The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-04
Treatise upon Mythology and CT assical
History.

History.
Jupiter was the father of the Gods and quite
a number of men. In infancy he ran great risk
of being devoured by his paternal progenitor-a
man Of "saturnine' disposition; and very fond
of children in the shell, having derived the taste
from his brother, tight 'un.
In his love affairs, Jupiter evinced mnch mo-
ther wit, and disposition for change. He pro-
we'd his knowledge of the sex by dropping down
ching the sex how to gid over their peccadlllos
and mankind the surest key to woman's heart
He satyr-ized Antope, and turned himself in.
to swan to follow Leda In our times, men
make geese of themselves in following their lea.
ders] He was probably the first Irishman, as
he made a bull IN his pursuit of Europa. The
only true fame, however, that he ever had, was
Semele, who burnt up in his presence-the first
case of spontaneous combustion upon record.
Mercury was messenger of the Gods, and be.
ing we'll provided with wings, was shy" upor
all sorts of mischief sailing in the upper air, he
seemed a bluc mass. ."
Vulcan was the first forger. His operations
were principally confined to hard currency
bonds, shares, patent thunder, &C. Having Sc,
a net Tor the purpose, it closed with a spring
and caught Mars and Mrs. Vulcan in foul snap
For this feat, he received one of Jupiter's "a
posteriori, who settled all arrears by kicking
him rear. Falling upon the earth, he landed
from his Olympic flight in limpic condition.
Venus, afterwards Mrs. Vulcan, was born r
an oyster-bed, and her clam-orous disposition is
thus accounted for;
She wore wonderful zone about her waist
which, by all accounts, must have been torrid
one. ~.~sa a*'.' -&3 @#",
Cupid, son of Venus, handled bows and bellies
in shocking manner -.,. ..,....... r.,.-.
1f19s Cod IF War 81 ca11ed haoanso ha ,,,, re
the face of Nature and the bodies of mankind.
Bellona, his wife, the inventress Of certain
celebrated kind of sausage. ,s a..
.4urora, the Goddess OF the Morning, and quite
| a roarer in her way.
Orpheus, son of Apollo, who went to hell af
ter Eurydice, not the first or the last man who
has done the same for a woman. a.f' b.
| The internal regions seem to have been the
first Orphean Asylum. -... ...-
10, daughter of [nuchus, changed by Jupiter
into COW, in order to enable her to escape the
pursuit OF Juno, who was after her with a SHARP
stick. ..
This, by some, is considered metaphor, Inot
something they have met afore, but an allcgory1
typical Of the fact that all men who have to pleaC
guilty to III owe''-are SO easily cowed."
Cyclades, young ladies, who being very sea
sick indeed, were changed into islands by Nep
tune, out of pure compassion. -''"7t"#''
| Helen, young lady who did not behave pref
ty by any means; in fact, it seemed as if tho
ID 1oas in her-hence her name.
Hp-politc, Queen of the Amazons, who made
Hercules very handsome present.-Such wa:
her urbanity, that she obtained the name ofHigl
polite. ,,-, f.#~,
Del dam ia, Daughter of Lycanedes, and prob
ably the origin of Richard the Thirds we'll
known speech, "Down, down to hell, and say
4 l sent thee thther."
Deuc-alion, Duke of Thessaly, and lionizet
for having peopled the world after the deluge
Hier-on-y-mns, A King Of Sicily; and no
the American Champion Of the ring in a row.
.#3tqf heg4 IN. Y. Spirit Of the Times,