THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 14 1899.
good in the world, and the readers several other friends, but only had able writer He kindly donated
of the Torch are always glad to a few momenta talk with them.
some of h,a books to the U mversity,
hear from him. He is an intellec-
Dr. Greer, Mr. Gammage, and which are greatly appreciated,
BY P. W. GEER.
tual honest capable man.
Mr. Dahlström are always interest- Judge Waite is much interested in
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ori in the
thp FrePthonffht
I was greatly pleased to meet Mr.
Freethought work, and I the Liberal I mversity.
Many of our readers are familiar and Mrs. B. Lukina, of Anderson, enjoyed good visits with them. Dr.
as not at all
My trip to Chicago wai
with the name and writings of Joel Indiana, while I was at Cheater- Greer donated 100 volumes of his barren of good results. I met many
M. Berry, of the National Military field I had met these enthiisiastic j books to the
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•» i University,
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Liberal
friends sold some stock in the Lib-
Home, near Dayton, Ohio. M hen
I also eral University, and received sev-
for the Torch of
Chicago Sunday
gersoll meeting,
his mother, and
Friend Berry. -----------
,
. One evening and night was very Mr. and Mrs. Reeves accompanied
trie car, which landed me at the | eral people. Perl and I returned to
MHiUr, Home in a few moments, Muncie, where I stayed until the pleasantly spent with M , R. N. me to the train, where I hade them
and I then tried to find Berry. I evening train came to take me on Reeves and wife, in south Chicago all goodbye. I was glad to get
“ever saw so many soldiers in my .0 Chicago. While in Muncie, I Mr. Reeves is assistant editor of
of started home again, but sorry to
never saw so many
the Freethought
Freethought Magazine,
Magazine, and
and ,s
is leave such kind friends.
life. People
People sometimes
sonntimes say
say that
that was greatly
greatly pleased to meet
meet Dr.
Dr. the
life.
I crossed the Mississippi about
indeed a a very
very bright
bright young
young m man,
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an,
the most
most pnthusiastic
enthusiastic Secu-
Secu­ indeed
nearly all of « the old soldiers
are R Bowles,
midnight, and the next thing I
dead, but they are mistaken and larist in that part of the country. whom I was greatly pleased to knew it was daylight and we were
would so decide if they would visit The doctor subscribed for the Torch meet. We went to the old World’s just crossing the line into North­
anv of the various Homes in the of Reason and for some stock in Fair Park in the evening, where we western Missouri.
I had never
different states, or the Pension De­ the Liberal University, in which he saw a vaudeville performance and been in that state before, and as we
some high divers jump into a tank
partment at Washington, D. C. I is deeply interested.
My trip through Indiana was by of water from a trapeze and a high dashed along through the corn­
am glad the boys in blue are still
fields, among the low hills, I stud­
with us,and now that we have a new night, and I could not see much of pole. Mr. and Mrs. Reeves are
ied the general lay of the country.
crop, we will not be out of ex-sol­ the country. I arrived in Chicago very pleanant people, and will, un­
That part of Missouri is very plea­
diers for some time. I wish all the early in the morning and found doubtedly, make their way in the
sant and productive, and tliepeople
soldiers could be ex-soldiers and we every one in a hurry as usual. I world nicely.
Mr. Isaac A. Pool, the Free- seem to be prosperous. About nine
didn’t have need for any real ones. soon found my way to the home of
o’clock we reached Kansas City,
I enquired for the headquarters, the Freethought Magazine, where I thought poet, -lives near Chicago,
and found they were closed for the found Brother H. L. Green in much and of course I could not visit so and a shower of rain began to wet
things up considerably. I had no
day and I could not find my frierd. better health than I had seen him near him without making him a
trouble in finding Mrs. Mattie P.
T asked every soldier I met if he for some time, and his enthusiasm call. Mr. Pool’s writings are fam­
Krekel at her home on Oak Street,
knew Berry, but none of them hap­ for the cause is always at a high iliar to the Torch readers. Besides
where I took dinner and enjoyed a
pened to be acquainted with him. pitch. The work that Mr. Green writing poetical poetry and pointed
It was like hunting for a needle in has done, and is still doing, is won­ prose, Mr. Pool is one of the best visit for a few hours. Mrs. Krekel
a haystack, and as my time was derful and is of inestimable value practical botanists I ever saw. He is one of our best known lady lec­
limited, I had to return to the de­ to the cause of Freethought. His can produce any kind of a flower or turers. She was in Oregon once for
pot and take the train for Muncie magazine seems to improve with a vegetable you want. He is now some time, where, it is needless to
every issue, and I wish it could go devoting his time and energy to say, she made many friends who
without meeting Mr. Berry.
