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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1900)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, MARCH 29, 1900. 8 • I * I ¡also a meeting at which we can only just to those who have the For the Torch of Reason. * gain a great deal of information on courage and ability to work in this W ith Inget gersoll. ga N E W S AND NOTES. the subject of the cultivation of “vineyard.” ( X X K X X X X X X X K » 0 -0 0 -0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 HY J . A. CLEMEXSOX. flowers. Respectfully, etc., Boom the Torch! F. S. M atteson . 1 , . . . I An organization was completed I often feel I loved you, Ingersoll, Examination week is here again. . Turner, Ore. F o r th a t p lain , open tru th fu ln e ss in Silverton last Saturday at Lib- W ith which you treated m an k in d , one Next week another thousand tx eral Hall, which is to be known as and all, tra copies of the Torch will go fly the Silverton Improvement and W hat our Friends in England And which still lives to com fort am i to bless. are Doing tor the Liberal ing over the country. Entertaiument Society. Every cit So if I raise you from th e peaceful bier, U n iversity. And place you once m ore, in a sim ple Mr. D. A. Roberts, a new sub izen and resident is eligible to way, scriber at Creston, 111., donates $10 membership, and we hope that the E ditor T orch of R eason : Before th e people whom you held so d ear, for the good of the cause this week. society will be productive of much We m ay still seem to h e ar your voice Emilie Holyoake Marsh, daugh good. The following officers were today. Again the Mongolian pheasants elected: President, L. Rauch; Vice- ter of George Jacob Holyoake,writes W hen you have claim ed th e g reatest law- are becoming tame enough to come Presidents, Percy Brown, Dr. Chas. to me as follows: m u st he The love th a t operates from reaso n ’s within a few rods of the L. L. O. Brewer: Secretary, Dr. A. A. Leon th rone, TH E INGERSOLL CHAIR. building. Can any claim th ey have y et failed to Editor Freethought Magazine: ard; Treasurer, John Hicks. On the death of Col. Ingersoll, T h at in y o see Read our premium offer and u r life you lived for love The Southern Pacific Railroad, his friends in America wished to alone? then see if you can get us some through their agent here at Silver- perpetuate his memory by some me In th a t last hour, when d estin y drew new subscribers when you renew ton, seems to be desirous of extend morial. My father, Mr. George J a To fold its near, sile n t and sublim e decree for the Torch. ing its business so as to run both cob Holyoake, proposed an Inger A round those b rillia n t orb s th a t saw no fear, If we can get the Freethought private and public schools of this soll ehair in the Liberal University Can any say you sought what could of Oregon, the only Freethought world acquainted with our educa city. The president of the L. U. O. University ever established. The not be? tional plan, our “yoke will be easy was put on the program of a teach ivtention is the education of the H ad you not said you knew not w hat and our burden light.” none know , ers’ meeting to be held here next advocates of Freethought. The fac And feared no law which reason would ulty of the University accepted the A number of students and mem month, but the railroad agent, who proposal, and asked my father to not bear, w hen tim e called to bers of the faculty of the L. U. O. is one of the school directors, says make it known in England. By B ut tru ste d nobly, go, went to Salem Wednesday to see that the teachers of this county reason of age and literary work to I o pass, unflinching, to e te rn al care? cannot use the public school build which he is pledged, he is unable to So when my life sh all m eet its unknow n and hear W. J. Bryan. ing if said Infidel is allowed to do all he wished, and has asked me tim e, The Dynamic Theory of Life and And I have lived, jierhaps to live no speak at their meeting. The fol to communicate the project to such m ore, Mind, by James B. Alexander, has persons as might he pleased with lowing, from the Hon. T. W. Dav the opportunity of expressirg their May oth ers say my only fear was crim e, been donated to the library by W. enport, shows about how the mat obligations to the splendid services My hope in fin itu d e ’s unbounded shore. H. Conley, of Sodus, Mich. ter stands: of Colonel Ingersoll. “ No Christian M um m eries.” In the last examinations in the P rof . H o sm er : I have h eard th a t one, My father has collected the sums L. U. O., Miss Minnie Robison or m aybe two, of th e school directors appended to this letter. The Uni here have said th a t if th e C ounty T each The will of the late Marquis of stood 100 per cent in seven branches, e rs ’ I n s titu te perm its you to lecture a t versity values very highly English th e ir n e x t m eeting, our public school aid in this matter, as students may Queensberry has been lodged in including Moral Philosophy. house shall not be used for th e m eeting. go from this country to the Oregon Edinburgh. The deceased in the know n o th in g as »“J to , th J e u tru nf Ma th e Univtrsitv to take a degree, which f I ---- r , „„„ nit th anxr ooAIoil aayei expect every little thing to be done tu re, and d o n ’t m iss th e o p p o rtu n ity . will certify their instructed effi At my death I wish to be cremat just to suit us, but we must