen su p erstitio n an d h a te will lx:
selves and more ch a rity tow ard
forever gone.
pach other is what the world needs.
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