The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-12-18

are mere fanciful stories. not by any means to be
believed, will go on
One of the defendants Of A7neas died, leaving
two sons. Numitor the eldest and should
have succeeded to the throne at his fathers death
But he was quiet, easy-going person, and did
not care for royalty or trouble of any kind so,
when his brother Amulius, VINO was ambitious
and violent, said he must have the throne, Numi-
tor gave it up to him without struggle, and went
away to his farm to live quietly.
This was not enough for the wicked Amulius
He contrived to catch his brothers son. and pu t
him to death. Next his daughter, whose name
was Sylvia. and who was afterwards called Red
Sylvia, or Sylvia the Dishonored, he seized, and
forced to become Vestal Virgin.
| The Vestal Virgins were a sort of Roman nuns,
whose business it was to keep fire alight in GER
tain temples, and who took a solemn vow not to
marry.
Then Amulius thought he was safe. But one
day, as Sylvia was going to spring to draw wa
ter. wolf sprang out of the wood and frightened
her, She ran to hide herself in a cave hard by,
and there the god of Mars paid her visit and
won her heart. Some of the old legends wicked
ly pretend that it wasn't the god at all, but hand
so me soldier whose name Sylvia was afraid to
tell on account of her VOW but this matters
little.
Sylvia gave birth to two fine boys. But, alas
just as the twins came into the world, the fire
which she was to keep alight went out, and ANU
Illus at once guessed what had happened. Furious
at being deceived he ordered his niece and her
two little babes to be thrown into the river. 1t
was dane NO one darin, to disobev tho crre, ordor
or sboving onv nitv for tho ,,o,no r,othar ~ .r
rou horn irf,rts sbo ros drorrad hut a.
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ineS were iirins III 'nis pleasant way when ah thHT
,bem in tho woo5 I,rorybt them
'He'" ~ tne ,S;ngs tenderly, an dorousn o.
the htIIiIeed Romulus the other Remus
"~r f.o,,oI ~. ohorhord 70 keen Numitor's
my s+ro,c, Wild vor,bs and
1irod in wild ACE. thew often got into fights with
l.i...;.hha.s flor one of these ights. Remus
- .-I.19, ,.i.,or h,, his apemies and led before
"I' 20, r+..l r ,r,,hor The old man. who
~ % ,., ;,s+ ,,oir,, IN condemn him
u'u - ,Lo ,honhord came runninp in and
W u.~'"' = Il D., ord HE bro,bar were
w., nav fancy how nleased old Numitor was to
gu 'u"S '"'o' - -. -, Lo bo1iovod had
hnu 'n"' us ,,,or+,r ,,o.rs before were
oeen .L Lo,I sto,,t rour, sa,Iovs--
sun "i''e, -, "rI hro it'd II when Romulus
Detter sun II. D tho;r fr;onds tooetber buck.
ana heuiuS s'''-e sS, ona faII mon ,be usurper
) leo on 'ne't s" ..r.I ain Tbay soon cbop.
>iIuirr1 - hoad and made their grand
r,.bor Eip, of Alba in his place.
iatnet MIG u n.at,or. wore NOT content will
.,i, IT. wanted a c;tv of their own on the bank
- Tibor whore thew had been found by tn
d no1f Awav thew started, with several of thei
:. 80 as hold az themselves. and soon found
h o,,;t tbam
IT. oaid RomuIus. "I will build my cit
-
. D.. po,,,,s ror,iod that IL ought to be built
IL ,;+,Ia LIVER down.
Pomulus said that he would be the King
H. d., Parors answered. that he had as good rig
:, No King az his brother.
he ~ so.tIe the dis, ute. thev agreed that ca,
nd ,.atIor sbouId take his stand on hill at mi
ID, ,nd ,he first one who saw anything stran
he ,Ln sI,u sbould he King. Remus stood on l
n hill all night, all next day and great part oi
'ne next night then he saw SIX Vultures hylng IN
his north to south.
the So he ran to his brother and shouted 'hi' ne
ad- won. But Romulus said tha' IL was qu'Ve " u
s. take that he, too, had seen sign III 'ne Oh
.ith that vultures had flown past hlm' anu noV y
Nv six but twelve At this kemus maue g'ea'
cry, and said he was cheated but homulus' oe