Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-11-04

made.
House dresses have high corsapes
fastened behind, coat-sleeves, and two
skirts, or else q princesse overdress. with
Low waist and gored skirt In one piece.
These overdresses beautify the simplest at-
tire, and are made Of any material-black
alpaca, silk OF merino. In alpaca, trim
med with scarlet braid, they cost $40
ready made. OF black or blue silk, trim
med with ruohes. and large enough for q
elrl OF eight years, they cost with O sash
$50. Others more simply made'are S1s.
A NEW WONDER. i
Discovery OF = Peerined Giant near
Syracuse, New York.
The Syracuse Standard relates the fol-
owing:
On Saturday last Mr.. Newell thought to
dig we'll some six or seven rods east of his
house, and triae southeast of his barn,
The spot is probably thirty feet below til,
house, and the surface soil is loose, half
sand, half dark muck, the natural washing
from the hills above. It is not more than
twenty rods from the creek, the channel of
which is thought to have been at or very
near this spot many years ago. Mr.. Newell
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but two and a-half feet when Something
hard was struck, which was believed to be
stone. They thought but little Of, it at
first, expecting to have to break it loose and
pry it oUt. But throwing ont few more
shovels of earth from its side, the feet Of q
man appeared. A few minutes more of la
Dor exposed the legs up to the calf: and
now, their interest being excited, they be-
gan to dig carefully all around it, until the
whole form of a mana petrified giant
was brought to view. The neighbors be-
gan to hear of what was found, and of
course went ct once to Gee. 4;
Mr.. Sisas Forbes, who resides mile and
a half distant, came to the city Saturday
evening and appraised US Of the new found
wonder, and Sunday We went to see it.
And here is what we saw:
The form of man. lying on his back,
head and shoulders naturally fiat; at hip q
trifle over on right side; the right hand
spread on the lower part of the abdomen,
with fingers apart: the left arm half be.
hind, and it's hand against the back oppo-
site the other; the left leg and foot thrown
over the right, the feet and toes projecting
at natural angle. The figure was of ap-
parent lime stone, mixture of the gray
and blue, common in most parts of the
county, and seemed perfect in every par
ticular. The muscles are we'll developed;
the ribs might be counted, the nostrils are
perforated so as to admit large sized
finger up near two inches; the lines Of toe
and finger nails are plainly marked; the
left ear is partially gone, BIZ i~ INT one
is perfect aud in proportion to IT,. other
parts; the nose finely shaped; tie forehead
high; and the adams apple at the
throat Just projecting out, a is most COM
mon with men. The appearance of the
.scountenance" marks the Giant of eau
casian race, and not the Indian. If work
of art the artist has failed in any effort at
hair on the head.
We obtained measurements of this won
derful petrified specimens of past race
Tor, possibly. sculp:ure)-and they are. az
follows: =. -
From top of head to instep sole-or nat,
ural standing height ten feet two and one
half inches.
!. From point Of chin to top Of head, twen-
ty.One inches. --0t<- !. IS
Nose, from brow to tip, six inchss-acrosa
base of nostrils three and quarter inches.
; Mouth four inches. -, -
From extreme of shoulders, three feet.
Hand-Across palm, seven inches; thro
wrist five inches; second finger, from knuck.
le joint, eight inches.
Leg-From hip joint to knee Joint, three
feet; through thigh, one foot; through calf,
nine and half inches. >.
Foot, rineteen and half inches long.
We have saiathat the whole was perfect.
And SO it appeared, except few fakes
dropped off while the work of 'exhumatiou
was going on; and perhaps others yester.
day. If any we'll proportioned man will
make measurement of himself as above. he
will see q striking agreement of ratio.
Though the figure has all the appearance
of stone, nevertheless the outer surface
shaves off with knife without materially
dulling the blade. This was tried, but Of
course was not allowed to proceed to dis.
figure Mr.. Giant. A scale that fell from
the bottom of one of the feet looks much
like gold quartz. but still is scottish and
crumbles readily, with sort of soft sand
stone result. 1t rests on half sand, hall
clay bottom, the earth above being, as We
have already said, of Tighter character.
Mr.. Newell has stumbled upon an 'ele.
phant'' in this giant. His neighbors say il
is fortune to him. It's averred that he
was offered ST, 600, $40, ZOO. and even 800.
600 for it; that clergyman offered his farm
era were all declined.
Prof Boynton, from q hasty examina-
ton, is Of opinion that it is q work of art
sculpture from stone. If this theory be
correct, it would be scarcely less interest.
ing than if pertrifaction. In tho one case
arises the spe culation as to a gigantic race
of beings that may have inhabited portions
of this ''new world" hundreds of years be.
fore Columbus discovered it; the other az
to how long ago the artist did the work,
and where came he, or his ancestors, fromi
Men nigh on to . hundred years., and who
have resided in the country seventy Of
them, have never heard allusion to such q
thing; the Indian traditions speak not Of
it. The records of the first white men in
this region-the' Catholic Jesuits-is Of
something over two hundred years. The
record preserves matter of less interest
than this would be: but not this. Then
again We say it would have scarcely less
interest as work Of the chisel. than a. a
pertrifaction. &c.,
Our city is talking about the giant. The
story has passed from one to another till
very many, probably ten thousand, Of on,
citizens have already heard it,, The inter:
est is great in It, insomuch that IL has been
almost impossible for I'D to thus disjointed.
~ write about the great wonder, because Of
the constant interruption by visitors who
are anxious to hear from one who has &C.
tually seen. =.
Care for Hydrophobia.
Franklin Dyre, highly respectable and
intelligent farmer Of Galena, Rent county,
Nd, gives the following as sure cure for
the bite If mad doc AA will ho aoon he
has tested 1t, with the most gratifying re-
suits:
Elecampane is q plant we'll known to most
persons, and is to be found in many OF
our gardens. Immediately after being
bitten take one and q half ounces of the
root Of the plant-the green root ia perhaps
preferable, but the dried will answer, and
may be found in our drug stores, and was
used by me-siice or bruiss, and put into
q pint Of fresh milk, boil down to half
pint, strain, aud when cold drink it.
fasting at least six hours afterward. The
next morning repeat tho dose fasting, using