Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-13
Some Fibs Of Bygone Va,

,,s sap t",. did not throw herse., -.
the Leucadian Cliff for love Of p. ron
the story Of her life is fsr., '"soa;
responsibility and purity hay. as ae'
taolished. She was a matro0 u
highest character. the motber IN.
large family. OF
Cleopatra diu rot dissoIr.
possible. IS m
Hannibal did not MAKE BE
through the Alps by sp.n,rg ... "y
with vinegar, as sc.cncc has -. TWAS
this was impossible. ''o'"
Richard III was not hurcA,.-.
soldier OF fine form with sor,. -"'
tension to good looks ana g,s9, r ~
sonal strength and courage. "
The Pass of Thcrmop,l.. vs.,
Tended, not by thee hunIr.5 -.
least seven thousand Greeks, Or
cording to some writers, twelya tho"
sand. '''u'
The Siege of Troy was lar,.,.
myth, and even according to uom..,.
own account Helen mus. hsy, 49,,
sixty years old w1c1 Paris ,eu ~ ,o,'
with her.
Witches were never burned .,
Salem, Massachusetts. in the 80,
break Of the anti-witch fana,jc;.,r =,
l69l-l692, nineteen persons were b,n,
ed, but no one was burned.
Louis XVI was not the pink IT ii.
nified propriety at his execution :,
portrayed by the historians u.
screamed for help, struggling with tn,
executioner and beseeching mercy
Diogenes never lived in a tue tn.
story that he did so has no better
origin than a comment by a bograpb.
er that "a man SO grabbed ought +,
have lived in tub. like dog"
The Swiss Confederation was IA,
founded by William Tell, he did no,
shoot an apple from the head of hi,
son, and even his name cannot !,
found in the archives of the csnton.
Alexander the Great did not wee,
for other worlds to conquer. There
is reason to believe that his army
met with serious reverse in India
that induced him TO retrace his slers.
The Round Tower at Newport, Rhut.
Island, claimed to be ASSOCIATED with
the viking days-a view IN which
Longfeliow concurred-had 10 such
association; is but an ordinary lrosac
windmill of no historic importance
Constantine was not qule tue saint
history terms him, for he murdered
his wife, one or two OF his sons, and
a goouly number of his rc.atNcs. A
Christian only in name, he knew little
or nothing of the religion he protested.
Columbus did not make an lsg sand
on end to confute his opponents. The
feat was performed by Brune.leschi,
the architect, to silence critics who
asked him how he was going 10 sup
port the dome of the Cathedral of
Florence.
The blood of Rizzo, Marie Stuart's
favorite, cannot be seen on the floor
where he was murdered by Darnley
and the other conspirators. What is
visible is daub of red paint, annually
renewed for the delectation of gaping
tourists.
Philip III of Spain was not roasted
to death by fire, because the red
tape of royal etiquette forbade any
one to touch the royal person. He
died a natural death. This is a stock
story saddled, with variations, on
many sticklers for court ceremony.
Philip vi, flying from the battlefield
of Crecy, when challenged late at night
before the gate of the castle OF Blois,
did not cry out defiantly: at is the
fortune of France" but he did say be-
seemingly: open, open, it is the un'
fortunate King of France"
Able Edgeworth never made the
famous invocation to Louis XVI on the
scaffold, "Son of st. Louis, ascend to
heaven" He acknowledged 10 Lord
Holland that the speech was made Tor
him on the evening of the execution
by the editor of a newspaper.
Columbus did not, on his fourth voy-
age to the New World, when wrecked
in 1904 on the island of Jamaica, move
the inhosptable and supefStitous saw
ages by predicting an eclipse OF the
moon as showing the diSpleasurc OF
the Great Spirit. There was no lunar
eclipse anywhere near the spacIhsa
time.
Charles | did not sleep sound.y al