The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1869-07-17
Some Giants.

| OOIu0 01auCS.
In 1918 French acsdemician. named
Henrion. endeavored to show a great
decrease in the height of men between the
periods Of the creation and the Christian
Era. Adam. he says. was 1913 feet 9 in.
ches high Eve. lls feet 8 inches; Noah.
p feet; Abraham, 20 feet: Moss. l3
feet The allegation about Adam is mode.
rate compared with that made hv early
Rsbbinical writers, who affirm that his
head overtopped the atmosphere, AMI that
he touched the Arctic Pole with one hand
and the Ant arctic with the other Trad
tionarv memorials Of the pri,nrval giants
still exist in Palestine in the form Of graves
Of enormous dimensions as the grave Of
Abel near Damascus. which is 80 faat
long; that of Seth abont the same siz.
and that of Noah. in Lebanon, which is
20 yards in length
Piny says that by an earthquake in
Crete mountain was opened, and in it
WAS discovered skeleton standing up
right, As cnbits long. which wsa supposed
to be that Of Orion or Otus. The same
author relates that in the time Of Clandius
Cesar there was man named Gabbaras.
brought BY that Emperor from Arabia to
Rome, who was feet inches high, 1.-The
taIlest man that has ever been seen in our
times" But this giant was not 80 tall as
Posio and Sedundilla, 10 the reign of
Augustus Caesar. whose bodies were pre-
served as curiosities in museum in the
La:Iustian Gardens, and each Of whom
measured in legn:h 40 feet inrh4~.
The Emperor Maximus (v~ry much If a
many was 9 feet high. aud was in the h.h,
Of using his wife's bracelet for. thnmb
ring. His shoes was foot longer than
that Of any other man, and strength was
q" great that he could draw a carriage
which two oxen could not move H.
generally ate forty pounds weight Of Aesh
and drank six gallons Of wine every dav
Not at al desirable or profitable guest
for the St. Nicholas, even at the current
price Of board though not so tall as one
of whom Josephus tells, viz: E-azar. a
Jew, VIII" was one Of the hostages whom
the King Of Persia sent to Rome aft-r
peace. This giant was over 10 feet high
But these are pignies compared with him
Of whom Kircher writer (hough this is
what Yankee philosopher would demo
inmate whopper.) tn" skeleton Of this
giant was dng out Of a stone s-pnlchre
| near Rome in the reign Of the Emperor
Henry H., and which by an inscription at
tsched to it, was known to be that Of Pal
las. who was slain by Turnus, and was
higher than the walls Of the city! The
same author tells US that another skeleton
Wa fonnd near Palermo that must have
belonged to a man 400 feet high.
| In times more modern (lel3) SOM
masons digging near the rui'ls Of = castle
in Dauphine. in a fieId which BY tradition,
had long been called "Th- Giant. Field"
1t the depth Of Is feet discovered brick
tomb 80 feet long, l2 Gee, wide and fee
high. on which was gray stone with thu
words d" Th~u,ob"hus Rex cur thereon
When the tomb was open.d they founl
human skeleton entire 25 feet long 10
feet wide across the shoulders, and feet
deep from the breast n the back. H,~
teeth were shout the Six- Of An "x's foot,
and his shin bone measured 4 fee, IL
length. M
Pl.t. 10 his *Oxfordshirr," 1910, says
that skeleton II feet high vas then 10
be seen iD the town halt in Lucerne. It
had been found under an oak in Wi!isau
near the village If R-yden. H. instances
numerous gigantic bones winch had been,
dug up in England, and adds: :. |, r9,nsins
that (notwithstanding their extravsgaat
magoitude) they must have been the
homes It men or women: nor does any
thing hinder that they may have been A,
provided It b. clearly made ont that tbese
have been men and women cf proportions
ale stature in all ag.. Of The world.
down even to our own days"
Old Cotton Ms,ber held th- belief that
there had been in the sntedilnvian world
men Of very prodig;ous stature. in con.s
Quence of the finding Of homes and teeth
ofgreat sise. which b. Judged 10 be human.
in Albany. he describes one partics!ar
grinder weighing # pounds. and broad.
fat, fos-.tooth four fingers in breadth i
al.o hone. suppn@ed to bs thigh .bnn..
II feet long, which, with the other crum
bled To pieces a soon ~ it was exposed 10 |
the ais-( HaspwS Aagds;ae
While q miser was on his
death he'd fallnVr candle woal