Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-11-23
HISTORY or ACHILLES.
A Revised Account of His Many Conflicts
:. and Hrs Last Defeat.

Revised Account of His Many Conflicts
T. and HIS Last Defeat.
In the intervals of his engrossing
duties as editor of the Olyapidn Ga
Sette, Colonel Homer wrote poem
called The Iliad."
Colonel Homer has never received
any royalty ON his book. owing to the
absence of an international copyright
law.
The hero of this little romance of
the Colonel's was military gentleman
named Achilles.
When he was very small Achilles
mother. who doubtless expected her
son to honor his family by developing
into a baseball umpire. wished, with
true motherly forethought, to render
him invulnerable TO brickbats and
other persuaders.
So she dipped him into the river
Styx, holding him by the heel, which
section of his understanding was not
saturated.
We pass over the time spent by
Achilles in going to school, and take
up his life again as he approaches man.
hood.
When the capture of Troy seemed
desirable to the Greeks. seer named
Calchas was asked whether or not
that town could be captured, and he
said it could not unless Achilles as
sisted.
Achilles mother, still watchful OF
her son, although he was a big boy
now and belonged to the militia, feared
he would be fatally killed if he went
to the cruel war, so she sent him to
the court of King Lycomedes.
Here he wore false hair and hustle,
read Browning's poems, and, in other
ways, masqueraded as a girl.
GENERAL Ulysses suspected some
trick of this sort and resorted to one
himself to find whether Achilles was
among the maids.
He offered choice display of pres
. ents to them. Some selected spring
konnets, others took caramels ant
chewing gum, while few enjoyed
Letting dress patterns and jewelry
But one of the girls took u baseball
outfit.
This girl was Achilles.
The hiding scheme thus proving ;
failure and no substitutes being allow
able, Achilles put on his uniform ant
sailed for Troy. Soon after his ar
rival he engaged in one of the pro
foundest sulks ever known.
The magazines of that day were full
of war articles on the subject, il
which different theories were pro
pounded in explanation of Achilles
mastery inactivity; but the followin,
recital may be depended upon as Civ
ing the true inwardness of the bus
mess.
Achilles had eloped with cir
named Bliseis, and had taken her wit
him TO Troy, probably with the inter
ton of procuring her "a situation in on
of the laundries for which that tow
was famous, and of using her stipen
as beer money.
Another party, named Agamemnor
who commanded the third army corps
had also been engaged in the nader
stealing industry. He had abducte
Chryseius, a daughter of one of Apo
los priests. This Infatuated Apoll,
and he sent an AL pestilence into til
Greek camp, which displayed grei
deal of pernicious activity and refuse
to leave until Agamemnon sent til
girl back home.
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matter rested here, but Agamemno
then took Achilles girl to fill the V,
cancy, and the latter got mad.
A little thing like that annoyed hin
After that Achilles and Agamemnc
never saluted each other as the
passed by.
Then Achilles refused to participa
in the war, but sullzed in his tent.
He did nothing but sulk, and DIRE
his pay with unerring precision, unit
a Trojan named Hector killed Patr
clus, man who used to go TO scho
with Achilles and play marbles wit
him.
Achilles then thought it was time
take a hand in the fray, to avenge h
friends death.
He did so, and for time carried
large Wholesale business in Troia
gore.
After Troy surrendered, Maj
Achilles retired into private life al
became postmaster of his town.
He was brought into prominenc
however, by being shot by Frenc
, man named Paris. who drew bead {
his heel, Achilles only vulnerable spc
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