The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-06-15

| his life. though he always insisted that the fall
did not hurt him as much as the stopping.
Vulcan now set up in the blacksmithing bust.
ness, but he was sort of Jack OF all trades
and made himself so useful to Jupiter that he
gave him Venus for q wife. Thus it was that
the handsomest of all the goddesses became
the life companion-not even subject to lndl-
ana divorces-of the uglest creature in the
world, thus setting a precedent which has
been followed very faithfully in match making
ever since Besides, Vulcan had decided
advantage over his fellow-gods in the tact that
he could make him golden landmarks and then
endow them with just enough Intelligence to
be comfortable One could almost reconcile
himself to the Mormon system with this
privilege.
The other gods and goddesses were created
according to demands. The exceeding gener-
osity of the supply may be inferred from the
circumstances that there were nine muses.:
Calliope. the muse of epic poetry, now repre-
scented by Bret Harte in the Heather Chi
nee;" Clo of history, with Mark Twain Tor
successor; Euterpe of lyric poetry, with IGp'
per for successor; Melpomene, of tragedy,
perpetuated by Augustin DAILY and Bouclcanit;
Terpsichore, of dance and song, OF when biily
Emerson is probably the greatest living repre-
ed in a cheerful manner by Robert Browning;
Polyhymnia, of sacred poetry, of which Swim
burne is now the exponent; Urana of astron-
omy, pursued mostly nova days by the State
street astrologers; and ITALIA, of comedy, of
which the Tribune writer's afford sample
These names are mentioned simply for the
purpose of showing how eagerly the positions
of gods and goddesSes were accepted, and how
they have degenerated
In due time, man was created. 1t was
originally the intention to make him the n0blest
of all animals. Prometheus made him by
kneadine earth and water and setting up in
the sun to dry; but subsequent events have
proved that he mixed too large quantity OF
water Epimetheus, who had been employed
in the manufacture of other earthly creatures,
was called in to assist, but he found that he
had bestowed his gifts of protection, courage,
swiftness, &c, upon other animals so protuseiy
that he had nothing left for man. Prometheus,
in despair, rushed up To heaven, lighted his
torch at the chariot of the sun. and brought
down fire to man, wherein he laid the fnunda-
ton for the good work undertaken by the
Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty to AM
mails"
Jove's wrath was dire, and his punishment
of this piece of impudence was simply dread
full A vulture is still pecking away at Prone
theus' perennially rejugenated liver. As for
man, his punishment was equally terrible and
quite as lasting Woman was given to him
for the crime OF accepting this stolen fire, but,
unlike the vulture, she keeps peching away at
n pocket book which has not the enduring
quality OF perennial rejuyenaton Her name,
- which it was" Pandora, was 10 be the syn0-
nym OF I'LL the graces and fascination which
the goddesses could bestow upon her. but her
curiosity, which was the very first thing she
developed, induced her ~ open lar in which
Epimetheus kept his material for the creation
OF snakes, and she allowed all the poisous and
evils to escape which flesh has been heir to
ever since
Man. with the assistance OF woman, degen
Grated very steadily, until Jupiter was forced
to recognize the necessity OF 4 flood. which de-
populated the earth, except Parnassus alone,
where an old couple named Deucaiian and
Pyrrah lived so high up rs not to be infected
with the general depray.ty Of mankind. After
the ffcshrt had subsided somewhat, these two
took a walk. and being too old to raise another
race of men in the usual way, they picked up
stones and threw them behind them, the stones
assuming the rotundity of 10
pound babies, and developing into men and
women with astonishing rapidly, and without
The usual autments of collie, measles. chicken
Dox, etc. The stones which the man threw
became males, end those which the woman
cast back became females. This was the or
thodox Greclan origin of the present race of
mankind. The only trouble was that the wo-
man could pick up and throw farther than the
man, and hence the disproportOn OF the sexes
md the frightfuI number of old maids that are
found in certain localities, like New England. |
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