The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-02-23
DAVID AND GOLIAH.
The Story "a Told by Local Preacher In
the Southwest.

Last week, my bretherin, as was a.
reading my Bible, | found q story Of q
big fight Il Samuel xviii 1t was pow
erful interestin', and studied il almost
all the week. There was two armies q
campin' on two mountains right fornenst
each other, and q holar, and, reckon.
some good bottom land and medder lot
lynn between 'em. In one Of the armies
t..c was big feller-a whoppin' great
big feller-and every day he went down
into the medder lot and looked up the
hill to t'other camp and just dared 'em.
He told 'em to pick their best man and
send him down and he'd fight him.
And he jest strutted around there in his
soger close, and waited for 'em to send
on their man. And so:h soger close |
never heard tell on aforc.
He had brass cap and brass trousers,
and coat made like mail bags where
they are all ironed and riveted together.
But the felIcrs in t'othcr camp Jest clean
hunked They darn't fight the big feller,
nary on. on 'em. They Jest ell sneakcd
away, and the big felier went back to
camp. But he didn't quit thar, the big
fellcr didn't. He was spilin for a fight,
and he was bound 10 have it. lie jest
went down into the bottom land, into the
medder lot, every day, moInin' and even
in, and dared 'em and dared em. tell
you he pestered 'em nightly. The old
fellcr, Saul, the Gineral, he felt more
chawcd up and meaner than the sogers,
and, when he couldn't stan il no longer.
lie tolc the boys that if any on 'em would
60 down and lick the big felIer he'd give
his gal and right smart chance Of plum
der. But they were all so skeerd that
even that didn't start one Of 'cm. The
big fellow went down and dared 'en and
pestered 'cm moren nionth-forty days
the Bible says.
iont know what they'd q done if it
hadn't been that peart little feller
had come down to camp one day to fetch
some extra rations to his three big broth
ers that their old dad sent to 'em from
home. Kind old pap lie was, and sharp,
too, for he sent along a big present to
the boys Cap'en. Well, jest as the little
feller drove up, they were all gwine out
to fight, and the little feller left his traps
with the driver, and legged it after the
sogers, and told his big brothers howd'y.
Right thar the old big feller came out
and dared 'em again, and they were all
go skeer'd that they jest run like mad.
The little feller hcered him, and then
went back into camp and heered the
sogcrs talking about him, and what the
old Gineral would give to have him
licked. lie asked them heap Of qucs.
tions about it all, and his big brother he
got mad Mt him, aH3 .wittcd h:.n about
keeping sheep and gave him Il right
smart of sass. lie was plucky, but, you
see, he had to stan it, cause twas his
big brother. Big brothers are mighty
mean sometimes.
But the little feller talked heap with
the other sogers, aud they told the old
Gineral about him, and he told them to
tell the little feller To come and see him.
The little feller was mighty plucky, and
he jest up and told the old Gineral Saul
that he'd fight tho big feller! The Gin
eral looked Mt the handsome little feller
he was real handsomc-and ses he,
kinder softly, II reckon" and shakin'
his head, "it's too big Job: you're only
chunk of boy, and he's an old fight
er." The little feiier spunkcd up and
told the old Gineral that he'd had one
b'ar fight and held killed tho bar.
He said there was an old lion and
bar got among his dads sheep, and
was gwinc Oft with lamb. He broke
fo- i'm, and rs soon as he met Up with
the old bar, &c lamm'd him till the bar
turned on him for hug; but he got one
band into the long h'ar under his jaw,
and he iamm'd him with the othor'n till
he was dead. He'd killed the lion and
the bar, and know'd he was enough for
the old big fellcr.
gious to the old Gineral. You see he'd
got religion hforo that, and he knowed
that the Lord would help q felIer if he
was right and got into tight place. He
told Gineral Saul that the Lord had
made him mighty supple, and looked cut
for him when the old lion and bar tried
to get their paws into him aud ne know.
ed He'd see him through tho fight with
the old big iellcr, for he was Just DARN
'em and pesterin' 'cm to make game of
religion. When the old Gineral seed he
was 30 plucky and religious, too. he
knowed them's the kind that fit powerful,
and he told him to 60 in, and he made n
little prayer for hsself. Then the old
Gincral put his own soger close on the
little feller, and strapped his sword onto
him. But they were heap too big, and
he shucked 'em off directly, and made
for n dry branch down in The bottom.
Then he hunted five little rocks as smooth
rs hen egg, put 'em in little bag
where he carried his snack when he was
n tendin' the sheep. got his sling fixed all
right, and hurried up to meet the old
big feller in the medder lot. When he
seed him comm lie was powerful mad
because they'd sent down such little
ieller, and jawed awful But the little
feller jest talked back religious, and kept
his eyes peeled. And I reckon the big
feller couldn't been a lookin'. I'ye
studied heap on it, and l just know the
big fellcr couldn't been lookin'. for the
little feiier took his sling and threw away
and shied little rock at him, and he
popped him, and down he tumbled.
Then the little feller rushed up and
mounted him, jest as an old hunter loves
to get on bar after he's shot him; and
he out with the big feller's long sword
and off with his head. Then it was
them Philistine sinners turn to be skeer-
cd and :hey broke for the woods and
all of them children Of Israel fellers lest
shouted and chased 'em clean over the
mountain into q valley, and then com'd
back and got all their camp plumber.
My brethren, that's the best story of
fight ever read after, and you can't buy
no better story book than this very Bible.