The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-02
DAVID AND GOLIATH.
The Story as Told by Local Preacher
in the Southwest.

in the Southwest.
Last week, my brethren, as [ was
a,readin' in my Bible, I found story
On a big fight q. Samuel, xyii.) 1t
was powerful interestin and [ studied
it almost all the week. There was
two armies a-campin' on two noun
tains, right fornenst each other, and a
holler and, reckon, some good bot
tom land and medder lot lyin' be-
tween EN-. In one Of the armies
there 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 EN-. He told EN- to
pick their best man and send him
down the hill and he'dfght him. And
such soger close I never heard tell on
afore.
BE had brass cap and brass trous-
ers, and coat made like mail-bags
where they are all ironed and riveted
together. But the fellers in t'other
camp just clean aunked. They
daren't fight the, big feller, nary one
en- 'em. They jestsneaked away, and
the Big feller he went back to camp.
But he didn't quit thar, the big fell
Ter didn't. He was spilin' for fight
and he was bound to have it. He
Jest went down into the bottom land,
into the medder lot, every day, morn
In and evenin'', and dared 'em and
dared 'em. Il tell you he pestered 'em
nightly. The old feller, 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 'em wanted to so
down and lick the big feller he give
him his gal and right smart chance
Of plunder. But they was all SO
skeered that even that didn'tstart one
i Of EN-. Yhe big feller went down and
dard 'em, and pestered 'em more'n
month-4O days, the Bible says.
I don t know what they'd done if it
hadn't { a been that pert 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 EN- from home. Kind old pap. he
was, and sharp, too, for he sent along
abig present to the boys cap'en.
Well, jest as the little feller drove up,
they was 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 we're
all so skeered that they just run like
mad. The little feller heared him,
and then went back into camp and
heared all the sogers talkin' about
him, and what the old gineral would
give to have him licked. he asked
'em heap Of questions about it all,
and his big brother he got mad athim,
and twitted him about keeping sheep,
and gave him a right smart Of sass.
He Was plucky, but, you see, he had
to stan it, cause twas his big broth
er. Big brothers are mighty mean
sometimes.
But the little feller talked a heap
with the other sogers, and they told
the old gineral about him, and he told
them to tell the little feller to come
and see him. The little fellow was
mighty plucky, and Just up and told
The old gineral Saul that he would
fight the big feller! The gineral looked
at the handsome little fellcr-he was
real handsome-and ses he, kinder
softly, sI reckon" and shakin his
head, SITS too big ajob; your re only a
chunk of boy, and he's an old fight
err
The little feller spunkcd up, and
told the old gineral that he'd had one
bar fight, and he killed the bar. He
said there was an old lion and b ar
got among his dads sheep, and was
gwine of with a lamb. He broke for
i'm and as soon as he met up with the
old bar he lamm'd him till the b ar
turned on him for a hag; but he got
one hand into the long ha'r under his
jaw and lamm d him with the other n
till he was dead He'd killed tie lion
and the bar, and he know'o he was
enough for the old big Teller.
Then the little feller talked real re-
ligion to the old gineral. You see,
he'd got religion afore that, and he
know d that the Lord would help 4
feller, if he was all right, and got into