The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-11-24

THAT Oi IroIesSOr boynton. Mr.. New
ell had previously put up a tent over
the body as it lay in the grave, and re-
ceived thousands of visitors daily from
every quarter, charging them fifty.
cents a head. Parties from Syracuse
dubbed together and purchased three
fourths interest of Mr., Newell for
$4,000, he reserving one quarter for
which he has since been offered fabu.
lous prices. The giant was removed
it is now on exhibition, and visite d
daily by thousands oil people, many of
whom stop off the cars to take a look
at the gigantic stone a
DESCRIPTION OF THE SLANT.
He is IL leet Al inches long, and a
beautiful, symmetrical figure. His
head is 81 inches long, and well pro-
portioned, and combativeness smally
developed. He measures 4 feet across
the chest. His body lies partly on
the side, with the lett hand under him
and his right hand across his abdomen,
and n foot crosses the other; his
head and chest resting nearly square,
rs if representing a person in death
his countenaEce most beautifully and
peacefully expressive. lie weighs
1890 pounds. The back of the head
is partly washed away, so are the ears,
soles of the feet, and the back parts OF
the legs. Small pebbles are embedded
in the back, from which fact, and II at
the water has disintegrated and fur
rowed channels along the back, it is
conclusive To the professors that this
statue, or fossil, has lain III his grave
tor ayes.
II PErRIFIED THEORY.
Although Professors Hall, Boynton.
and others, contend that the soft parts
OF animals cannot petrity, there are
many learned doctors in Central New
York, and elsewhere in the State, who
hold to the contrary opinion, and, in
proof or which, adduce much evidence
to sustain themselves. A case of Cap
tain Cady, near C~hittenangn, Madison
County, is cited. He was buried eigh-
teen years ago, and exhuned four years
since, and fouEd to be entirely petrJfed,
his body resembling the limestone and
gypsum found in that region. Pro
lessor VIM. Nelaskon, late Principal
of Yates Polytechnic Institute, male
that examination. The Schenectady
Union mentions a case of one Howe, Il
soldier Of the Revolution, WHO was
buried thirty years ago, was Olsen
tolnbed six years since, and found en-
tirely petrified The wife of S!mor
Luce, Virgil Corners, was buried thir-
ty-seven years, and the body was foun |
petriied. The mother of Gael Lewis,
Biodgett's Mills, was unearthrd, and
found precisely as the body of Mrs
Luce. A Mr.. Glenny was exhumed.
in the Virgil Cemetery, five years ago,
and his arms and legs were petritied
entirely, and his body well advanced
towards ~petrifaction. These facts are
all s~ubstantiated by authentic teStimo-
nv. Notwithstanding the opinions o
some professors that bodies of flesh
Will not petrify, three-fourths of IL
! ! e lrnel men here scout at the idea,
and 90 so far rs to assert that this gi-
AIT is a fossil They contend that
where the gilnt was found, in plaster.
i nestone. and gypsum bed, with Il
stream of water cnursing constantly
ihioigh it, Petrifactioa could take
p!a.e- That in 1895, in the same
town, FULLY, peirifed oyster clam, and
scollop shells were found, as also spec
linens of trilobite and other extinct
species OF crustacea were found in the
earliest foSsiliierous strata. That
many evidences are on record Of the
settlement of the French Jesuits here
rs early rs the fifteenth century; and
hat in ~excavating many articles OF do
mestic economy have been found in
ills country bearing dates Of antiquity
which must have been uSel by Il rae
of people of great proportions, as skci-
etons between seven and eight feet
high have been uneartlled in four al
| Joining towns. This theory, coupled
with the fact that the giant was buried
in q peculiar manner, with all sorts >
brushwood heaped upon him, aud he
! being as perfectly made on the back as
N front, even to m%inutenesS of the fin
gers on the hand lying directly under
him, has every appearance of petrifac
ton, and puts the question beyond
doebt.
Indeed. 1 must confess, this theory
is rapidly gaining ground 1.-THE mon
ster is Il statuary, then it is the most
perfectly c. iseled n since tn dtys
of Phidias's Minerva. Professor Hall
was here last evening, and remarked
that it looked every way finer than
when he viewed it in its grave. Said
he, THE more look upon it the more
beautiful and perfect it appears. Ii
IS the greatest discovery of this age"
So all think. As yon gaze upon 1t
you are impressed with its beauty in
feature. body and limb. A face BEEN
ing with intelligence, a placid express
S on thai seems to | afle the s;lill OF
any human chisel, a head with even
every organ we'll defined and develop
ed a cI. est that in every form shows
physical accuracy, as also the arms,
body and legs, in every particular
proves it to be the ''human form di-
vlne." 1t confounds professors, anat'
omists. and sculptors, as to whether it
is a statuary Or a fossil!
AS II GIANTS.
Many more people would incline to
believe that this ''worder" had once
| lived and trOd the earth, could they