cling I h e best w ay to v indicate th e rig h t of ciency. Any further subscriptions th e in s titu te to in v ite you, and your may he sent to me, or to Mr. Pearl ed and m y ashes put into the earth close to the main principles and do rig h t to sp eak , is to speak. If it be tru e W. Geer, Liberal University, Sil enclosed in nothing—earth to earth, th a t th e d irectors purpose as aforesaid, the very best we can. they have m an u factu red an issue with verton, Oregon, U. S. A., to whom I ashes to ashes— in any spot most Mr. J. B. Edington, in a private two h o rn s of form idable dim ensions, shall forward any sums I may re convenient I have loved. I partic of w hich, personal sp ite, th ey will ceive. ularly request no Christian mum Yours faithfully, letter, says: “I am now better in one be ash am ed to be im paled u p o n ; an d meries or tomfooleries be performed E milie H olyoake M arsh . formed as to the goodness, great th e o th er, religious ostracism , by th e over my grave, but that I be buried m on school m anagem en t, th ey ' dare M r. George A nderson, London . . . . £5 ness and importance of vour mag com M r. Alfred M arsh, “ ........ ** 3 as a Secularist and an Agnostic. If no t suffer to e n te r th e ir v ita ls .” M rs. E. H olyoake M arsh ............ 10s it will comfort any one, there are Y ours, nificent undertaking. You will M r. T hom as Allsop, “ .......... 1 T. W. D avenport . Mr. R obert A p p leg arth , “ plenty of those of my friends who surely succeed.” . . . . . . . 10s S ilverton, M arch 26, 1900. would come and say a few words of M r. J . M. G unson, L e ice ster................ 1 lime will tell whether railroad M r. A rth u r G im to n , “ ___ 1 The botany class of the L. U. O. common sense over the spot where M r. Sidney G im to n , “ ................. j domination, personal spite or re run wild in the woods every chance my ashes may lie. No monument P- k.—Mr. Anderson has had so or stone necessary or required, nor they get in search of the precious ligious ostracism are to appoint much delight reading Col. Inger procession, as ashes can be carried gems of the plant kingdom. Truly guardians for us, or whether free- soll’s orations that lie tells my fa in one person’s hand. life is worth living when there is doom of speech is to be allowed. ther that if the Ingersoll chair does something to live for. not stand well on its legs we are “ English S ecu larism .’ to apply to him (Mr. Anderson) Theory and Practice. Our friend, William Birney, of «w * L again. By George Jacob Holyoake, 146 \\ ashington, D. C., in a private let Now let the Liberals of this coun pages, neatly bound in cloth, post ter to Prof. Wakeman, in which E ditor T orch of R eason : Enclosed find postoffice money try follow the good example set by paid, 50 cents. Twenty-two excel was enclosed twenty dollars, writes lent chapters, together with Secu as follows: “I am proud of having order for $2.50, my day’s pay for our English friends and make this larist ceremonies on Marriage, Ingersoll chair a great success. the privilege of helping, even in a March. Naming Children, and Over the Yours truly, H. L. G reen . small measure, the men and women Dead. No Freethought library’ is R obt . G arth . complete without it. Sent free with who are devoting time and talent Republic, Wash. yearly subscriptions to the Torch A Prem ium . to build up the first Liberal Uni of Reason. versity. I have confidence in your 1 ntil July l,w e will give free with Approves the Plan. principles and judgment.” aa In« each yearly subscription to the _ — _ — _ — — old hen Saturday, March 24th, the Wo E ditor T orch of R eason : and a jrood deal more reliable. Doe»n t Torch of Reason, one copy of George _ break i la egga or make its chicka lousy. Doaan’tata y off the nest and allow the eggs man’s Social Science Club met at to chill but hatches every erg that can be Please allow me to say: Lay off Jacob Holyoake’s _ book, , “English __ hatched. TH E the residence of Mrs. Morris. the L. U. O. grounds: build the Secularism”, neatly bound in cloth, INCUBATOR “Ventilation” was the subject dis cottages and fountains; plant trees containing 146 pages. This book J* »baolately perfect a* to PETALUMA Incubator eaaecttala—p ro n e r a p p llc a - •I o n a n d d ia l r lb u t lo n o f h e a t an d m n l.tu r e , r r r u - «’" .» • ’d ▼ e a tlla tlo n . F o r 50 to « 0 earirs. WE PAT cussed. The subject was opened and flowers and make “a park un sells regularly for fifty cents, and FREIGHT ANYWHERE In the V. 8. Handsome catalog free. by Mrs. Morris. Saturday, March surpassed in its beauty,” which no Freethought library is complete P e ta lu m a Ia c u b a te r C a „ B o x , P e ta lu m a , CaJ. 31st, the club will meet at the resi will bring revenue and be a monu- without it. 1«or a limited time we \he W iley B. dence c of Mrs. Sol. Smith at 3 - p. m. mental glory for a thousand gener- will give it and the Torch of Reas Allen Co ^ “ eV ‘ re8d the 1» come. Name the cottage«, on one year for only one dollar. T h e O ld e st! the paper of the day,- Oo Flower Cul- after the teachers and builders of Old subscribers paying one year in Largest ’ Music Store. L eading P i ture. \\ e are looking forward to, the L. U. 0., beginning with the advance will receive the bopk free anos an d O rgans. a very interesting meeting, and 1 first, and so on in succession ’Tie of charge. 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