THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JUN E 7, 1900. 8 Monday expiessed great surprise at O. Waggoner, until about a year editors, on January 18, 1900, he the fine finishing work that our ago I saw it announced in some of made the most public display pos- (H arp of Freedom .) carpenters are doing. the papers that a noted Infidel at sible for him by burning a few BY JO H N PRESCOTT G l'IL D . The drama, East Lynne, which Toledo had renounced his Infidelity old books and pamphlets, not more was presented to the people of Sil- and burned his library. I at once than a half bushel, in the furnace The H arp of Freedom tak e in h a n d , F r o m Oregon to farth e st M aine, ' verton last Friday evening, was a co m m enced an investigation of the of the Memorial United Brethren A tune to tru th th ro u g h o u t th e lan d — case, wrote to se<°ral editors of ttie Church of Tolodo, and telegraphed Sing out th a t M an has come to reign ! great success in every respect. Sil Liberal press, besides others, but as the Chicago Tribune that he had verton is proud of its home talent. R efrain —Luo L yra, L yra L uo,— yet have been unable to find any “ privately” burned his magnificent Sing th e tru th and th u s set free. Parties who do not already be trace of such a man in the Liberal and expensive Infidel library, Luo L yra, L yra Luo,— long to the Torch of Reason family ranks. Sing th e ¡»eople’s jubilee! I called the Ohio State p p Reasoner, an intim ate are most cordially invited to sub Ixd creedlings c h an t th e ir ‘doleful so u n d ’ Journal, of Columbus, to time on acquaintance, was the guest of Of God and H ell and m ortal fear, scribe for our paper and thus help an article it published in regard to Waggoner for several days while in A nd rave th e sam e etern al round along the good cause of Science and the matter, and I wanted to know Toledo on business for the Ohio Of faith and fury, year by year. Humanity. its object in publishing such notori- gtate Fair after Waggoner bad ad- We hail th e tr u th , w herever found, Among our friends, am ong our foes, This week we are enabled again, oub subterfuges as that when there vertified the cremation and before On C h ristian or on saner ground— ^ a(j performed it. Mr. Reason- through the aid of our friend, Dr. was plenty of truth that could be T he p lan t is pure w here’er it grows. request Waggoner E. B. Foote, Jr., of New York City, told. Ihe editor, in a private let- er wrj(eg; “ Bv request \\ aggoner T he L ib ’ral U niversity Floats freedom ’s flag from highest peak, to send out one thousand extra ter, begged off, saying it was just as showed me all the books he propos A nd F reedom ’s People, sea to sea, H ere come to tru th and learning seek. copies of the Torch of Reason. We their reporter had told them. I ed to burn and all the Infidel books hope this investment will find us said perhaps his reporter had lied '■ ,le had j took a ,ist of themi and Som e tell us th a t th e tuneful M use C annot in sp ire th e “ In fid el” ; many new friends and bring us to him; but he would not argue the my estimate is that the entire lot, T h a t R eason’s Sons reta in no use case with me. many new subscribers. pamphlets and all, would not sell B ut brim stone-carting in hot hell. The best that I can possibly find for over five dollars.” A prominent Baptist brother, of F or H a rp of Freedom n e ’er before W as such a them e its chords to s p r in g : Silverton, lost ten dollars on an out about Marshall O. Waggoner is Previous to commencing to adver A college song, u n th o u g h t of yore, that he is a grand old, hypocritical tise the burning, Waggoner was as Some pil W here S u p erstitio n breaks no strin g . election bet this week. fraud, not known outside of the little known outside of a limited W hen “ sa in ts ” shall say we can n o t sing, lars of the church seem to be get T h a t Poetry in us has died, ting a little rotten, and some great Corporation of Toledo, crazy on re acquaintance in Toledo as Christ Then let th e Luo L yra ring, Sunday school workers would do ligious topics, having belonged to was during the many years he is And show th e bigots how they lie d ! well to go to the “ Infidel school” two or three different churches. supposed to have been working at Forever swell th e ioyous song, and learn good morals and how to One writer says that he did not the carpenter’s trade. And all th e tru th in freedom t e l l ; have a library worth five dollars. L et Freedom ’s H arp its notes prolong, become law-abiding citizens. W. W. W allace . And every voice th e chorus swell, He has also had serious trouble Chicago, 111. The W. S. S. C. will meet at the with his family. The whole thing Luo L yra, L yra Luo— Sing th e tru th and th u s set free. home of Mrs. Lou Ames next S atur is a notorious fraud, gotten up for Luo L yra, L y ra Luo— day afternoon at the usual hour. religious speculation, to tell at class Sing th e p eople’s jub ilee! Eclipse of the Sun, May 28. A very interesting time is expected, meetings and revivals, without the C h eer —“ ’R ah! ’R ah! ’R ah! as the delegate, Mrs. Emily Wake least semblance of truth in it. Tell Z ip! ’R ah! Boom! L iberal U n iv ersity ,— True to the appointed time, the man, has returned from the con the editor of that good Christian Give us room !