The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-17
VINO WAS NEpTtvE:

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Neptune was the son of Saturn and
llhea, aud the brother Of Jupiter and plu-
To- Ills father was sNxtrayagantly fond
Of him that he had him t0r his breakfast
| the morning he was born Most fathers
would have felt badly at the early demise
Of their child Saturn did, but it was on
iN because of indigestion lie did not
take the matter al heart at all. but rather
to the place where the whale took Jonah
! As we have said Saturn was good deal
hurt at the tilial ingratitude of Neptune
in refusing to digest, aud at last he for
! cibly elected him from his premises.
/ Saturn made digest of the laws passed
/ by the legislature, besides II number Of
tough aud ridiculous things. and he had
mot anticipated any trouble in slowing
away triaing little deity or two.
/ W hen Neptune was released, he Joined
with his brothers in their rebellion against
their stern parent, and was the object of
lTar,icnlar hatred on The part Of Saturn.
/ The indignant old gentleman struck at
him It large mber Of times, but his mu-
Isical faculty was poorly developed. and he
never could strike tune of any kind.
i Nep--or otherwise
| Safnrn was time itself, and at the end
lof fourteen days he Of course became too
week TO make any further resistance, aud
had TO suceumb
When the cruel war was over he be-
came saturniue. and refused any comfort
or in fact bed-clothes of anH kind, but he
was not left cut in the cold By great
deal.
Jupiter confined him to Tartarus, where
he languished in hopeless Imprisonment,
although Jupiter. when he assumed the
Presidency, did not enlarge upon the fact
that treason is crime, aud must be pun
ished he made enoarrangements for grant
lingpardons by the quantity. Besides he
Idid not wish 10 coueiliate. but to punish,
whether the guilty party was worth 20
0JJ scudi or not Bat then his term OF
Office was for life. 50 there was no neeessi.1
| ~ for providing for reelection.
| The universe was divided BIZ a sort of
rule OF three between the brothers Nep-
tune took notion to the ocean, and pro
Ieeeded 70 seize the seas. He proclaimed
! himself monarch of all he surveyed. How
may acres that was is not stated, bur il
lis Likely he surveyed enough for his I'M
mediate residence, US ii would have been
almost impossible to have measured the
whole ocean. Neptune built himself a
splendid palace beneath the wave. All
the wood work was made OF sea.der, and
painted in.ultra marine 1t had nearly
all the modern eonYeniences although
there was no gas, he had water all over
the house. Nosher-of pearl was engaged
for his housckeeper Neptune helped to-
do the heaviest part of the building him
self ior although net by any means a
powerful god. he haaa good deaiof muscle.
Neptune vas rather good looking de-
ity. lie Is represented ON ancient gems
as scudding over the sea in a half shell
under bare poles, with mere tribe as to
garments upon his person. lie carried a
three pronged hay-iurk in his hand, while
tIolphins aud meemen gamboled around
him. From the fact that Pharaoh was
lost in the lied Sea, it is not unlikely that
they may have found him. and made him
their game THIS is only surnlise, how
ever.
Nuptune was married to two or three
wives lie was quite fearless of the per
lis Of matrimony. BEING in the ocean all
the time, lie knew that there Was no dan
ger Of getting into hot water on account
of it.
His favorite spouse was Amphitrite.
She had two children; Triton was the
older He was made his fathers trum
peter. lie was by no means a violent god,
but he frequently came to blows, although
lit is not stated what he did when he got
them. He performed with some taste on
the conch-shelI, and was the patron deity
Of canal boatmen. Some one has stated
that his favorite air was Shells of thel
Ocean," but this is very likely a poor gag,
as Triton lived under water, and had no
air Of any kind. aud the song was written
by Socrates long atterward.
Triton had a sister named Rhoda, whoi
was wooed by the Sun God. and won, III
the form of water-spout. Not the tin
kind, however, that adorn tie outside OF
dwelling houses.
Another of Neptnne's wives was Iphe-
media, She had two sons married, Olus
and Ephlaltes, who were giants in those
days and probably would have been in
these if they had lived
These precoeious and fstine urchins,
when they were nine. years old, attempt
ed to scale heaven by piling the Tessalian
mountains on each other Their father
wisely ordered them to desist, so theyl
contented themselves by scaling the finny
creatures who sported in the back yard.
The Cyclope Polyphemus was the son
of NeI}tune and Thoosa This interesting
young man was chiefly remarkable for
having only one eye, which detracted
somewhat from the beauty of his general
appearance, but It was on the whole rath-1
or economical, as he had to pay only half
price for spectacles, and he could not by
the renotest possibility become cross-eyed. |
He studied blacksmithing for profess
sion, and taking lessons in blowing from
Triton, he eventually became quite pro
ficient at the bellows. The same qualif-
cations would have fitted him for politi-
clan, but he wished to be an honest and
respectable god, SO he refused to enter
tain the idea
,deptune did some good things in his
time. It is said that he and Minerva CON
tended for the right to name the city of
Athens, and the gods declared in favor