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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1900)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JUNE 14, 1900. (aeons and fossilized ferns and through the tree tops into the blue Next thing I knew after leaving vegetatton, and I was pleased to sky. Presently I was awakened Washington! I was in “sÎowtawn” BEAT-THE-W ORLD PRICES! have her show me through these by a voice walking in the garden in commonly called Pbilade nh a and In 3 or 4 departments. An I took lunch the heat of the day. I, slid, “Beg the rain «1 comin ow n or e tts te in ’s ounce silver- ine cases : a rra n te d wtth these wo excellent people. It pardon”. I rolled over in the di- ! rents. I b e g a n to think the ,1 L “ T renton ” , atches •‘S ta n d a rd ” , was just like camping, and of rection from whence it came, and wasn’t so slow, after all. It wa“ . . o r ‘C e n tu ry ’ t-°”-r8î. enioye<. ® that it belonged guard, slow to stop raining, however, and Hu'innr Wa,thani- 7 . s, non-calchable h air-sp rin g , f4.«0; the office with the Torch of Reason who said, “Get up; you are occu kept it up all nt xt day. I in a n a g - sam e, 15 jew els, $6.50. The H am p d en , for a table-cloth. Prof. \\ ard says pying more ground than belongs to ed to «*ee M r T n n o fn rd »on»«» < ¡7 jew els, a d ju sted , $9. E lgin, “ B. W . v . , . . ’ ’ 8 t r e ta ry of R ay m o n d ” , 17 jew els, full a d ju sted , gilt, he is glad the Torch is valuable in you.” I tried to gather my wits to- f r ie n d s h ip L ib e ra l L e a g u e , a n d H fi; sam e, nickel. $20. T he W alth am so many ways. gether in time to say that I repre- had a visit with him and his good 1 “ V a n g u ard ” , E lgin “ 149” , “ 150” ,“ 181” r th e “ O tto W ettstein S pecial” , all 21 l)r. hell and his wife, who are rented the Liberal University and wife and three daughters at their o jew els, full a d ju sted , e x tra fine th ro u g h - o u t; $25. T he alxive in 4 oz. coin silver members of the Torch family,made was occupying enough ground for home. Mr. Longford is always is or in best 20-year filled gold screw me welcome at their home, where the whole faculty, but he walked found readv to prove his interest in rases cases, $4.50 m o re ; sam e, h u n tin g , $0.50 we talked over the Libéral work for on and I sat up. I afterwards learn- the Liberal cause. I saw Mr Wil- m o re; in 25-year cases, $6.50 an d $9 All p rep aid , an hour or so. They are very en- cd that proxies were not allowed bur, the president, Mr. Percival m ore. L a d ie s ’ G old W atches .—In gold-filled tertaining people, and I am sorry I anyway, and I was afraid to lie Mr. Hannan, Mr. Bentley and a 20-year cases, 7 jew els, $10; 15 jew els, 16 jew els, a d ju sted , $16; th e “ O tto could not be with them longer. down again for fear they would host o f others, which made me $13; W e tts te in ’’, 17 jew els, full ad ju ste d , e x They take a lively interest in our take me for a “dead soldier” and know that Philadelphia is very tra fine th ro u g h o u t, $22.50. T hese in finest filled gold 25y e a r cases, $1.50m ore. work. I called for a few moments UrJ me- ; much alive to Liberalism. My “fin- All a rtis tic h a n d chased, latest style, in at the home of Mr. Blount, in " e got a few pictures of the old ish”in Philadelphia was very pleas- plush cases. M an u factu rer’s g u a ra n tee and m ine accom panies all filled eases, Georgetown, and received his re well, and some other views of our and w atches k ep t in o rd er one year. ing to me.FriendshipLiberalLeague newal for the Torch of Reason. For solid gold or w atches not listed selves in connection with the build didn’t have any speaker, and the above correspond w ith m e. I can posi Miss Minnie McClaine, of Silver- ings, and then went down the hill subject, according to the bulletin tively save you 20 p e rc e n t, on D iam onds, ton, was in Washington, and of to the station, where we took a trol board, was to be The Higher Criti O pals or o th e r fine jew elry. course we had to paint the town ley for Mt. Vernon. We had to cism, but when they asked me to O T T O W E T T S T E IN , wait half an hour in a little junc o c h e lle , I II. red, but we did it mildly, using fill the pulpit I changed the sub Send for price-lists of R Ingersoll only water colors. Minnie was at tion, surrounded by negroes and ject to one concerning the Liberal f reeth o u g h t badges, an d m y spoons, fam ous tra c t: “ Theism in th e C ru cib le” , free. tending a young ladies’ seminary, hot weather, which never harmon University, Oregon. I talked for I hen we passed on through 45 minutes, and told the audience, and she informed me that she did ize. not dare to be alone with even me the sleepy town of Alexandria, which, by the wav, is the largest without a chaperon. That seemed where I would neither care to live and most intelligent I had seen on AND ridiculous to both of us, for from nor be caught dead, so we passed the trip, what we are doing in Sil childhood, while we never had any on through and soon arrived at the verton, and why we are doing it, special reasons to want to be alone hack door of the \\ ashington man and how badly we want them to M a in S t r e e t S ilv e r to n , O re together, it was never denied us, so sion. Before entering the backyard help us do it. I told them that the CARRY A COMPLETE 8T0CK OF we were indep ndent. But we took gate we gave Minnie a birthday only thing that stands between the the matter philosophically, and I party at a wayside inn, and Minnie L. U. O. and great success is the School am glad we did, for we had a jolly paid the bill. Then we wenton in want of ten thousand dollars this time. If all chaperons were like to the yard, through the beautiful year, and want the people to put Supplies gardens and under the trees, where Mrs. Fitch I would never object to the dollars in place of the want Books and having them along. they were selling Washington’s and watch the result. I read the lionery. W e went to see the wonders of hatchets and all kinds of trinkets. provision in the Articles of Incor- \ irginia. Afinnie, Miss Schooler of We went into the house and inves poration which excludes theology, i a • u -i v xi , f1. 