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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, MAY 10, 1900.
On the evening of May 30 will be Subscribers who wish to get
F r o m P e a r l W ’s F a t h e r .
rendered in Liberal Hall the very “English Secularism” as a premium
N E W S A N D NO TES.
celebrated drama, “Last Lynne.” should not forget to mention the
F riend H osmer :— Will you please
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" atch for further announcements fact when they send in their sub- send me a set of the Forstner augur
Boom the Torch of Reason!!
next week.
«cription».
bite and I will send you the money
Don’t forget the Band Concert
Misses Della and Dora Snyder
We are in recpipt of a new book> b-v r<“t“rn "’">>• 1 think I can .ell
next Saturday evening.
and Mr. Aubray Wollard started «‘Our Bible and Higher Criticism,” ?e' eral e«'8 for y°u- How are you
We ought to commence work at for Eastern Oregon Saturday morn- by Moses Hull, This book which ge,,Ing along ' I would be glad to
ing, The young ladies go to their , tel}« *bo Krote the Bible, when,
... our building. but we are
1
lhare a
V,SH’ but cannot come
obliged to wait for money. Pray!!! home in Dayville, and Mr. Wolf- where and how, is nicely bound ,aShl0"ed visit,
ard will work for our mutual friend and can be obtained of Moses Hull down this year. Probably another
Prof. Hoffmann is visiting his
and co-worker of Caleb, Mr. J. L. and Co., Buffalo, N. Y.; J. R. Fran­ year we can arrange to spend the
friend, Prof. French, of Monmouth,
Barnhouse.
cis, 40 Loomis St.; or Sunflower summer with you. Mrs. Geer sends
Ore., this week.
her regards to all. Hoping to hear
Mr. Kautz, of Dolph, Ore., in his Publishing Co., Lilly dale, N. Y.
from you soon, I am as ever
Already quite a number of new
visit to Silverton has become so in­ > CKXXHXXXXXXX) 0 0 0 0 -0 -0 o o o o o o <
Your true Liberal friend,
students have r< ported their inten­
terested in our work that he has
C al G eer .
tions to attend the L. U. O. next
C O R R ESPO N D EN C E.
purchased a snug little six-acre
term.
home and will at once move his > 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (
“ G u ild e d ” P o in t s .
A Methodist church in the East family here where his boys can
P le a s e d .
is to be freed from debt by the , have the advantages of a Liberal
BY JO H N P . GU ILD .
children getting old junk and sell­ education.
J. E. H osmer ,
ing it.
Dear Sir and F rien d :— I am
Holy smoke chokes thought.
We are in receipt of a copy of
Subscribers receiving Torches the complete works of Shakespeare. pleased that thechildren have done
Assumed dignity disguises stu­
marked “Sample Copy” will kindly The donors, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. well in their studies, and I hope I pidity.
hand them to somebody who is not Burtis, also sent in their renewal will be able to send them next year.
Thanking you for the care be­ “Beware of the man of one book”,
a subscriber.
to the Torch and the kindest of
is an old warning. Its wisdom
Chas. Page went to Portland this letters in which they show that stowed upon them and with best consists in the fact that such a man
week with some valuable horses they really and truly have a deep wishes for the success of the Liber­ is either a dunce or a bigot, or else
al University, I am,
which our fellow citizen Ed. Porter interest in our work.
a joker.
Yours truly,
had sold to a firm in the metropo­
President Hosmer went to Port­
T hos . C arter .
1 ruth is the rock of ages. Do
lis.
land and saw Thomas and Mar­
not get onto the rock edgewise, but
Considerable excitement was gueritte Carter aboard the O. R. &
stand square on the tip top, or you
A D e s ir a b le G ift.
manifest over the Silverton city N. train last Saturday. These lit­
may slip off.
election last Monday. The Sunday tle people have spent the whole
“Buy the truth and sell it not”,
Law was the principal issue. It year at the Liberal University and E ditor T orch of R eason
I will certainly give what influence is an old injunction found in the
was defeated.
will now spend their vacation with
I can to help build up your Libera Bible, but it is a good enough mot­
their
mamma
and
papa
in
their
The Little Freethinker, edited by
University. A Liberal University to for the Oregon Liberal Univer­
Idaho
home.
