The prairie news., 1858-12-23
Psychological Fables.
PANDORA:


Pandora, according to ancients, was
the first woman ever created, and conse.
quently was called the "first woman OF
her day!" Vulcan made her of mud and,
it is supposed that she was made some
where about Cairo, and laid out on a
fatboat to dry. After she got hard,
Jupiter gave her to Prometheus for a
wife, as punishment for his impiety, ia
bad way to cure man of swearing) and
sent her box, or as some authors say, her
chist along with her, ordering her hus-
band to open it. But Prometheus was
up to snuff, and being a jolly bachelor,
sent her back to Jupiter with her bag
gage. To console her for her disappoint-
ment, all the Gods, male and female,
We'd with each other in making her pres
ents. Venus endowed her with beauty
and taught her the art of fcoquetry. The
Graces furnished her with her tOggery,
such as bonnets, crinoline and cashmere
shawls which are so called, says Hesoid,
from the amount of cash they cost
Apollo gave her lessons on the pianer
and taught her to sing some beautiful
ballads, such as Wilkins and his Di-
nah, y" Wait for the Wagon" &c, Mer-
curry gave her eloquence, and women
have been great takers ever since. This
present was called "the gift of gab,"
from which we infer that Mercury's first
name was Gabriel. Minerva brought the
earrings probably at Atwood's) and Ju-
no gave her party and "set her out"
according to the approved style at the
time-on the front porch, to catch some
of the young bucks as they went by. A
dry goods clerk by the name of Epime-
thesu fell in love with her. After nearly
breaking himself buying hair oil and bo-
quets they got married and he took her
band-box home with him. This is the
box from which all the evils that afflict
mankind are said to have sprung, fact,
that nobody will dispute who has ever
been compelled to carry one for them
But the ancient authorities go on to say
(see Fillmore's Rochester speech) that
the young lady's husband opened this
band-box from which there issued null
titude of evils and maladies ribbons, fur
bellows and artificial flowers) which
spread all over the world, and continue
to harrass mankind lin the shape of big
bills at the Milliners) until this day
Hope remained at the bottom of the box,
but the young lady didn't care for that.
Having given her husband bor Ia very
ordinary kind of domestic discipline in
modern households,) she ran off after
her things" at which Epimetheus re.
joiced as happy riddance. Ever since
this occurrance, getting married has been
called "getting into bad box"
DAPHNE,
Was a very good looking young oman,
who lived several hundred years ago.
She was the daughter of Peneus and
Terra, the old lady being great terror
to Miss Daphne's beaux. Apollo, who
in addition to being sort of celestial
carriage driver, was one of the most
eminent physicians of his time, became
enamored of the damsel--and, tradition
says, he found her dam sell indeed, be-
fore he was done with her. Apollo
was getting on very we'll with his wooing
until Cupid, mischievious boy in the
neighborhood, raised fuss between
them. Well, the Doctor called around
one day, as usual, with his saddle-bags
on his arm, pretending he was going to
see patient. But his sweetheart would
have nothing to say to him, and the
Doctor lost his patience, as Doctors gen.
orally do, and thrust his bill in her face
wherepon, Daphne was offended and ran
away into the woods. Appollo searched
all over the house, and when he failed to
find her, curtly remarked to her brother
dag :" Diag, no sis - and ever since
that when a person begins to decline,
physicians are in the habit of saying,
I" Diagnose" He followed her into the
grove however, and found his lady love
under a persimmon tree which he romantic
ally called laurel. Another account is
that the lady being closely pursued by
her lover. was changed into laurel
from which cause the Doctor became SC
enamored of herbs that he commenced
using them for medicine, and founded the
Botanic School Of Physicians.
A Beautiful THought.-When engi
neers would bridge stream, they often