T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV E R T O N , OREGON, JU N E 8, 1899.
6
S T R IC T L Y O N E P R 1CE.
Dedication of the Paine Bust. m onum ent.
PRODUCE
TAKEN
D R E Y E R & C R A IG
The trip back to the station and
on to the city was enjoyed with the
(Continued from 3d page,)
Paine was the author of every a d rest of the d a y ’s proceedings, with
ave you ordered vour S pring Suit
vanced idea of civilization in the the exception that the railroad
Our
yet?
The fact th a t we are the
world to this day. Mr. W akem an com pany, as is usual, played a
clothiers of Silverton, we would
ra n k s as one of the best lecturers trick on us bv delaying us nearly
N
ew
on the Secular platform . H is a u an hour at the station an d tu rn in g
run a great risk if we did n ot know our
our
special
train
into
an
accom
mo
dience alw ays learns som ething
clothing, for we g u aran tee it, and only
Carpets
and he is always ready to speak on dation tra in , and going into the
2ood clothing can hear such a guarantee.
anv topic of the day. Mr. \ \ ake- city at a “ snail gallop.” But we
are
man was the first to suggest the got there all right, and after bid
If you w ant to get acq u ain ted w ith us
ding
good
bye
all
around
we
took
idea of the Paine bust, and now
w ithout spending m uch,
Big
he is proud th a t his prophecy has cabs, trolley cars and elevated
trv one of o ur ready
railroads, or allowed them to take
come true.
us to our respective homes; and Sellers!
m ade suits a t................
Dr. Foote eulogized Mr. W ake- we all fee! th a t the d a y ’s occasion
m an foi his excellent speech and was a success and our duty to t h e ,
H um anity
th en introduced Mr. H enry Row- A uthor-H ero and
pleasant one. Let us hope th a t
ley, of the Brooklyn Philosophical
Thom as Paine will go on m any
OREGON
Society, who interested the a u d i ¡another bust and we will see them I S I L V E R T O N
ence for some time with a lively in governm ent buildings and pub
radical speech, which wa3 closely lic parks quite as frequently as the
T h e G re a t'
followed and loudly applauded by m onum ents, statues and busts of
P il C oddy .
th e assem bled audience. No one other great men.
New Y ork, May 31.
goes to sleep while Rowley speaks,
and th e d u llest can see the point.
A Biblical Puzzle.
No Need to Suffer from A ny Disease.
M. Florence Johnson “ furnished
Genesis 11: These are the gener
th e cream between the layers of
Í E lix ir
intellectual cake” with her recita- ations of Shem: Shem was an h u n
B a c t e r ia c id e
V IT Æ -O R E
E u c a ly p tu s O il
tations, which, as usual, were well dred years old and begat A rphaxad
two years after the flood. Ar
O r e - O li ne
received. “Thomas P ain e’s In te r phaxad lived 35 years and begat
M e d ic a te d S o a p
view with Saint P eter” is splendid Selah; Selah lived 30 years and
Agent
PEA R L W . G EER
and never fails to amuse an audi begat E ber; E ber lived 34 years
and begat Peleg; Peleg lived 30.
ence.
ypars and begat Reu; Reu lived 32
S il v e r t o n , O r e g o n .
After the program , the lunch years and begat Serug; Serug lived
baskets were again opened and ap 30 years and begat N ahor; Nahor j
petites satisfied. Most of the peo lived 29 years and begat T erah;
ple enjoyed a pleasant walk and Terah lived 70 years and begat
visit to P ain e’s old house on the A bram .
Genesis 17:5: N either shall thy
hill, a q u arte r of a mile from the nam e any more be called Abram,
m onum ent. When the state of but thy name shall be A braham .
New York gave Mr. Paine this es
Jo shua 24:1-3: And Jo shua g a th
ta te of 300 acres a splendid house ered all the tribes ot Israel to
was situ ated n ear the site of the Shechem , and called for the elders
To sell p roperty
of Israel, and for th eir heads, and
m onum ent, but while he was in for th eir judges, and for th eir of
To buy a hom e
F ran c e the house was burned. On ficers, and they presented th em
his retu rn he built the present, selves before God. And Joshua
To go into business
said
unto
all
the
people,
Thus
say-
sm aller house, where we were p er
To exchange real or personal property
m itted to enter and see the rooms eth the Lord God of Israel. Your
fathers dwelt on the other side of
To work, or to h ire w orkers
in which he once lived and wrote- the flood in old tim e, even Terah,
We saw the window through which the father of A braham and the
A N Y T H IN G
one of P ain e’s form er employes father of Nachor; and they served
shot a t him. W hat a lucky shot other gods. And I took your
W R IT E T O U S .
W E C A N H E L P YOU
father,
A
braham
,
from
the
other
to miss its m ark! N ear th is w in
side of the flood.
dow, on a stan d , lies a large Bible
A ddress, IN FO R M A TIO N B U R E A U
Genesis 7:21: All flesh died th at
of the regulation fam ily size. T his moved upon the earth , both of fowl
W a te r S t r e b t ,
Silverton, Oregon.
< »ppoeite L iberal H all.
book now contains a copy of the and of cattle, and of beasts, and of
Torch of Reasou, slyly placed there every creeping thing th a t creepeth
while the lady of the house was ex upon the earth , and every m an.
How did T erah and A braham es
How to Make
plaining a picture of M artin L uther
cape the flood?
M. M. T.
which hung on the wall, which our
friend from B razil had m istaken
for a picture of Thom as Painel C ut This O u t—
The Government nationalized the Postal System, why not also
the
Money System? A plan is told by C. ELTON BLANCHARD
O ur friend from Oregon m ade an
Fill it up, and forward with
in his book entitled...................
equally bad break by asking if a
$1.00 to the
m odern bicycle in the corner was
U N C L E S A M ’S
L ib e ra ! U n iv e rs ity C o .,
the one rode by Mr. Paine. Of
S ilverto n, Oregon
H O M IL IE S O N F IN A N C E
course, we had to visit the well and
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-- Postpaid for 25 Cents.
take a d rin k of the pure, cold
All profits on this book will be given to the Liberal University.
w ater. No foolish questions were To the- P u b lish e rs a f the Torch It should lie in the hands of every thinking person. Address all orders to
f Reason:
asked about th a t, b u t we all rel o Please
The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon.
send the T orch of R eason to
ished the drinks. T his farm is my address for one year, for which I en
now for sale, aud th e F reethinkers close $1.00.
Our Job D ep artm en t
m ust see to it th a t it is m ade
/f a m e ..................................................
always gives
“ P aine P a rk ” and kept as a ren
dezvous for F reeth in k ers and all Post office...... ..................................
who adm ire Thom as Paine. A
m eeting was called of the in terest
BECAUSE IT GIVES
ed ones, an d steps were taken in
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th e direction of protecting the \ S ta te .
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