Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-21
The Story Of Hercules.
BY THE NFAT CoNTRTBUToR."

and claim him Tor o Dutchman- A1emenas
his mother, being a daughter OF Eartn,
to her offspring. She declared war against
Hercules from his birth. She sent Two
serpents to destroy him'as he lay ! ms
cradle, but deeTIum trenaenS not Delng
known in those days. Hercules stood In
no fear of snakes" so 1nstead OF DOSING
himself with whisky and veliriant to drive
them away he just, st4angled them. That
was his style. Their stuffed hides may
be found in any well-regulated museum
to this day. He was however, by the
arts of Juno; rendered, subject to Eurys4
theus, proprietor of D combined circus
and managerfe, and Compelled to perform
all his commands, "Eurystheus enjoined
upon him q nisuccession OF desperate adj
ventures, which were called; b twelve
"Labors of HerodleGn, The first was q
fight with the Nemean lion. In handling
wild animals Herr Gnles could beat Herr
Dresbach. BE strepgled the hon VIII
his own hands, noie'ofthe other "nAnqg
about the show beiugJ sblsto DO 1t. ne
returned CARRYING theIdead lion on. ms
shoulders, but Eurystheus was SO 1rlgntr
ened at theusightiof It, and at b prpof
of the prodiSiousr strength. of Hercules,
that he ordered him to e accounts OF
his exploits by telegraph in future
His next4hb6r1Was c8tVing thaJ hSdtat
q monster, shat iraVaged the ceuntry ot
Argos. and dwell. inIa swamp near, the
well of Anymore. The hydra used to- go
to the well forthe water 70 put with his
gin Che lived on HydrnESiR mostly1,hnd it
was here that Hercules met him TclanfesI
timely. The hydra. had III heads, of
which the middle one was immortal. Her
cules struck of its head with his club but
in the place of the one knocked of two
new ones appeared, heads winning every
toss, At length he burned away the heads
with caustic, and buried the Eihth inn
mortal one under D huge rock, with Ma
sonic onors. .2SGI ss7aH gdjn2 rojyf
His next step in the labor movement
was the cleaning of the Augean stables
Augeas, King of Ella haaR Aerdzqf;S,0 0
oxen whose stalls had not been cleansed
for 80 years. The smell was so. bad that
Deli, MiathP and StorFs townships. held
indignation meetfngsr and threatened te
tear the stables DOWN Hercules brought
tbs@ ssorou sasRF T. 5 ShS3 SSS, sAS6 sisaaPsf se
hydrant water tasted a little queerish for
aweek or meEs al I
His next labor was Of more delicate
nature. Admeta, the daughter of Eurys'
the1s (who rode a very. good one-horst
act), longed to obtain the girdle of Hip
polyts, queen of the Amazons, to wearir
over any championTbelt in theNeountry
Eurystheus Observation-Disclosures s g0j and
get it. The Amazons were q nation Of
women, very wsrlike, and addicted te
breechessQd Eftlgt0 .AYfseaeiE ensteu
boys either being pptt0 death or forced
to work on newspapers which killed them
off in a little while anyhow. After vari.
adventures he reached the country
of the Amazons,N on the Amazon river.
Hippolyta received hincandh his comrades
kindly, and they gave three cheers and 6
hip hipl for Hippolyta. Hercules made
known his eI1sRdesPSthsayeen consent
to the rules Of the English prize rfng)
but juno assuming the attire of Mrs. DR.
Walker, went and persuaded the othel
advocates Of Y9@spA tights that th.
They instantly aimed, And came downts
the 8 O'Clock mail boat, onwhich the mel
had embarked, in great numbers. Her
cules andHippolyta were taking a part
ing drinEin the scaptTinSs ROOM Seeing
the crowd ofsAmazohs on the landing
and hearing the tumult, Hercules though
Hippolyta had acted t~reacherously, so b
slew hefs and taking her girdle, saileI
homewafd, the boat leaving precisely o.
time.
Then Edrysthe1s Sent himto bring tn
oxen of Geryon, q monster with tire
bodies and very little, soul. He lived i
the tar VEST M Wnen Hercules, L
searching him, arrived &C ne frontiers 9
Lydia n Europe he5rent . I
twain, ana IeIt nall on eaen, sloe, lormn
the StraIts snouio rem
1 am AFRAID snould n my
sell In % great STRATUS as Hercules Ole
unless very low: THESE Nv
mounfalngare'caled the rF1lars OF Hel
cules. lanat became efthe mattress an
the rest 0fEhisI bedding,g I am unable +
state. The oxen were guarded 5S u
giant Eurytiop and his 9tWo7headed dog
but Hercules killed the giant, knocks
the dog ON his respective heads an
brought Chs oxen IN safety oEurystheui
He took the H5st premium on them at tn
next county tAtr. rhey were a good thin
to have, Tor II Etrystheus got broke i
going against $hen.ebank," he could rails
a steak On them any timesi ifina9'
The MOST dificalti labor Of ali was get
ting t~he,goidena apples ofsHesperldesS 10
Hercules Tdfb1 not know where 10 INIT
them. They ,WereaEchoiee variety of Ap
les" .gotdfnbSWeetsi perhapsnfWhicl
Juno had received at her wedding from
b goddees Qt the EARTH ND which sh'
nae mEpsteq 70 the keeping OF tn
OF apIy assisted oy
W8LC1Iul HgO AIIer various aQY6n