4 zv D ealers iii P ru its , Vegetables Iowa, Mrs. Fitch and I composed tigated all the rooms and the con supernaturalism, etc. One woman j ’ tents thereof by looking over the the party. We started from Cap and C onfectionery. and one man replied to me. The itol Hill, and a few moments’ ride railings in the doorways. We saw woman had a stereotyped reply to brought us to the acqueduct bridge the dining-room, which would sat-¡Higher Criticism, hut the man 50 YEARS’ across the Potomac at Georgetown. isfy the appetite of a Weary Willie, struck from the shouldr, and said E X P E R IE N C E W e walked over the bridge and 1’he library was nicely furnished, that the Liberal University is less waited twenty minutes in the hot hut contained neither Sapho nor Liberal than the State and even station for a car up through the David Hamm. We saw the room sectarian schools, Then he let slip bushes to Fort Myers. The day was in which Washington died,and then a little information about a certain T rade M a r k s perfect and the shrubbery along the went to see his tomb under the hill. school of this class not permitting D e s ig n s I C o p y r ig h t s A c . After we had taken a few pic- a discussion of Martin Luther. In road was in bloom. We didn’t tar Anyone Rending a «ketch and description may ascertain our opinion free « n e th e r an ry long at the fort, but turned east tures and listened to the toot-toot answer to him I tried to show his qnlckly invention in probably patentable. Communica tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents ward into the gate at Arlington of its whistle, we walked down the befuddled mind that that is where sent free. Oldest fiirency fo r securing patents. Patents taken through M unn & Co. receive gang-plank arid hoarded the steam- twcioZ notice, w it hout charge, in the Cemetery. This was General Lee’s the so-called Liberal schools are il home, and is indeed a beautiful er for the city. The trip up the liberal, while ours ¡8 strictly Lib Illustrated weekly. Largest d r - place. Although it is now a “city Old Potomac in the early evening eral, and that we will not only al- d A ila handsomely tio n o f any scient.tflc jo u rn al. Term s, |3 a year: fo u r months, | L Sold by all newsdealers. of the dead”, the surroundings are was very pleasant, and the scenery l„w a free investigation of Martin MHUU 0 ,y?rl( such as to do away with the grave on either hank of the river w a s Luther, but will include John Cal- yard feeling, and one might sleep beautiful in its greenishness. We vin> j e8U8 Christ an(i God hjm9e| f comfortably even while surrounded reached Washington at twilight, in the list and we will study all £ p h e W iley B. by tombstones. But no, the guards and the girls returned to the school, sides of each and every one of these 1 Allen Co. won’t let you do that. You must Mrs. Fitch went to her home and I gentlemen(?). Mr. Hannan Mr T he O ldest ! th e keep awake, and obey other rules. wandered through the parks in the Longford and others helped my L argest ! M usic S tore. L eading P i neighbo.hood ofthe capital trying „¡de by • his tract of ---------- land . belongs v . v . g o . to U Uncle v u v tc - a w o -J g good, , B stropg . I U f l g it arguments,and I g U III 6 D I S , 3 fl a anos and O rgans. >amuel, and of course we all have conrio^e myself >n my loneliness, it seems to me that the evidence a o 9 -a n F irs t S t., P O R T L A N D , O R EO . an interest in it; but when we visit and " B e r in g if the rest of the called for a verdict in favor of the 'here we must occupy the smallest Part^ had as nice a trip as I had. L . u . O., and it got it, for there was ----------------- --' I > dhe t’« l, t epace possible. You may stand or There are other things to be seen great rejoicing and handshaking j Hi d * C '. d rf.-.l .. o r- re. a- I V br-ak i U e rca or make tU chicks In u y . „ — J l t a e s u ’la ts y <-lT the Bestand allow the eg rs sit, but you must not lie down. We in Washington, and I saw most of « but . ‘ « every eeg that can tw them, hut I described them to the ‘”e For a" en,hu” hstahed. TH F. "ere all seated on thelawu in front audience ~ and a good u«*”» time, —» lorcn readers la9t ia9t year, and al- last,< --------- — PETALUMA INCUBATOR ' the house, looking down past Torch Sheridan’s monument and over the though the family has grown, I will ^°u can>t l)Pat Philadelphia. Pres- o t burden b u rd en them th em with w ith my m v tame ta m e de- id e n t W ilh iir deserves H p . o f « « omo» erdit de- ider,t Wilbur great . 5: n«« Ha«bo»ec«tai../fr^. . pcfi««». c l valley of the Potomac to Wash n not _____ a little __ „ weary, gcriptions of such wonderful points for his work in behalf of the Club.! ington. I _ was »nd stretched out a little more than eral might’stand* it, to U b s Wash- The meetings will be held all sum- SAMPLE Jand’f c S U any «<»<«>•» andres« upon receip reoeipt t of 10 cents to pa> fo r S ix fo o l n n » L e x _____ „ „ a~ l ..~ L - i _ * __ ________ ; _ i _ a ____i_ _ _ i ____ I any. ' x feet on the grass to look up ingtonians might mob me. mer. m ailing U . 8 S ubhi riptiok w KINNEV PORTER 3 P atents Scientific American. • « WW W —W * W f L iberty St, In d ian ap o lis, In d .