The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-08
THE cARnlER Giant HuxRuG.
II Was Grown In Iowa, Manufactured
In Illinois, and Planted In New


II Was Grown In Iowa, Manufactured
tn Illinois, and Planted In New
YOrE.
From the New York fbune, March I6.
The full history of the Cardiff giant has
been revealed at last. by Mr.. 81 B. Morton,
Of Marshaltown, in the state of Iowa. This
estimsble and ingenious gentleman, be-
lieving himself wronged by the partners in
whom he trusted, has made clean breast
of it. According to his confession, he
got up the giant" and, In partn ership
with one George Hull, bought quarry of
gypsum in Iowa, from which the material
of the statue was obtained. With much
difficulty the stone was conveyed to Chica,
go, and there chiseled into shape by 3
sculptor named Saley. Then 1t WAS sent to
Cardiff in that famous iron bound box, and
buried on Newelrs farm-BroOme county
being, as Hull remarked, "a great
place for relics" Newell had q one
other persons were admitted to partnership
in the enterprise. though it does not appear
that anybody but Newell and Hull go much
except protested notes. Mr. Mortin's state
ment is tolersbly circumstantial aid cOher-
ent and seems TO be accented, hy these E1oi
s6la51ll y ti1oug b such is tne depfsv-
ity of human nature that We dare say great
many people will hesitate to take his word
as evidence. We ourselves are rather more
interested iI Mr.. Mortin's story of what he
puTposed doing than what he actually did
Recognizing the fondness of the public for
being humbugged, he felt that his stone pet
rifcation, properly managed. was equivalent
to fortune; and IF Hull hadn't made a
d-d fool of himself" he remarked, al
should have had the mother of the Giant
dug up near the same spot. This pleasing
old lady was to have been represented IN
the deadly embraces of a huge serpent.
Sire was to have been built of iron, bone,
and plaster of Paris, and we have 10 doubt
that her celebrated son would have been
very Insignificant giant inieed by the side
of her. The behavior of the miserab 9
Hull, in making id fool of himself, ls
therefore to be deeply regretted; but We
nav console ourselves with Mr.. Morton 8
prediction that in less than two years he
will humbng -the American pope with
some colossal fraud in comparison with
which the Cardiff giant will be nothing bul
wooden nutmegs We shall await the
Eext two years with pleasing anticipation S.
This confession of the gentleman who
: got up" the Giant. will perhaps draw forth
a few remarks from the gentlemen who
gave il various scientific recommendations.
We of course understand that the enineIt
professors, geologists, antiquaries, and au-
thorIties on art aud anatomy who vouched
tor the authenticity of the statute, are ''pot
up to small deceit or any sinful games"
but we should like TO hear from the intelh
gent savants who declared, some that it
was real petri6cstion, some that it bad
evidently been in tie earth at least 200
years, some that it was ''stamI ed with the
marks of ages" some that "only the snci
ent Greek school of art was capable of such
a perfect reproduction of the human form,
and Cne that Italy possessed nothing which
embodied so perfectly ''the intellectual
and ndphysical power of a rock hurting Titan"