The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-14
DAVID ANDTGOLIATH.


Goliath was originally the giant in
side show in Gath, at S13 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 tri1ing.
OF course I'm telling you this in my
own language, but Pm giving it to you
straight
When the army of Israel camped over
in the valley of Elah. it 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
mis- home guards.
Goliath was large, husky yahoo from
the headwaters of the Chug and had a
hand ON him like horse block. He
was muscled up in good shape, too.
When he began on man, it meant six
months in the hospital with careful
nursing, and if Goliath felt hurt and
grieved about something a 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 if he had full
grown man who had any sand, he would
|, like to have him come over and get
himself measured for pair of wings
Day after day he would walk out with
his bomb-proof clothes on and cordially
invite the Israelites to come over one
at time and let him paralyze' EN-.
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 4 little soft-glove
tete-a-tete, he would have to decline
any meeting on a basis of open hostili-
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
fooling away his time on the Phili-
stines.
just then David came down from his
fathers sheep ranch on Independence
mountain, over against Bethlehem, Ju-
| dah, on the old California trail, to see
AOW VIC Wal las PhO5hSSSihS. AlO
wanted to take a 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 go
| down to the front ''where war waged
| its wild desolation, and threatened our
land to destroy" They told him to go
| 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 Israelites to come over and meet a
fate worse than death. But the Israe-
| lites preferred death by general debili-
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 loud
voice and cried out and defied the ar
mics of Israel, and Sauls army scat
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 disgusted and told
Saul that he would like to go out anG
fight the Philistine if some courageou;
Israelite would come along and holG
his coat for him. Every body laughed
at David, and his brothers especially
as soon as they had stopped running
, and got behind a tree and recovered
their breath, began to ridicule David
But David insisted on it and told Sau
that one time when mountain lioI
and grizzly bear came and carried OF
| several of his fathers sheep he ran af
ter them and overlook them, and afte
he had knocked the lion silly with hi
fist, he ran his hand down the bear
5 throat and turned him wrong side out
) The king said, s.Well. did you reall,
! do thatP If you did, I've good notiol
| to give you the freedom of the Phil
: stine camp. and if you will bring m
= Goliath scalp, stretched on shingle
. / will give you all the money you wan
S and my only daughter, for I'd just a
9 soon tell YOU in confidence, that thi
S side-show giant is getting to be a pei
e feet eyesore to me, and between yo
q and me, think he is OVERRIDING thi
l. thing and making a nuisance of him
q self"
). Do David said he would 60. and SAT-
/, dressed him up in railroad iron ovel
= coat but the boy couldn't handle 1t. ID
r took off the fire and burglar proof ovel
coat and filled his pockets full OF rock
o and sailed in.
n When Goliath came out he turned hi
IS nose up at David and asked him if h
!. mother knew he was out. He talke
e mean to David and finally told him
IT come over and he would feed him to tt
coyotes.
Then David in gentlemanly wa
" told Goliath that he didn't claim to |
T much of talker in public, but that
le relied on the righteousness OF his caus
!. He came not with swords and banne
e, and torchlight professions. but he
to lieved he was right and came there
~ prove it. He was no public speake
a he said, but he thought this thing h;
+ gone about far enough. he then su
70 prised Goliath with moss agate .
IA hind the ear. The gentleman from Ga
fell to the earth with a '.sickening thuc
10 and David cut his head Oft with the s
he ants own sword. From these inJurl
4 Goliath never fully recovered, and ma
ii ly deceased
I. Then the men of Israel and JUDI
: : rose up and whooped with loud vol
= and pursued their enemies, and tn
~ ~ fed the fowls of the air with Philistl
= n on toast for forty days, and David
~ came solid with the king and ma
y, money and wore his good clothes eve
en day. Wherever he went he was !
eu garded as great success, and all
on giants were perfectly friendly iowa
Iim.-BiA Nye, IN st. Paul Herald