New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-21
THE CARDIFF GIANT.
HISTORY OF THE STATUE AND IT'S MAKER

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HISTORY OF THE STATUE AND IT'S MAKER.
HOW AND WHERE TIE IMAGE WAS NADIA
PROFITABLE VENTURE ron FAnhsns BOY
TAI, ORIGINAL GENfUss tI1'Iy.fo w
BiNGHAMroN, Sept. 1s.-The world must
confess that 1t never humbugGed 30 brilliantly as
was year ago last Summer BY the discovery OF tho
petrifed man near syrsc~se, n Y. Tho Cardiff dians
was tho work Of ordinary ecsius The man ths'
conceive and successfully carry ont such
OF juggery character for history lprepose 10 Gvo
short account Of the individual aud OF his myserious
enterprise. .v ~
sign In front Of fac brick building In this place
bears the inscription "Georeo HUI. manufacturer ana
dealer In foreign and domestic CIGARS inside tho puila
ing are evidences Of quite an extensive business o
contradcted rumOr says that both building ana
have been established with capital earned 70 tno PRIV
prieor by the Cardiff Giant OF which he was also tno
solo originator, manufactures, and perpetrator mr.
Hull IL now in bis 10th year. He was born at eyd'
ney's Ford on the Connecticut River. between Hartoru
and pged Hero he lived on farm TILL ne was 10
Through his youth which was lled with remarKapio In
cideute he cultivated his peculiar mind In very pc
culiar way almost wholly without books, but ater ah'
I'm way lust a. we'll adapted ~ any other 10 NJ MIN Iof
making the Cardiff Giant He was born inventor
snap" invented by him has como unto universal
use. His parents wore Puritans-sturdy OLD Coh
peotous people, The young man was brought up LILO
rnost implicit obedience to his good Puritan mothers re-
ltgicas sah. But ct the ago when tho reasoning po"
era begin to supersede the simple trust OF chdhooo no
began 80 launch out into freethnknR and then TOT INC
rat time he set biuse to reading His books were OK
ousyely those Of religious philosophy. Cutting loose
from the faith in which Re had been Bred be invented
daring theories Of his own upon religious hs'tcrs' Ills
theological inventions were abstracy speahus' WY
unfortunate though, practically. they earned lor LIN
all the money he now possesses in the worid; iSr
the Cardiff Giant-the source OF his fortune-waS
the direct upshot and result Of his metaphysical
and that In this wise: The young skeptic comihs 10
manhood, possessed tolerable knowledge OF the DO
Iemical literature Of region. He had read something
on both Sides though OF course generally on the
side He had devOurcd everything that saverea o.
rational philosophy, whether found in DAVID humes
writings or in The Springfield Republican Thus No nao
become quite decently fortified in inndelty cnd liked
nothing better than to show OF his pyrotechDic argu
ments against religion by engaging IN discussions WIN
cergymen deacons and church elders. IL was IN the
midst OF one Of these discussions that there flashed on
hs mind the conception Of John Henry CardG the Ohon
daga Giant Of Gypsum.
HOW THE PROJECT ORIGINATED.
At the age Of % tho young but confirmed sKeptio
left the paternal farm to make his own 1noepenaeh1
fortune IN the world Chance guided his footsteps to
R,nghamtou then one Of the nourishing large vii
laees Of interior New-YOrk. Charmed with the resem-
blance Of the Chenango Valley to the rch hatlands
Of the Connecticut he sought him out few ferto acres
two miles north Of the village. and transpanted there MS
old Connecticut occupation OF tobaccoraisnR On tn's
farm he stayed is years. and beside arguing all his re
gous negbors out Of their Senses he continued 10 pay
for his land and afterward to support his old parents
under his own roof At the end Of this Is years he found
himself in possession Of a-for farmer-comfortabe
little fortune being WORTH when the mPortsnt Gr IN
his NE ea%s iay men restless and driving
and thber all sorts OF mad erranas, ee u antar
e.. Sss III i1S and
Ne s n
Hebrew or Greek escaped his batteries. Many were
TIE might; that he a t u M
ing at Aclley Hardin Co, Iowa he was si'tng ny ue
s had bed of caed H. aa e 100
n q Ms H Fro Gaed Su rs
hs to a as
Ssasesy Of the history
his tSs ssot t. ss s
epan stoay 81 a. eIprsisns 1ne
in the fact that our nearly perfect
than their descendants have proved to be- There were
What evidence have You that there gians de-
manded his antagonist why some have been founo'
Retiring to bed about dayHreak the heated brain OF Of
the skepcal debater long upon what
E s.s sg s . se that
ss% Sessss s
Would S believe p stone image Of Hnak
II they should find II already manufactured ana eomnt
ception Of John Henry Cardiff the 0nondsga Giant IT
sprang up in his heated brain in full pan9ply Every
cry, and the fortune to be made out Of showing to
thousands Of the credulous at 80 cents head IL
o G% was lacking Of the Complete
Giant in that first conception the exact TORN o re
unlike that Of statues Of gods and proving
b not but e h 5d
and blood and vascular system-a had their place IN
a y tho to Them s made DEERE
sna Ss Sns s as the
zaton That was In respect to size The sons Of Anak
TO be like themselves, must surely be l6 feet IN
nna 81 shon da be made to the cuG The diff
Guilty OF finding q stone sufficiently large, howeycr
10 feet Ii inches.
LOOKING PoR A PARTNER
From that night uneasy rested tho head that gave
birth to that marvellous conception The secret kept
locked tightly there, however, for eighteen months.
Nothing was added subtracted from the original
design and the only thing developed was the money and
length, in the early summer Of lss7 the decision was
taken Mr. Hull brought back his family to Binghsnton
W SRS At that ATTN time not other soul had SeSn
participation In the mysterious project Even wife and
family were In total ignorance OF the object Of the
hasty return to Bnghsmton and the Immediate Journey
Of the husband and father to the West On hts arrival In
the want OF partner yet to whom could he confde
project which rested % entirely on proioun,d secresy
reader OF his feilow-nen. He became acquainted with
Mr.. F. from Morrison. IL was then snxsgsd IN the
appeared TO be man who could keep secret 30 he
picked out for partner Gradually e %h fully. the
nafentrgh vendor replied at that he ready to
Ego In" He would put in capital but csnid not sPsre
was needed most Of ALL and after exposing the secret
the oer be rejected and no good come Of it Yet
in Chicago one b. who had time and would also
20 inc Though B. was never made partner. yet IT