Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-20
DAVID AND GOLIATH.

"O''"'u Wo' VIZ E'tht Ii
side show In Gath, at SlB Il week. but
when the war broke out he enlisted in
the army Of the Philistines more for the
bounty than anything else. This life
seemed to hit him about right. for Co
Hath was naturally lazy and trilling.
Of course I'm telling you this in my
own language, but I'm giving it to you
straight.
When the army Of Israel camped over
Ia the valley OF Elah. 1t looked pretty
squally for Saul and he felt like sending
in his resignation.
Every morning after breakfast, Co
Hath dressed in his brass plug hat and
cast iron corset and copper clothes.
would sail out and poke fun at Saul and
his home guards.
Goliath wasa large, husky yahoo from
the headwaters Of the Chug and had a
hand on him like a horse block. He
was musclcd up in good shape, too.
When he began on man, it meant six
months in the hospital with careful
nursing, and II Goliath felt hurt and
grieved about something man had
said about him and took the man aside
to have little talk about il, the mans
widow applied right off for the life in
surance. In this way Goliath used to
be respected very much around Gath.
SO every day he would come out on
the mesa and sass the armies of Israel
and tell Saul that il he had full
grown man who had any sand, he would
like to have him come over and got
himself measured for a pair of wings.
Day after day he would walk out with
his bomb-proof clothes on and cordially
invite the lsraelites to come over one
at time and let him paralyze'em.
And Saul, on behalf OF his people, de-
'clined the invitation with thanks. He
told Goliath that while he would be
glad to meet him for II little soft-glove
tete-a-tete, he would have to decline
any meeting on basis Of open HOSTILE
ty. This caused the campaign to drag
and the daily papers in Israel began to
criticise Saul and to ask why he did not
come home and hoe corn instead of
foo!ing away his time on the Phili-
stines.
just then David came down from his
fathers sheep ranch on Independence
mountain, over against Bethlehem, Ju-
how the war was progressing. He
wanted to take trip to some place
where there would be no danger of
bodily harm, SO his parents thought it
would be safer perhaps for him to 20
down to the front "where war waged
its wild desolation, and threatened our
land to Destroy" They told him to 20
down where the two armies were en-
gagged in open hostilities and they would
feel perfectly easy about him; but they
cautioned him not to wander away
from the army into the woods and get
lost
SO David went over to hear Goliath
speak his piece. Every morning for
eighty days the dime museum giant
came, and opened court. requesting
the lsraeites to come over and meet a
fate worse than death. But the Israe-
lites preferred death by general debli-
ty and old age. They had relations
at home on whom they were depend
ent.
just as David got to the front, Co
Hath came out and spoke with a loud
voice and cried out and deied tho ar
mics of Israel, and Suul's army seat
tered and fell over each other trying TO
get into the woods, and behold there
were not trees enough for all the SOL
diers of the armies of Israel to climb.
And David was disgustcd and told
Saul that he would like to 90 out and
tight the Philistne il some courageous
lsraelite would come along and hold
his coat for him. Every body laughed
-, l.,
AS soon as they had stopped running
and got behind "A tree and recovered
their breath, began to ridlcule David.
But David insisted on ii and told Saul
that one time when u mountain lion
and n grizzly bear came and carried oil
several OF his fathers sheep he ran al
ter them and overlook them, and after
he had knocked the lion silly with his
fist, he ran his hand down the bears
throat and turned him wrong side out.
The king said. "Wcll, did you really
do thatP If you did. I've good notion
to give you the freedom of the Phili-
stine camp. and if you will bring me
Goliath's scalp. stretched on shingle,
will give you all the money you want
and my only daughter. for I'd just as
soon tell you in confidence, that this
side-show giant is getting to be per-
feet eyesore to me, and between you
and me, | think he is OVERRIDING this
thing and making nuisance of him
self"
Do David said he would 90. and Saul
dressed him up in a railroad iron over
coat but the boy couldn't handle it. He
took otf the fire and burglar proof over
coat and filled his pockets full of rocks
and sailed in.
When Goliath came out he turned his
nose up at David and asked him if his
mother knew he was out. He talked
mean to David aud finally told him to
come over and he would feed him to the
coyotes.
Then David in gentlemanly way
told Goliath that he didn't claim to be
much of talker in public, but that he
relied on the Righteousness of his cause.
he came not with swords and banners
and torchlight professions, but he be-
lieved he was right and came there to
prove it. He was no public speaker.
he said, but he thought this thing had
gone about far enough. He then sur
prised Goliath with moss agate be-
hind the ear. The gentleman from Galh
fell to the earth with u "sickening thud"
and David cut his head oil with the gi-
ants own sword. From these injuries
Goliath never fully recovered, and final
ly deceased.
Then the men of Israel and Judah
rose up and whooped with loud voice
and pursued their enemies, and they
fed the fowls of the air with Philistine
on toast for forty days, and David be-
came solid with the king and made
money and wore his good clothes every