TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER IO N , OR EG N, J l LÙ 2«», 1*W. 2 P .n n .rv or »I the'i<>»i‘ * H is m in(j ¡H as a c tiv e a« his hut I don’t know bow it would be tb leans. An account of Boston would slide t o ^ ^ ° ° k ‘ w 0on - body, and I have read some in ter- io the w inter. I have no doubt beans )e incomplete without a m ention of mg. < pas.»» ’ , d id esting articles from his pen. He that with Mrs. Bliven as cook, and be ‘Unston B aked B eans.” New E n g socket ju st at d a rk t so th a 1 ied o n sid e ra b le , a «od n d the Mr. Bliven as provider, one would has lra tra v w P le d c considerable, ‘Boston Baked Beans.” New Eng landers do not consider their meals " ot ¿ et " '" '. j ' account of his trip s to Oregon and farew ell. com plete S atu rd ay evening and At Blackstone 1 wa,,ed ’ . 1 C alifornia some years ago is very E arly next m orotng, Mr. Bl.ven Sunday m orning without beans, c e n ts for a ‘ r a l" *° ‘ " the interest,ng. I watched with inter- took me In his nice new buggy, be- Of,e„ they do not eat them , but staid oyer night there an,I took t p a ,ience of my friend in hind a lively horse, and we s,,ed beans m ust form a part of the menu early m orning tram or an . f(>r hlade? ))f graas am „ r g „ ay over the hills to C haplin Sta- just the same. B ostonian, are great On my a r r ,v .l here, I m a d e i n Mrs. Bliven gave me a beau- people to do things through force of quiry for the ■ Bliven home, >r 1 job was com pleted ........................ , i f „ l tiful h ,m e hunch h of flowers, an d and after after we we « . viowrv we went to the of flowers, •a rc . of o f Eliza E liz a Mow y Jfc where we exam ined the style ! had both expressed satisfaction and was in search Mowry Bliven. I " y f " " ^ ? j , r; ^ lvn i ota rc h i,e c t i..e o ith e l,u ild ln g . Mr. delight a. having m et, I hade her ing, the driver the e Brookly riv e r of th B ro o k ly n , __ . __ k,.„ t in bp u b lp tn spp , i on wheel essary and the B ostonians, hut I am sorry the such m istaken .ne people people have nave ....................... ideas. I wish they could see Sil- ______ irtn H H ills ills mice. verton ami tuv, the \V W u aldo once. A trip to Boston would he in c .m - plete without a plate of beans, so The d ollar and I soon dollar. tinuhtiiny parted com pany, an . ».{ and I were on . our way . over the ,. hills, and soon interested ... a d e ­ cussion of religion, when I found U • - J f s ------------ J hnest tr »w berries, nerries, aim inn unrov ■ finest s straw an»l the most an of tall. them , I ever ate in mv life. It re- The road to C haplin leads through -- - - - • -- - — . ’ linn of . ..a of W indham County, and un/1 m inded me of eating peaches at the 1 heart Uncle H e m a n ’s last year, in Ore­ Mr. Bliven took me over some of gon. W e next gathered some peas the highest hills in order to let me before leaving I went to a re s ta u -, my friend to agree wt1 ' for dinner, and after taking them get a view of the country. The lay ra n t and orde.ed some. They were ..early every point. At .u lla g e wfi of the country is like th at ot Iowa sim ply su per-natural. H aving eat- of Brooklyn I “ changed cars, and went o u t to visit the pond below and p arts of the W illam ette valley. e„ ,,.y fill of beans I left Boston for Mrs. S palding, who was also splen- the barn. M r. Bliven waded out Different varieties of trees and Brockton, where I arrived in less ! did com pany, took me and her pet into the w ater to gather some beau­ underbrush grow lu x u rian tly . I th an an hour, and found the G ruber dog in a buggy, behind a lively tiful white w ater-lilies, while I sat don’t see how an y th in g can grow fam ilv at home. It was supper horse, and drova me over to the on a large rock and scratched a where there is so much rock. They lim e and I was Invited to join the Bliven home. frog’s back. I had heard of the USP stone to build fences, and it is fam ily and have some more beans. I found Mrs. Eliza Mowry Bliven “ frogs »>i \\ indhain, an»l this one a raie th in g to see a field of more It was S aturday night you k n o w ,' ¡n her garden. She decided that had evidently heard of me, for he th an ten acres. Even building so and I was glad of it. The next the long lank,being clim bing out of was not one bit afraid, and sat con­ m any fences does not utilize all the m orning was Sunday, and I was the buggy was her friend from Ore- tentedly while I scratched his hack. rocks, and occasionally you see a glad of th a t too, for we had m ore gon, and she gave me a friendly E verything on Mr. B liven’s place is pile of them as big as a good-sized beans. Mrs. G ruber is a Secularist, greeting, which cans» »1 me t<> feel at gentle—the cows, calves, horses, house. and lives for th is world. No one home. I was escorted into the chickens, and even the frogs are New E ngland is no agricultural will ever