The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1861-04-17
A Call to the Ministry.
Somebody is always telling sto


Somebody is always telling stories
about the Hard-shell Baptists." Wags
have the run on them, and they may as
we'll be content and bear it. Here fol-
lows. .atale told Of them not long since.
NY informant locates it in the mountains
of North Carolina, where the Hard-shells
are quite numerous, and where they be-
lieve pretty strongly in dreams and vol
ces In the important matter Of q call to
the ministry, q dream or voice is almost
indispensable.
Now, it came to pass that man by the
name of Walker felt himself considerably
moved to " hold forth" and kept spread
ing the fleece" Gideon-lilze, to ascertain
his duty in the important premises. TO
assist him in his pious Investigation, he
called at still-house one evening to get
some of the good critter." After re-
freshment, the story runs, he left for
home, and on the way he felt "moved "
to go into the grove few hundred yards
from the road, thar to wrastle on the
subject" While he was {" wrastlen most
earnestly: scarcely outdone by the patri-
arch, some one passed the road with
long-eared animal, politely called a John
left off, as his race is wont to do some
times, in amostmoving and thrilling man.
ner.
Walkers Imagination, Sy his earnest
"wrastlin,' was wrought up to gyeat in
tensity, and he converted Major Johns
discordant music, which, to most men, re-
sembles the filing of saw-mill saw, into
call from Heaven, urging him to preach
the Gospel. No time was to be lost. He
rose from his knees duly commissioned,
went to his church, and demanded a Ii
censo, when the pastor intesfogated him
thus:
Pastor. aoyoe, bei;ora, Rt,otheg VI
ker, that that --c s.ro caiied oI GoG TO preaca,
as was AaT9n?"
Walker. Most s2rti-ly does.
Pastor. Give ,...-o ol@so,a, tt...:t IS, tlsa.
brethren. shop proof
Walker. / was nightly dief!.iited, ard
Z was determined to so into the woods
and wrastle It cut.
Pastor That'sit, Brother Walker.
Walker. And while there wrastlin',
Jacob like, [ hearn cno ov tho curiousest
voices I uvel hearn in all my borned
days.
Pastor. You are on the RIGHT track,
Brother Walker. Go Oh with your nora
ton.
ID Walker. 1 couldn't tell, for the life ov
-sss azhethQEaAe voice auas.-an, in the air
or down in the SKY, it sounded so curl
Gus.
Pastor. Poor creetur! how he was
difikilted. Go on to norate, Brother
Walker. How did it appear to sound un-
to you?
Walker. Why, this away; "Waw-
waw-ker-waw-waw-kor Goprcach, 60
p-oach, eopreach, go preach-ee, go preach
ali, go preaca-Sa, go 9reaeh-"i1-00-ua-'A-
ee.
paator. Bruthsring ard sister, the
r;cbt sort Of call. Enough said, Broth
CT Walker That's none ov yer college
calls, nor money calls. No doctor ov di-
vinity uver got sich call is that Broth
or Walker must have license fur santin
and for sure.
The license was granted, The story
goes and Walker is now doubtless ma
king the mountains ring with his stcnto
rian lungs.
WHOLESALE POISONING OF Wolves ~
. WoNAx.-The Ecu Claire (Wis) IRE
Press qives the following account OF
foht which occurred on Monday night Q
last week at Bridget Creek, between -lrs
IT G. Higgins and about . dozen wolves
q Early in the evening AIRS. hisssln
heard an unusual noise at the calt-pel
and upon going out found that aomeIhln
like dozen wolves contemplated an q
tackeupon the calf: Upon her 0pproaG
thew retrcatcd short disf'ince. Mrs. L
is good shot with rife: and she /, fir i,
determined to shoot at least one OF Il
;n+rrdcrs with her husbands loaded FIJI
upon reflection she eoraluoea 95 - :, Z Z
strychnine upon sonleneat she i'e' -