Elmina D. Slenker, Snowville, Va.,
out in Oregon is a most desirable sity.
is a bright little magazine for our
Notice our Building Fund Con- position for teaching Liberal relig-
“Death has no appendix.—In­
young people. Price 25 cents per tribution Box. We will pass this tous thought. With kind regards,
vestigator. Hence, it has no ap­
year. Addrese 2938 Cramer St., around once every week and we
Sincerely yours,
pendicitis.
Camden, N. J.
hope our friends will not forget to
E lizabeth C ady S tanton .
Eating mule meat in Mafeking is
Mr. Dick Barnhouse, Mr. John drop in their mites according to
a sorry shift for eating plum pud­
Scott and Mr. John Madden started their ability. A.ll pulling together
T h e F in g e r o f S c o r n .
ding in Pretoria.
east Wednesday morning.
Mr. we can accomplish a mighty work
When the British Lion has done
Barnhouse goes to Caleb, Ore., Mr. If any one does not wish his or her E ditor T orch of R eason :
name
mentioned
we
will
record
it
Madden to Lonerock, Ore., and Mr.
with the Afric Boer, will they sing
W
hat’s
wrong
now?
I
see
by
the
as “a friend.”
Scott to Spokane, Wash.
last Torch you are pointing the together,
“ Blest be the tie th a t binds
Every subscriber has a power to finger of scorn at me. I believe, if
The Ladies’ Social Science Club
Our hearts in Christian love.”
of Silverton met at the home of help our work that we can not pos­ I understand aright, it says, renew
With 200 conveits to Moham­
Mrs. I)r. Leonard, May 5. The sub­ sibly possess. One Torch placed in your subscription to the very wel­ medanism during the last year in
ject was Woman’s Suffrage. The the hands of an unknown friend come and instructive paper, the the United States,it looks as though
club meets again May 12 at Mrs. may mean much help . Mr. Kautz, Torch of Reason.
the Christian missionaries to Tur­
Well, set me ahead $5.00 worth.
S. Ames. All ladies are cordially who is row donating work on the
key were needed more at home.
L. U. O. and who has bought a I enclose check for same.
invited.
Anything that will convert tipler
home here, where he will educate
Yours for Progress,
Reports come from Buffalo, N. his boys, first found out about us
to temperance, superstition to
J. L. B arnhouse .
Y., that Mr. Geer is at that place by reading an old discarded Torch
sensibility, and hypocrisy to hon­
quite sick. We hope it is nothing
esty, is welcome to come. Temper­
in which a fisherman bad wrapped
serious, and that our friends will up his dinner.
B u r n in g I n d ig n a t io n .
ance, sensibility and honesty are
not wait for him to call on them,
all required in a complete character.
but help him do his work without
Ugly typographical errors will
D ear M r . H osmer :—I am very < > < * > 0 < > 0 0 < 0 0 0 0 O O O O O O O O O O O O '
sometimes creep into our paper in glad you attended the meeting of
waiting for him to visit them.
T O R A IS E $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 .
All of the Liberal friends will be spite of our carefulness. How this the Teachers’ Association, though I
T h is is O u r B u ild in g F u n d
glad to hear that Mrs. Down, of happens was very nicely illustrated mow it was very disagreeable to
C o n tr ib u tio n B o x .
But for the civilization
Down’s Station, has made arrange­ a few weeks ago in the scientific you.
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ments to move to Silverton so that article w’ritten by Mr. Herman Christianity has received from Sci­
A Latin quotation ence, the agent of the S. P. R. R.
Robert and the younger children M ettstein.
will have a better chance to attend which was written by Mr. Wettstein and the Christians would have
so as to make the first word appear been glad, in the name of Christ, to
the Liberal University next year.
to end in “s” instead of “o” as it lave resorted to Inquisition meth­
Miss Minnie Robison, of Talent, should, was so set up by the priuter.
Friend......... ......................... $5.00
ods. I am sure that every Free­
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Ore., departed for her home on the It was carefully corrected by the
thinker who knows of the con­
noon train Saturday. So manv of proof-reader, but was either in
temptible conduct of the S. P. R. R.
our young friends going away makes sufficiently marked or the printer agent feels a burning indignation,
us feel somewhat lonesome, but we failed to change it, and all con- as I do.
hope to meet them all again at the cerned were made to appear ridicu­
Your friend,
beginning of next term.
• lous.
(M rs .) M. M. T urner .
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