The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-11-11
LA5T GRLAI SENSATION.
Discovery Of the Statue Of a Giant
Near Syracuse, N. Y.

citeu the people vi thdt CITY ana Hiieu them
intense interest. On Saturday last a re
markable petrlfed from. apparently that
OF gigantic SIZE, was found IN the town
OF Lafayette, about dozen miles south OF
S racuse, by Mr.. William c. Newell a
farmer while digging well short dis
tar ce from his home. The surface soil Is a
loose, half sand. halt dark muck, the ma
tural washing from The bids above 1t is
not more than twenty rods from the creek
the cbanne! OF which Ii thought to have
been very near this spot many years 20
Mr. Newell and hired man, in digging,
had gone down but two and halt feet
when something hard was struck, which
vas believed TO be stone. They thought
but little OF it at first, expecting that they
would have to break il loose and pry it out
But throwing out a few more shoseis OF
earth iroul Its side. the feet OF a man APP
! pearsd. les minutes more of labor ex
| posed the legs up TO the CAT /; ;ini now
their Interest being excited they began to
/ dig carefully All around it, until the whole
| form OF a nan-a petrhed giant-was then
/ brought TO view. HE nelghtots began to
hear OF what was found, and OF cpul re
Went at once to see.
| MIR. Sias ForGes, who rcsiried a mile
| ano hali distant, came 10 Syracuse Sat
urdry evening and eppIlSed vs. OF the new
! found "onder, aud Sunday the reporter OF
! the Syracuse StaRddrd wen, to sec It -
! ii re Is the report Ut what he thereto had
seen:
! lie form OF man lying on his back,
| head and shoulders naturally fiat; at hip
a tfitle over on right side the right hand
spread OH the lower part OF the abdoHaD,
with hDsers apart; the left arm Ga / be-
/ hinu, and it, head against the back. oppo~
/ site the other the lett lex and foot thrown
over Tue night, the feet and toes project
Ing at d natural angle. The figure was of
apparent lime stone, mixture of gray
ana blue, common IN most part Of the
country, aud seemed perfect ~ every par
| ucuar. IHe muscles are we'll deveinpcd :;
! the RIBS might lie cUCnted the nusiri.s are
/ perforated - 10 admit q large sized FIN
| ger up two inches the lines at toe and
hugeg nails are plainly ual ket the right
one Is perfect and III proportion ia The OH
| Ell parts the nose finely shaped; the tore
! head E,sh ami the Adam apple at
the throat just projecting out, a, Is most
common with men. The appearances Of
the 'coun chance marks the giant of
Caucasian race, aud not the Indian. Ii d
aork OF arr the artist mas failed III any ef>
| ior AZ HAIR on the head.
| " obtained measurement Of this won.
deriui Specimen Of IA past race-or, posi-
| by sculpure-and they are as follows:
From sop OF head to lu>tep soie-ur ma
tural standing heIght-ien TWO aud one
hall inches.
From point OF chin to top of bead, TWEEN
ty che inches.
Nose, from brow to tip, six inches
across base OF nostrIis thrse and a quarter
inches.
Mouth four inches.
From the extreme of should three
feet
Hand-across palm seven inches; through
wrist fye inches second fuger, fium
hnuckle Joint, eight inches
Leg-trom hip JOINT 10 knee joint, three
feet, through thigh, oue foot; through
calf nine ANA a half inches.
The foot, nineteen ard half inches
long.
We have said that the whole was per-
feet. And SO it ppeared, exec a few
1dhos dropped off while the work OF exhu-
NATION was going on and perhaps others
yesterday Ii any we'll proportional man
viii make measurements OF himself as
above, he viii see striking degree Of ra-
to.
Though the figure has all the appearance
of stone, nevertheless the outer surface
shayeS off With knife without materially
duIIlng the blade. This was tried, but Of
course was not allowed to proceed TO dis
figure llr. Giant a scale that tell from
the bottom of one OF the feet Took much
IKE gold quartz, bat still Is scottish and
crumbles readily, with u sort Of soft sand
stone result. 1t rests upon half sand, ha
clay bottom. the earth above being as Ne
have already SAID, Of lighter churac~
ter
News OF this remarkable discovery rapid,
y spread, and vest rday when We were
there people were coming and gong frotl Ii
circuit OF Tour or i've mlie> around Iii farm
Wagons, carriages and buggles, and on
foot, to see 1t.
MARRIED IN SPITE OF THEIR TEETH
Oid Governur SaItonoiaii, Who fourlshad
some 40 years ago, was a man OF some
humOr, as we'll as perseverance,, In effect,
ing the ends he desired. Among other
anecdotes tod OF him BY the peopo OF New
London, the place where he resided, i the
following: OF the various sects which
have tiourished for their day, and then
ceased 10 exist, was one known a. the
d
John, or Ion, or some other Roge 5, SET
tied not tar from the goodiy town AFORESAID.
lie Distinguishing tenet OF the sect was
their DENIAL OF the propriety and scrip
tdlaIty OF form OF marriage. 1t Is hot
good tor man 30 20 alone THIS they De
lltved, aud also that one wife ouly should
"ceave 10 her husband But then ghls
should be matter u agreeH-ut merely,
aud the couple should come toaethe. aud
live as man and wife dispensing with a
the lorms ot Ire marriage cUyenans. The
OH Governor used equenty to call upon
Rogers, aud talk the mater over with aud
endeav0r 10 convince him Of the imprupile
~ OF living win Sarah as he did But
ntliber John nor Sarah would give up he
argument. Ii was matter OF conscience
Wit n mem; they were very happy together
a, they We're; OF what use, then, could
mere iorm BET Suppose they would there
by escape scandal were they not bound 10
take up tue cross, aud 1--we according TO
the rules they protested? The Governor
ioslc Was poweriess. lie was In the neigh
bornood OF John one day, aud meeting with
him, accepted an invIt tion to dine with
hun. The conversation as usual turned
upon tue Old subject:
IN L he, 4 T.