Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1885-08-01
HOW NERO PUNISHED OFFENSIVE PARTISAN
SHIP -wHAT BECAME oF Ills CRITICS.
HIS GRO INN g ACT IN THE
KILLING LINE.


54 to GS A. d., was said to have been
one of the most disagreeable monarchs to-
meet that Rome ever had. He WIS a
nep lew ot Caiigula, the Emperor, On his
r1.ther's sice, aud sen oi d Amiaitius
Ahenobarbas, of st. LAWRENCE county.
The above was really Nero's name, but In
the year SO A. D. his n other married
Claudius, and h,r son adopted the name
of Nero Caudius Caesar Drusus Germani-
l.cus. This name he was in the habit OF
wearing during the cold weather, ,buttoned
up in front. During the hot weather
Nero was all he name he wore.
In SIS Nero married Octavia, daughter
OF Claudius, and went right to houses
keeping. Nero and Octavia did not get
along first-rate Nero soon wearied OF
his young wife, and finally transferred
her to the New jerusalem.
In 54 Ndro's mother, by concealing the
rightrul heir to the throne for several
weeks, and doctorng the returns, succeed
ed in getting the steady job OF Emperor
for Nero at good salary.
His reign was quite stormy, and several
long, bloody wars were carried on during
that period. He was a good vicarious
| fighter, and could successfully hold a
mans coat all day while the man went to
the front to get killed. He loved to go
out riding over the battle fields as soon
as 1t was safe, in his gorgcously bedizened
| band chariot, and he didn't care II the
wheels rolled in gorspp to the hub pro"
viding il was some other mans gore. 1t
gave him great pleasure to drive about
over the field OF carnage and gloat over
the dead. Nero was not great success
rs an Emperor, but as gloater he has no
rival in history.
Neros reign was characterized, also, by
the great confiagration and Roman fire.
sworks of July, Ga, by which two thirds
OF the city OF Rome was destroyed. The
Emperor was charged with starting this
fire in order to get the insurance on
stock of dry goods on Main street.
Instead of taking off his crown, hang
ing it up in the hall and helping to put
out the fire, as other Emperors have done
time and again, Nero took his violin up
stairs and played, "rll Meet You When
the Sun goes down" This occasioned
great deal of adverse criticism on the
part of those who oppose the adminis-
tration. Several persons openly criticised
Nero's policy and then died.
A man in those days would put on his
cvercoat in the morning. and tell his wife
not to keep dinner waiting Il AN going
down town to cr.icise he Emperor few
moments" he would say. III do not
oct home in time for dnHer. meet me on
the evergreen shore"
Nero after the death ot Octavia. mar
ried Poppaea Sabina. She died alter
ward NJ her husbands earnes, solicitation
! Nero did not care so much about being u
/ bridegroom, but the excitement o' being
n widower always gratitied and pleased
him.
He was very Jealous monarch, and
kept Rome pretty well stirred up during
his reign. If man failed to show up
any where on time his friends would look
sadly ut each other and say, Alas he
has criticised Nero"
A man could wrestle with the yellow
fever, or the smallpox, or the Asittc
cholera, and stand chance for recovery,
but when he spoke sarcastcally OF Nero
il was good bye John.
Wien Nero decided that man was
an offensive partisan that man won'd
generally put up the following notice on
his office door:
"Gone to sac the Emperor in relation
to charge of offensive partisanship. Nee
me at the cemetery At O'Clock"
Finally, Mere overdid this thing ane
ran il into the ground. He did not wan
to be dlsliked, and so those who disliket