—L u o !” vention of the State Federation of paper to write to me if he wishes to light of the unclouded sun became Women’s Clubs and will give her know anything further about Mar diminished; the protected eyes of OO > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I N E W S AND NOTES. 2 report of the same. All ladies cor shall O. Waggoner, and I will the beholder saw the curve of the dially invited. settle his Infidel conversion and rayless moon outlined in black on O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o the sun, as it passes in solemn, A. prominent official of Silverton library lies in a hurry. silent grandeur between it and the Wanted, more oil for the Torch! thinks that if the women are allow Yours for truth, earth. Beautiful growing weather in Sil ed to vote they should be obliged to As I looked, mind and heart J oel M. B erry . work on the road, do militia duty, verton. were filled with reverent worship of National M ilitary Home, Ohio. etc., etc. This would be quite This is the cherrv season in the Science and the men who, undaunt forceable argument if the gentle Willamette valley. Aren’t they ed by the suffering which theology, man was obliged to take bis own E ditor T orch of R eason : delicious? I note yours in the Torch of May in its ignorance, inflicted, lovingly medicine, but the lazy “cuss” would An L. U. O. Picnic party made want to play lady himself, while the 24, “A Fraud or a Lunatic”. M. questioned nature until she gave a visit to the Geer ranch last Sun “ women” were working and fight O. Waggoner, of Toledo, O., adver no uncertain answer, making it pos day. Good time. tised himself as a prominent Infidel, sible to tell for all time to come the ing- owning a magnificent and very ex- hour and minute when the heaven- Friends receiving sample copies pensive Infidel library; advertised '-v bodies will pass each other, thus The W aggoner Case. of the Torch of Reason are most that his wife died, aud that he Proving that the laws of the uni- ——— — — — — — cordially invited to subscribe for Our surmise, expressed in a for- “coached” the Infidel speaker at the verse are uniform and changeless, the same. funeral in “ bursts of fine, rhetorical an(^ are not subject to the capri- Prof. Wakeman is taking what mer issue, that the Marshall O. Infidel eloquence for the occasion” ; c’ou9’ arbitrary will of an outside he calls the cherry cure. He seems Waggoner story is another case of that the night of the funeral he Person- M. M. T. to enjoy taking his medicine im Christian fraud, seems to be cor embraced Christianity and con Atlantic City, N. J. mensely. rect, as the following correspon cluded to burn his costly Infidel One of the election judges was dence indicates. The story of the books, which he bad been twenty > 0-00000000000 oo-oooo ooooo-o < heard to say that our L. U. O. library crucifixion as told by “God’s years accumulating without regard T O R A IS E $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 . building made the best polling anointed,” seems to have been to expense. After securing all the T h is is O u r B uilding Fund place in the county. j notoriety he could by gratis adver exaggerated nearly as much as the C o n trib u tio n Box. Several of the L. U. O. students similar stories of “ holy writ.” Here tising of the burning in dozens of ' O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O Î newspapers (principally religious) attended the field-day exercises at are the letters:— Previously acknowledged__ 120.00 for five month, he caused to be tel Salem Saturday. We were glad to egraphed to the Chicago Tribune have our college colors displayed at E ditor T orch of R eason : In your issue of May 24th you that he had privately burned the the capital city. ask for information in the case of books on the night of January 18. Students who want their grade Marshall 0. Waggoner, of Toledo, When he began, in August, to ad- cards can receive the same by call O. T. Glenn........................... $25.00 Ohio. I have this to say: I ertise the burning, be did not have ing at the L. U. O. office or by writ D. Finkelstein............................. 50 have been a resident of Ohio all ten dollars’ worth of Infidel books ing for the same and enclosing a 2 my life, and for the last 30 years a of every description, which I will cent stamp for reply. Liberal and a resident of Columbus, show if this is challenged. After Many of the voters who came to Ohio; and in all that time I never five months’ advertising, accompa the L. U. O. building to vote last, heard of any such man as Marshall I nied by pious comment by pious >0000000-0-0-0000000000000-0-0( LUO LYRA. « *K * .t