The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-10-11
DAVID AND GOLIATH.

He has since left the country.
DAVID AND GOLIATH.
The Story as Told by Local Preacher In
the Southwest.
DR.. Persons "reminiscences.
Last week, my bretherin, as I was a-read-
in my bible, found story Of big fight
Il. Samuel, xvii.) It was powerful inter-
estin' and studied it almost all the week.
There was two armies campin' on two
mountains right for1enst each other, and
land and q medder lot lynn between them.
In one Of the armies there was big feller
"A Whoppin' great big feller-aud every
day he went down into the medder lot
and looked up the hill to tother 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 men. And such soger close nev-
er heard tell on afore.
He had brass cap and brass trousers,
and coat made like mail bags where they
are all ironed and riveted together. But the
fellers in t'other camp jest clean hunked.
They daren't fight the big feller, nary one
EN-. They jest all sneaked away, and the
big Teller went back to camp. But he
didn't quit thar, the big feller didn't. He
was spilin' for fight. and he was bound to
have it. He jest went down into the bot
tomland, into the medder light, mornin'
and evenin', and dared 'em and dared EN-.
I tell you he pestered 'em nightly. The
old Teller, Saul, the gineral, he felt more
chawed up and meaner than the sogers, and.
when he couldn't stan it no longer, he told
the boys that if any on EN- would 60 down
and lick the big feller he'd give his gal and
a right smart chance of plander. But they
were all so skeered that even that didn't
start one of 'em. The big feller went down
and dared 'em and pestered 'em more'n
month. forty days the Bible says. =,
I don't know what they'd done II 1t
hadn't a-been that peart little feller had
come down to camp one day to fetch some
extra rations to his three big brothers that
their old dad sent to 'em from home.
Kind old pap he was, and sharp, too, for
he sent along 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 thew were all so skeer'd that they jest
run like mad. The little fe]ler heered him
and then went back into camp and heered
all the sogers talking about him, and wha
the old Gineral would give to have him
licked, He asked them a heap OF ques-
tions about it all, and his big brother he go'
mad at him, and twitted him about keeping
sheep. and gave him right smart OF sass
He was plucky, but, you see, he had t.
stan it, cause twas his big brother. Bit
brothers are mighty mean sometimes.
But the little Teller talked heap witt
the other sogers, and they told the old Gin
eral about him, and he told them to tell tn
little feller to come and see him. The LITTLE
Teller was mighty plucky, and ne Jest W
and told the old Gineral Saul thai
he'd fight the big feDer! The Gineral look
ed at the handsome little feller-he wal
real handsome-and says he, kinder softly
Il recon-" and shakin' his head, "its too
big job, you're only a chunk of boy
and he's an old fighter. The little fellel
spunked up and told the old Gineral that
he'd had one bar fight and he had killed
| the bar. He said there was an old lion an,
| bar got among his dads sheep, and was
! gwine off with lamb. He broke for i'm
and as soon as he met up with old bar, ht
A1uA4O u AAu I'LL Iuo ~ cI tuIu0u Vu ILL
for hug; but he got one band into the
him with the othern till he was dead. He'(
killed the lion and the bar, and he know'6
he was enough for the old big Teller.
Then the little Teller talked raa; religious
| to the old gineral. You see he'd got relg
| ion afore that, and he knowed that the Lort
would help feller, if he was right. and go
into tight place. He told Gineral Sau
that the Lord had made him mighty supple
| aud looked out for him when the old iol
and bar tried to get their paws into him
and he knowed He'd see him through tn
tight with the old big TELLER, for he was JUS
dArin' en- and pesterin' 'em to make gam
of religion. hon the old gineral seed b
WAs so pluGkY and religious. too. he knowe
thems the Kin that DIT powerful. and he toll
him to go in, and he made = little praye
fer him hisself Then the old gineral pu
his own soger close on the little Teller, an
strapped his sword onto him. But the
were heap too big, and he shucked 'em Of
! directly, and made for a dry branch dow
in the bottom. Then he hunted five littl
rocks as smooth as hen egg, put 'em in
little bag where he carried his snack whe]
he was a-tendin' the sheep
got his sling fixed all right, an
hurried up to meet the old bi
feller in the medder lot. Whe1
he seed him comm he was powerful ma
they'd sent him down such little felers
and jawed awful. But the little feller jes
talked back religious, and kept his eye
peeled. And I reckon the big feller couldn
ben a lookin'. I've studied heap on i
and just know the big feller couldn't
ben lookin', for the little feller got ou
his sling and drew away and SHE'D littl
rock at him, and popped him, and down h
| tumbled. Then the little feller rushed u
and mounted him, jest as an old hunte
loves to get on bar after he's shot him; an
he out with the big feller's long sword an
| off with his head. Then it was them Phil
istine sinners turn to be skeere'd. and the
broke for the brush; and all of them chipel
Of Israel, fellers jest shouted and chase'
'em clean over the mountain into vale,
and then com'd back and got all their CAM
plunder.
My brethein, that's the best story of 1
fight ever read after, and you can't buy n,
better story book nor this very Bible.