go hungry at her home, house, where I deposited my valise pets. country. The farm ers make a liv­ nor will visitors fail to enjoy h e r 'a n d had a few m om ents chat with I spent most of the afternoon in ing selling m ilk, fruit, and vege­ kind hospitality. It is possible, my friend in the library. Torch the com pany of Mrs. Bliven. Me tables to the people who work in and even probable th a t the G ru b er readers are acquainted with the talked about the past, present and factories. If New E n g lan d should family m ay move to Oregon some writings an d w»»rk of Mrs. Bliven, fu tu re of F reeth o u g h t work—an in ­ lose her factories, w hat would peo­ of these days. They all express a and I wish all of them could see W hy is New England exhaustible subject. Mrs. B liven’s ple do? desire to do so, and why not ? New her in her home. She is a tall, work of w riting, publishing,and dis­ such a place for factories? What E ngland is a nice place part of the spare-built, m iddle-aged woman, trib u tin g the tracts of Scientific is the use of shipping the raw mate­ time, but Oregon is a nice place all exceedingly active in body and W isdom , has proved of great value rial so far to he m ade up, and at of the time. m ind. She works hard a t her the sam e tim e ship flour and other After having a good visit, and ex- household duties, cultivates her to our cause, and had her health not failed her, she would have ac­ provisions even a longer distance to posing myself to a kodak in the flower garden, and assists her hus- com plished much more. She is feed the people engaged in manu­ h a n d so f Miss Grace, who fired three band at picking berries and gather- Living is cheaper on now in better health, and 1 hope facturing? volleys at me, I boarded an electric ing vegetables. I found her in the my visit has helped to “ rouse her the Pacific Coast, while at the same car for P rovidente, R.I., while Miss m idst of a week’s washing, which I time it is nearer to most of the raw Grace and Mr. Dellquest went in did not wish to in te rru p t, and my s p irits ;’’ and if she will not attem p t to do it all at once, she can still ac- m aterial, and there is w ater power the opposite direction to N autasket offer to assist in the job was de com plish a great deal. I he sus- unlim ited. The m arkets of the Beach. I hope their ride was as clined with th an k s (m uch to niy pension of the L ittle Candle alm ost world are g radually growing nearer enjoyable as mine. The »lay was delight). Mr. Bliven was in the deiightful, and the ride over the field, back of the barn, wielding killed her, and when I assured her th e Pacific Coast, which will some th a t we would sta rt it again at the d a y be the great commercial and low grass-covered hills, along the the scythe, and dodging th e rocks first o p portunity, she was greatly m anufacturing centre of the world, old stone walls, am ongst the trees, in his efforts to save a scant crop pleased, and will look forward to j do not w ant to work against was indeed pleasant. I arrived in of hay. It was there th a t Mrs. the com ing resurrection with great t be interest of the people of New Providence a little after noon, and Bliven escorted me, saying th a t she hopes. H er home is beautifully E ngland, b u t I am prophesying as I could not get a train for Put- would see if I was cordially re- situ ated am ong the hills and trees what will surely follow in the wake n&iu, Court., un til evening, I s p e n t, ceived, and if so she would leave (an d rocks) of C onnecticutt, and of civilization, and shrew dest one? my time viewing the city. P rovi­ me in her h u sb an d ’s com pany, her lib rary is well filled with valu- will go W est in advance of the rush, dence is now the capital of the little while she returned to her washing. able books, while her head is filled \y e arrived at C haplin a few ni°' stale of Rhode Island, and a beau- I don’t know what she calls cor with excellent ideas. The collec- m ents before train tim e, and 1 had tiful capital building is in process dial, but I know th a t I was never tion of m inerals and shells in the a njce visit with the Jew itt family» of construction. Sunday is a poor treated better in my life; and I who are Secularists, and are now dav •r to visit an eastern city, for bus- guess Mrs. Bliven was satisfied, for library is indeed interesting. Mr. and ...... Mrs. Bliven ----------- are strong members of the Torch of Reason mess IS iiiiir y , ru rciuiiieu to uic v u p c , where ..... o , ---- iness is sUSpenut’ll suspended annuo* alm ost e entirely, she r returned the ij house, ¡and the residents who do not go to we found her a few m om ents after- tem perance workers, an d both are fam ily. Mr. Jew itt has a in - ch u rch (by far th eg reater m ajority), wards, busily engaged in the lab o r-' practical vegetarians. No m eat of I lection of ancient fire-arms, sw