The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-22

49, an exchange: The following
.::.le has been sent to US, as clip
M -. bv an elderly lady of Philadel-
/. She says she has preserved it
+. about twenty years, and that a
,,ber Of people have requested it's
aubljcation. 1t is an account of a
uon said to have been heard in
.-,ia nearly half century ago.
ii The preacher was apparently about
.. years Of age, large, muscular and
81 4 rroportioned. On entering the
III, he took off his coat and hung
q n nail behind him, then opened
a .olar and Wristbands and wiped
,erspration from his face, neck
u hands. He was clad in striped
,ron homespun and his shirt was of
h .,mc material. He had travelled
II rsrsl miles that morning, and seem
a .Imost overcome by the heat. But
a 10 brethren sung couple Of hymns
81 -b;lo he was tanning and cooling off,
y !; when he rose he looked comforta-
u L and good d-natured.
a H., had preached there once or
s. r;,e before, but to most of the audi
NEE he was stranger. Hence he
y #lourht it necessary to announce
y imself, which he did as cold Club
sAz Davis, from Scrivcn county, a
.sa,lf Hard and Half-Soft Shell I'ap-
3i:tH
Il Il have given myself that name,
q said, because l believe the Lord
q eeted ME, from eternity, to &c ahead
a, a the backwoods and grub out path
& Sgd blaze the way for other men to
Pillow. After the thickest Of it is
D, away, good, warm Methodist
= :other will make things a little
lnoothcr and good deal noisier.
Hitter all the underbrush is cleaned
A1,. and the owls and wolves are
#iecred back, and the rattlesnakes is
billed off. Presbyterian brother, in
Alack broadcloth and white cravat,
Bill come along and cry for deccncy
3ad order. And they'll both do good
j, their sphere. l don't despise
q larnt man, even when he doesn' t
-ess aud think as l do. You
3,ulint pay me enough to wear
E}.oadcoth, summer nor winter, and
3l couldn't pay Presbyterian
Brother enough to 60 without it in
4 ,,iays.
e tod didn't make us all alike, my
3.elhrcn, but every man has his own
3phcre. When God has place to fill
s}}le makes a man and puts him in it.
Shcn he wanted General jackson,
]}3le made him and sets him to fghtin'
anjuns and the English; when He
antcd George Whitfield, He made
afim for to blow the Gospel trumpet as
SRo other man has ever blowed it; and
skhen lie wanted Old Club-Ax Davis,
Nle made him, and set him to grubbin'
30 the backwoods.
= But my she'll isn't so hard but
8an see pints in everybody; and as
,l9r the Presbyterian, they are long
Bay ahead of us Baptist and Dietho-
}lst in some things. They raise their
3hldren better than any other people
"a the face of the earth. Only few
Days ago Methodist class-leader said
u me: Brother ClubAx, l was born
q Methodist, and by the grace Of God
4 nope to die Methodist: but, thank
led, I've got a Presbyterian wife to
|E3alsc my children And [ believe,
S}hy brethren. if the Lord should open
4 Rhe way for me to marry again, I'd try
|fy best to find a Presbyterian woman,
g3}nd run my chances Of breakin' her
sInto the saving doctrines Of feet wash
n and immersion afterwards.
j Just at this moment he was inter
1apted by two spotted hounds that
IA been continually running up and
3S'En the pulpit stairs. One of them
aonped up on his seat and began to
4 30aT his coat tail, in which was some
;ialng 4 he had brought along for lunch.
~ turned slowly around and took
}im by the ears and tail and threw
4 |lm out of the window behind him as
1asily as if he had been young kit
d. The other took warning and got
2at as rapidly as possible, though not
flthout bowling as if he had been half
Sf'licd. He then turned to the audi
3aee and said, smilingly: "St. Paul
3Soor,cd the brethren to Beware of
39ss wonder what he would do if
&e were in my place this morning. Il
4 s3ppears as if am 'compassed abou,
nth dogs as David said he was"