National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-02-25
DAMON AND PYTHIAs.
True story OF Their Dimcuitica on Ac-
count of Their Mutual MASH.
CHATTER I.

CHATTER /.
The romantic story Of Damon and pytblos which
| has been celebrated in verse and song for over
two thousand years is supposed 10 have orioina,od
| during the reign Of Dionysius L. or Diouysius the
| Elder, as he was also called who reioned obout
| $50 years b. c. Ho must have been called "Ths
| Elder" more for n Joke than npvtbipo disc ne no
| was by inclination Unitarian altbnugh be ,vas
| never n member Of any cburcb ,ybo,o,or ond Voc
| I'm fact the wickcdest man In oil svroo,vo
Dionyslus arose 10 tho ,bronc hon, ,bo ror,s
| and used 10 coll bin,so,c i, soir ,,olo 49, H.
was tyrannioal severe and selfish os nil soirroodo
men arc seif.nodo ,,o,, 10 90. $50, a., -,
| the nrerogetive NJ tho Ai,,i,ht, "a ,,.a.,r.f
| themsolves 1boy oro No, sa,iseo, ,,,, ,,a w.,
ton of division snnerirton6ent NJ c,oo,,on b,,,
| r.. -, a. ,''.t ', " Ni."iO"' ""'
ivy "nut 10 po most worthy nigh grand mucK-a-
muck OF the entire ranch or their lives are gloomy
| 0szlcs,
Dionysius ,yos indaed ca odjous md On oyor
hoi v, ~ ov'y ,l NM, "uu 50 oNcI
o.a,,s .oNs.u us sujec'' 'i'u. ne llVeu IN con
slant lear OF assassination Mt their hands. This
fear robbed him Of his rest and rendered life a
dreary waste to the tyrannical king lie lived I'm
constant dread that cooh nrevous tnon,en, ,yo,,,d
~ 49,, ~, ,t., b, ~, 's "'oi"ep' Mou'u
- 49,, ~ nv one nc Wouu eat
,,a,,i III "nu iv,i'v W ies' put Vhe hlght
"ou,u We cursed win horrld dreams Of the
scythions and White River Utes pecling off his
epidermis and throwing him into boiling couid.
ron with rod porr.or ,,,1 III. ,,,,,,,. i'i,.,
wh,c thsy Gopcad ~, "i Gt,,r,
4
royal barbecue.
Even his own wife and children were forbidden
10 enter his nresenon Tor foor tbat mo-, ,a,id ,,
:, -, ,,a ~, e"I lnt t'ey WouIu pun
u"'n "'seuio IN Ine ulSnc Innnge OF CosgroVe
arsenic in the pancake or paris green in the pie
During HIS reign he had constructed mn inn |
monse subterrauenn oavorpous ARA ngoment called
tho orr of njonyyi,s hoco,,s, a, so,,,o1 a., h
wy e', VI D'uis S' oeoause IL III snupo
ana general tclophonio power the human car. II /
was the largest car on record. one day work.
man EXPRESSED tho desire to erect similar nar of
W so " o v,i nv - o,v oiis
oioWed on nlin' ana tne next morning nus head
was humping about in the waste paper basket at
the general office. When one of the Kings sub. |
iects who thought he was solid with the ndninis
,.,,,,,, ,,,.,,ti o.. =, u....., - Il, 49, |
' ,a,,o', "o"'u s"y DVyVnu 'lu Poss'UIilty OF
doubt, Your Most serene Highness is the kind and
loving guardian of his people and the idol Of his
subjects, MS Royal Ialiness would say: What
yc GYM usY DO you wish to play the Most Sub. |
i inc oXerseer OF tne Universe and General Ticket
Agent fIenpotenuary fora Chinaman? lia You
en nnn0t MI UP me King OF syracuse with tahy.'
, neu ne Woulu oruer 'le Cnlel cNecuuOner 10 run
throw him inio The MctiierrnrseS IL tbis " ,voH
The sausage. grinder WINS Kent running night and
dav AMI fc rrI,C ,y,, "a r,, r., r9,acbina |
made douhic lime ewsrv month iu" '"' i""''''"e
"'N' N0'''0 ''''' go r,,.o iio'i ~
will now bring In Damon and Pythias.
Damon ana Pylhias were named after popular
each other. They thought more of one another
than anybody. They borrowed chewing tobacco, |
and were always sociable and pleasant. They |
I, |
lady from month to month in the most cheerful |
and harmonious manner. If Pythins snOred in |
tlt hsnt lihe tnS DlaSt OF log-hOrh Damon ala |
,vonId IL t S III IN l SuI so1' h u soe
nosn ans iihcd 3i, anT 5 OUn -, mn ~ y! .le
rhythm of "Tbc Rnbies In ni,r 9inci ~ '''' Hn'i's
,fhev Ioved nno "pnibnr in tnosdr aud o,,, s
scasoS fCIr ,tfct,y, 90 ii, Guy ~ ous vi
Tho nnso 81 n w., @ ,V wy SUI o!oon oi
male or \vlItsa IA ,vn of;wnSs ;h nv hI y, EIem
Eara at he Int py,hIns ,vns On LIZ ~ D Da
,YSnt 10 cSnrc6 fIr nd inHa a. Da,ioh
pyihias vn,iId 90 too onI Vote ~, ~,
IN, ~, 'N '.ii Wy ~ VIZ nAilsOlhest
S",iId rsr,ss ,n bnvor III bnt naiN Vi syracuse
Rmt ono 40, n,,nn,, ,5 a, ~, ,,,o, bod, 49,, |
told thc venrrS Ne ma S Ie s0I NUN Uu1dge hnu
NJ Svrecsa Ma 10 tnt p'u iVSnl hummer
onyy.r,s tNid i've rbjcf onSi,,oo VI IN hiIen
rrimder no inn ~, sta,O VI ~ wy aausuSe
All D',n0n thnV,bt ~ p"tHp 0aaS No., p nI
hadi;i 81" in,inb H iye f ,'p b S H nov iytnlas
cTnrni W ~ ,Os 10 ne I,"9 NM ny hade
Will" he onlv gCHns n NJ puS YSnHias in sYuk
giri who Iivcd a. sSham, Thr Tv,' w. sly nis
hni w. ',e sron an% y,d ~ "ys "et9 gwen
G,iied liz rrioId r,Il S ,;y .ti"S' anu IL he
~ 500 S "S C ~ W. PO'''"
CHATTER liz
We will now suppose three days to have elapsed
since the preceding chapter. A large party Of en-
thusinstio citizens of Syracuse are gathered around
the grand.stand, and Pythias is on the platform,
cheerluliy taking OH his coat Near by stands