T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON , N O V EM BER 30, 1899. 8 The S ilverton T h o u g h t E xchange, one of the most beautiful cities in ----------- the world. enlng, Nov. 3 0 . - Op?rs, "Four- Thursday Evening, Last Sunday, the 25th, there was W ashington, with its great C api­ Leaved C lover’’, at L iberal M all. Friday Eveaing, Dec. 1. — Captain Preeton’a at a good solid rain outside of Liberal tol and new L ibrary and public luct program at the Y. P. 8 . B. C meeting, n Liberal Hall. H all, an 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Davenport M artin, accom panied on and street and trolley cars, and and g u aran tee to u ndersell any o th er Remember there is to be a dance the piano by her sister, Miss Alice com paring them all, he found th a t re ta ile r in th e U nited S tates. after the opera. Davenport. The heartiest applause they “ arrived at places,” but there W a tc h e s I have again reduced with Our library room is nearly fin­ failed to bring an encore, an d so was no “ trav ellin g ” so as to know special reference to undersell big c a ta ­ ished, which gives us an additional the audience had to give up their w hat sort of country or people he logue houses. P ay no a tte n tio n to my old p rice-lists, h u t send for la te s t; or if class room. desire for a free concert, and go to was passing through. o rdered from th e old, I will re tu rn th e Mr. Robert Down, of Down’s S ta ­ business. At S alt Lake C ity the car tra n s­ change. F irst was the declination of Mr. fers are punched through pictures tion, Oregon, entered the Liberal O p a ls, G a r n e ts , C h a in s , B r a c e ­ Lou Ames, who had been elected on them , which are supposed to le ts , E m b le m s of any ord er, or jew el­ University M onday. ry of an y kind an d q u a lity , Silver Nov­ Mr. Sam uel A. Foss, of Silverton, president, but who on account of represent the various kinds of heads elties, th e G orham Silver spoons, in sets the cares of this world felt com pell­ of the passengers, so as to d istin ­ is a new stu d en t a t the U niversity, o r single, “ 1847” trip le - p lated w are, ed to suggest a younger m an, and guish them by kinds of whiskers, he having entered school Tuesday. G old P en s, Gold C anes, etc. I will so Mr. Clyde M ount was elected in hats, bonuets, etc. Mr. Geer was send you best goods a t lowes prices. Mrs. C lara Bailey, of Portland, his place. Mr. T. D. A llen was first punched as a “sm ooth-face,” Send c u ts from any catalogue or describe secretary of the Oregon State Secu­ also elected treasurer. but a M ormon conductor discovered closely and I will su it you o r refund cash. lar Union, is visiting the U niversity. Then Prof. Geer had it all his his incipient m ustache aud stopped In g e r s o ll Spoons a n d Free- th o u g h t B a d g e s must, he ordered Of course we will all go to see the own way for about an hour. His him . He was shaved as soon as early o r th e 'su p p ly m ay he e x h au ste d . opera on T hanksgiving evening. scheme was to introduce the cities possible, but it was no go, for his P rice-lists an d m y tra c t, “ T heism in th e Tickets should be purchased of the and peoples of the A tlantic and trip-tim e was up and he had to es- C ru cib le” , sen t free. Pacific coasts to each other, so th a t I cape to Silverton as soon as possible. Brooks Drug Co., Main street. O tto W e tts te in , The Torch of Reason office will they could spe how strange and There he arrived with his rejected ROCHELLE ILLINOIS soon he moved to the U niversity funny they looked to each other, car-ticket in his pocket, but with building. A room in the basement but also learn how to im itate and some money and m any prom ises h a s b een fitte d up, which will he thus acquire each other’s good for the Liberal U niversity, and things. H e went over the good with the assurance th a t the W ake very convenient. and bad points of the cities and m an fam ily were also on the road Messrs P. R. Barnhouse and peoples of the E ast, as shown by to meet him in his great work for Freethought: Past, Present and Future. A ubray W olfard arrived in Silver- their street-cars, railroads, parks, the em ancipation of education. The By T. B. W akeman , w ith p ictu re ton F riday from E astern Oregon. business streets and general ap­ lecture was easily, gracefully and an d life of th e a u th o r. Price, 12 They come to spend the winter in pearance; and then took up the copies, $1,00; e a c h .......................... i q c hum orously delivered, and evident­ the Liberal U niversity. habits and good qualities of the ly pleased everybody. T he discus­ Emancipation of Education. Prof. T haddeus B. W akem an is people which come out after you sion which followed was unusually An In au g u ra l A ddress, by T. B. W akeman , D elivered on th e incor­ going to lecture at Liberal H all on become better acquainted. interesting. p o ratio n of th e L iberal U n iv ersity . Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. T his New York was cosm opolitan, but P rice......... ....................................... 5 c Prof. W akem an used the account will be a genuine Thanksgiving too busy to be really happy, but given about Boston as a w arning to Photographs of the Faculty sermon, and all should hear it. was not so bad as Chicago, and was young W estern cities not to get of th e L iberal U n iv ersity , s u it­ able for fram in g . P r i c e ............... 5 0 c so large th a t the visitor had to take fenced in, for they could never get C aptain Hosm er and his noble crew gave their last program for the time to learn th a t there was a large over it. Silverton, therefore, should Torch of Reason Song Book No. 2. Price......................................... 10c term at the Y. P. S. S. C. m eeting mass of steady and com fortable s ta rt rig h t now with*trolleys, park, straig h t streets, etc., and so help its Freethought Magazine F riday evening. I t now rem ains ife there. P hiladelphia, however, was the U niversity to flourish and be a for C aptain Preston to give the last for S ep tem b er, Ingersoll m em o­ rial n u m b e r; O ctober, w ith program of the series and then th e com fortable city, an d its people had great centre of business, comfort, W a k e m a n ’s sp e e c h ; N ovem ber, result will be know’n. An exciting enough of the spirit of Penn left to and education. w ith p ictu re of L. U . O. facultv. P r ic e ................................................... ; . 1 5 c Prof. Buff w anted g reater accur­ meeting is evident for next F riday m ake them take even the shocking things of our progressive age with acy of description, and very in te r­ Forstner Auger Bi^ evening. estingly contrasted dream s and an astonishing composure. Price, any size........................ 6 0 c At the an nual congress of the Liberal and Scientific Books Boston was a queer place. It facts. American Secular Union and Free- Dr. Leonard was sure th a t the of all k in d s. See ad v ertisem en t thought Federation held in Boston, seemed to th in k th a t it was the elsew here. lectures a t th e T hought E xchange the following officers were elected ‘hub of the universe” with a little Send all orders to for the ensuing year: J . E. Rems- circle of w ater around it, and a big were proving its value; and went T h e Liberal U n iversity C o ., burg, A tchison, K ansas, president; state house, and a curious little on with am using incidents of his Silverton, Oregon E. C. Reichwald, Chicago, 111., Sec­ common wherp they hung their travels and S alt Lake experiences. Mrs. M artin spoke of the interest retary ; Otto W ettstein, Rochelle, quakers, but where now any one 50 YEARS’ women took in the public improve- E X P E R IE N C E 111., treasu rer, vice-presidents, E . can take a box under his arm to th eir cities, and why and M. M acdonald, New York City, W. stand on as a pulpit, and m ake a raen^8 A. Croffut, W ashington, I), C., T. 8Peech t0 his Heart’s content. B ut w b»t they w anted in Silverton. B. W akem an, Silverton, Or., F. the old trouble of exclusiveness still Miss C lara W akem an contrasted Steiner, Des Moines, la., Susan TI. h,lng about Boston, and m ade it the American cities w ith those she T ra d e M ar k s W ixon, F all River, Mass., Mrs. M. a PPear to be very m uch fenced in. had visited in F rance, H o llan d , and D e s ig n s A. Freem an, G rand R apids, Mich., lts little islan<1 was not bl'e enough an \ . C o p y r ig h t s A c . a . r r e e m a n , v t r a n a n a p ia s, Mien., ; ---- ------ Several others spoke and then Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether ah L. K. W ashburn, Boston, Mass., J. *or an but the character of its peo- they all went home in good hum or, g.fcUU notice, without charge. In the donald, W. A. Croffut, E. C. Reich- Ple- But the environs of Boston Xext Slinda-V Prof. W akem an « a id , aud O tto W ettstein. A fur- save<1 “ l » f '1 w‘‘h Cam bridge,! 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