The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-12-09

here Fates again appeared, and a change il
sorne of the principle officers Of the motto beinI
made, check was seen to be put to the acto
of those foreign monsters and all seemed t.
wear different aspect. All was again quiet
The two vast armies lay In sight of each Other
but no ca rnage was inflicted. 1t was a mag
nifcent sight to behold those two vast armies
as they thus lay watching each other, their i'm
plements of war glittering in the snn beams
each ready to strike the fatal blow. Bu
this scene Of quietude was ofshort duration
Bellona made a tactical change in her war poll
cy. She had substituted her Albion will
Achilles, who soon made powerful demon
stration to ovsrturn the Hydra, but failing il
his purpose, was Superseded by Medea, who
with a powerful army, met the forces of Mida
who were making their way into the northern
part of the island, and after most desperat
conflict defeated and scattered them as chat
before the mighty wind, thus retaining the gol
den fleece which the foes anticipated carrying
off.
The sight of this conflict was terrible to be
hold. The beautiful rivulets, whose shining
bubbles sported over the pearly little pebbles
were converted into streams of blood; while
huge masses of dead bodies lay thick over til,
adjacent hills. The birds OF prey were thick il
air, ready to devour the flesh of bodies already
rendered putrid by the intense rays of the sun
which seemed to heat the parched earth, as did
the forge of Vulcan the thunderbolts of Jove
Media pursued the flying hosts of Midas, over.
took them, and again scattered them to the
four winds of heaven. Such scenes of death
were awful to contemplate, and created feel
of distress in the heart Of the beholder, and fain
would have turned away from such a sight, but
some mysterious charm semed to to rivet my
eyes to the view of the pursuing and the pursued.
My mind was deeply engaged with what had
just passed before my excited vision, and l
could not help meditating upon the dire effects
such carnage would have upon the world at
large. Ny heart bled within me, when l
thought of the mourning, this once beautiful
island would be thrown into by these scenes of
desolaton and blood. How many hearthstones,
thought I, are made vacant and how many
helpless orphans thrown upon the charities of
this cold and hesrtless world by these two
dreadful conflicts.
While thus meditating was startled by a
sharp croaking voice, exclaiming: "Naueh h bu
determination can ever subdue u.s." and also,
cadaverous voice from the eastern islands, ex-
"Mediation." At the sound of these
voices the Hydra which, after the late conflicts
had looked downcast seemed to regain its for
mer confidence, and new scene was enacted
among the populace supporting it. turned
my face toward the island when hearing their
united voices. to see whence the sound proceed
ed and there beheld three other monsters, one
a lion, one frog, and the other
in the shape of q Greek cross. These
terrible creatures anticipated convention, in
which shey were to sanction the dolngs of the
Hydra and give all the aid necessary to over,
throw the motto For this purpose the frog
lad endeavored to conquer small portion o.
,he extreme south of this beautiful island that
lie might have q Judgement for his forces, when
he time came to strike a blow in favor of the
Hydra. But these deliberate ons soon proved a
allure, for the monster resembling Greek
cross, rather favored the cause of the motto, and
he sympathies of the lion were also in that di-
ection. This left the frog alone inthc deliber
atoms favoring the Hydra. So this anticipa-
ed convention dispersed. and nothing was
T., l.. 4 Col i of I, ,,,I
the Greek cross despatched num-
yer of his leviathans to the shores of this island
yhere the two monsters were waging such
devastation against each other;and when it was
n foot, many copjectures arose on the island as
o the cause, the rabble hoping it was to favor
heir brethren of the Hydra, while the Goddess
eclared it was only friendly mission, 10 show
. the world the feeling of the populace of this
1onster toward the cause of liberty. While
efiectng upon the views of these monsters,
lrned my eyes eastward, and there beheld an
host, as it were, of leviathans aris-
1g from the northern portion of those is
lnds across the mighty deep, and steadily pur
hing southwardly direction. Great spread
lg jaws had they, and horrid looking throats,
lch as might tend to have frightened the in
abitaHts of the globe in more ancient times.
hey kept onward in their course until they
ame to beautiful bay. embroidered on one
de, with the most picturesque scenery of ever
teens; and on the opposite side, most beauti-
il city built after the fashion of century past,
ext to the bay the city was beautifully diver,
fed with towering buildings surrounded with
IL spreading magnolias; beautiful lawns be.
,rinkled with monuments of heroes who died
efending the leviathans of liberty, over which
ing the stately locust with its embalming fra
'ance; while various flowers Of different sweet [
nelling odors petfumed the surrounding
rendering the place truly enchant-
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In the centre Of the city was large structure |
ounted by very lofty dome, built in the q
lys of the modern Nestor, previous to his lead
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