Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-05-14

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Who told you the secret, little pet. "a 4
That love is better than ease or gold.
That labor for love pays thousand fold?
800 linked it oorself?' Well, don't forget.
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Pandora
NEUROLOGICAL STORY.
Prometheus, the naughty Titan, grand
son Of Heaven and Earth, brother to At
las, the Sky bearer, and cousin to Jupiter,
King of Gods and Men, sat in his house,
gods, and the jealousy Of Jove plotted
against him. .t
Prometheus had looked upon the race
of men, and behold they were all grovel-
ling and base, though made in the likeness
of immortal gods. Then the soul of the
Titan was stirred within him, and he
snatched living Goals from heaven and
fired the dull, cold hearts of men, so that
they saw visions, and dreamed dreams,
and yearned and prophesied and disputed,
and asked bard questions.
Jupiter was angry at this e; and, sum-
moning Vulcan, the divine inventor and
artifeer, he said to him, "Master, straight
way take clay, and knead it, and fashion
me subtitle creature, graceful and young
/ take of my blue sky TO form its eyes, and
spin It's hair from the golden sunlight, and
carve its lips from the daintiest ccral, and
mould It's brow from the purest lilies, its
cheeks of blushing roses and when it Is
made, lead it hither.n
And Vulcan, the celestial inventor, he
that reared the brazen houses of the gods,
and built their ivory ehariots, and forged
their armor and their arms, and sh6d their
stceds with brass, took clay and kneaded
it, and moulded thence a creature of mar
yeIous charm; and In. it's eye of sky he
lighted tiny fires that were like will o'-the-
wisp, and he tuned its lips to accents that
were like Kolian music; and he ledit to
Minerva, that it might receive subtle
knowledge ofall female arts, and to Venus
that she might bestow upon 1t beauty, and
Mercury, that he might hide nnder all
| these prying mird and a meddlesome
disposition. So Vulcan presented it to
Jupiter, having approved 1t, smiling ma
liciousIy, named the go i made damsel
Pandora Chat is AlI-GJf) and commar ded
Mercury to conduct her to the house of
Prometheus, -Jcve's gift to the proud
Titan -
Now PTometAeus signifed Fore.
thought" and this Forethought was
shrewd and wary but he dweIt with. his
brother EpimetheuS, whose name is &c AT.
terthought," and this Afterthought was
impulsive and rash. Prometheus, consid.
ering his brothers imprudence, had put
him on his gsard against the arts of Jove.
But when Aercury came, bringing the
beautiful gift, Forethought was from home,
for Jove had planned it Sc; and After,
thought, bewildered by the charms of
Pandora. and iorgetful Of his brothers
warning, accepted her, entertained her,
wOoed her. took her to wife; and Pandora
laughed IN Der pretty, foolish giddiness,
ike peal of fairy bells.
Then Mercury, who had bestowed BON
her the pryiug mind and the spirit Of med,
ding, tickled her idle fancy with a feather
from his winged shoe, so that she was;
seized with a great passion of pseping
and cracks became sweet to her, and kew
holes delicious, and cupboards irresistible:
and he slipped into her daE-dreams, and
showed her the transparent arches of Air,
where spirits and fairies were building
rainbows, and weaving gossamer, and
dying down for the wings of butterflies:
and painting petals for flowers in the seed,
and he whispered to her, " In the house of
the Ttans are works more dainty than
these" And he showed her the central
caves of Earth, where COLLINS and gnomes
were polishing slippery beads of quick
silver, and fitting tie joints with precious
crystals, and rolling together heavy atoms
OF gold, and boiling topazes in wine of
sunset, and stIaining fused carbon for
diamonds; and he whispered to her. ain
, the house of the Titans are treasures more
precious than these.N And he showed her
| the deaps of the Ocean, where tritons and
nereids were sailing the sea, and keeping
time for the tides, and piling the cells of
coral, and tinging the lips of shells; and he
whispered to Pandora sIn the house of
the Iitans are shows more amazing than
these.
And still Prcmetheus tarried from
home, stirring among coarse herds of men,
touching their lips with the live Goals of
inspiration he had snatched from Heaven.
so that they NOV ed in sweet psalms of
praise and hope, and lofty hymns of liber-
ty. But Epimetheus hid himself in trouble
and foreboding, and awaited in silent
anxiety the coming of his dark proud
brother. What was that he had done
What was this that Jove was doing ?
What beautiful danger was she that had
stolen into their stronghold of iron and
brass He started and trembled as the
giddy laugh of Pandora, ping, prying,
meddlng, rang through the high, cold |
corridors, as she stealthily stopped with |
her dainty, pink ear at the door, finger on |
lip at the door watchlng,--all painting
with keen curiosity, and smiling at the |
dear delight of mischief. Her weak and |
shallow husband had left all the great, |
grim house to her; she stood at last in |
the very chamber of Promethens,-a lofty
dim rotunda, all of stone, pierced for she |
star-like light above In the midst was a
brass tripod, glowing with that fearful
booty of live Goals from Heaven; over
head q brass lamp hung in chains, not still |
nor creaklng, but breathing like living
thing, with coming and going fame
under the roof great Psyche butterfly,
glorious in purple and gold, now resting
with heavily waving wings, a painting |
poem Of full rapture, now fiuttering and
flashing In a. d out OF that star like stream
of Heaven, sprite Of immortal longing.
And, save these, only one other thir ga
tall jar of translucent pearl, of ever
changing shadys, as from something mov-
ing within, and from within came hum
ming and low roar, us ola bee hive when
the busting swarm is crowded but the
far was closed fast with q lid.
Now Pahdora Of the prviner Mind stood