I arrived in Muncie late in the into every home in our land. Dur­ developing a variety of corn with would like to see her return. It is
evening, and found my friend Perl ing my few days’ stay in Chicago, variegated leaves and some rhu­ not at all unlikely that we will
Youngman waiting for me at the I spent many hours with friend barb that is sweet enough to make have her and her daughter with us
depot. I went to his home with Green and his wife, who is a very pies with very little sugar. Mr. again ere long. Mrs. Krekel is en­
him and was soon made acquainted young-appearing and active woman Pool is very anxious to move to joying good health, and will pro­
with his parents and spent a very for her age. IL G. Green, the son, Oregon with his vegetables and bably work in the lecture field this
pleasant evening. Perl was in Or­ is an excellent business manager, flowers, where he can have the ad­ season.
Kansas City ¡3 a hilly city and,
egon once and is arxious to get and is valuable help to his father. vantage of a better climate and be
I next visited the headquarters of near the Liberal University, where in fact, a very pretty place. I
back here again. Mr. Youngman
owns a shoestore and has a large the American Secular Union, on he could give instruction to the didn’t have the time to visit many
patronage. Muncie is in the nat­ S. Water Street, where I found the students in botany, etc. He would people or places. I was in hopes of
ural gas region and this natural ReichwaId Brothers busily engaged be a valuable man, and I hope we getting to see Mr. Remeburg, but
advantage causes many glass fac­ in their work. I spent several will in the near future be able to he was absent from his home, as I
tories and iron foundries to be lo­ nights at E. C. Reichwald’s home hire him. He has just written a learned by ’phone, so I went on to
on the west side, where I enjoyed series of poetical pieces, which he Lawrence in the evening, arriving
cated there.
The next day after my arrival in my stay immensely, as usual. Mrs. calls Ballads of the Bible. These just at dusk. I have heard so
Muncie, Perl and 1 w’ent to Chester­ Reichwald and Miss Josie are splen­ ballads are the best I ever saw, and much of Mrs. Charlotte Palm that
field, a few miles dist ant, where the did entertainers and very hospit­ ought to meet with a large sale. I shall always regret never having
The Torch of Reason contemplates seen her. Her death is a great loss
Spiritualists were holding a camp­ able.
I found the Beattie family at publishing them in the near future to the cause of Secularism. Mr.
meeting. There we found Mr. B.
Palm and his daughter, Blenda
F. Underwood, w ho had promised their home near the city limits, on in neat book form.
I had a very pleasant visit with Palm Reynolds, live at the old
two years previously to deliver a the west side, and the pleasure and
course of lectures at this meeting, fun I had there in three or four Mr. and Mrs. Francis, at the home home on the hill, in the western
and now was just in the act of fill- days, if told on paper would occupy of the Progressive Thinker office, part of the little city. I was not
filling his promise.
Mr. Under- a great deal of space. Mrs. Beattie where I was invited to take dinner, long in fiuding them, and they
wood is one of the ablest lecturers I and her two sons gave evidence of Mr. Francis does a large business were not long in making me wel-
have ever heard and his meetings much enthusiasm in the cause, and and has a splendid printing plant, come. They have a lovely home,
are always well attended. His they are such cordial people that I with a Linotype machine, which and my two days’ stay with them
work in Oregon about thirty years hated to leave their bright home, takes the place of many type-set- was one rouud of pleasure. Mr.
ago did a vast amount of good for I wah given to understand that ters. The Progressive Thinker has Palm has lived in Lawrence many
the Liberal cause. Mr. Underwood when in Chicago, aud in need of a a very large circulation, and is de years, and was working on a mill
is not a Spiritualist. He says home, the latch-string was on the voted to Spiritualism. It contains when the famous Quantrell raid
Spiritualism as an ism has no outside at the Beattie home. John many Secular editorials, some of was made on the city, in which
charm for him, although there is runs a candy wagon, and I enjoyed which have been copied in the over 150 men were killed. Mr.
much phenomena he does not un­ riding around on his route with him Torch of Reason. I found Judge Palm and several others barely es-
derstand, and he takes the Agnost- a few trips. We all attended the C. B. Waite at his home on Loomis caped by being in a large stone
ic’s view of it. I don’t agree with Ingersoll Memorial meeting to- Street, and enjoyed an hour or so building, which they defended.
Mr. Underwood ou some things,but gether the Sunday I left. There I in his company. The judge is very
We drove out to the Indian
I know him to be a great power to do met Brother Otto Wettstein and | interesting to be with and is an school one morning, where we in-
Abroad.
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