The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-12

MS si-iu r1rIsf be reDreSented on JO6n fIsS3 -
rvs body To this end the following device
was re~OrtGd TO: \ circular piece OF eartl-
board, the size Of q Watch crySta:, was cut
out The hand was pressed on this. leaving
prints OF the skins pores Earning needles
We're pressed through the caru-bO3rd % the
points marked by these prints. Ihen the
needles were fixed in place by plaster OF Par
is; and into the plaster OF Paris was poured
melted lead. thus forming q Lslht.lt- 4ne
tool 50 made was in fact heavy hammer,
with the darniug-ncedle points projecting
from its t1ce. Then the whole pOdl OF the
mysterious giant was carefully pecAeI over
Especial care vas used TO make tie Hlil4 -
plain and deep under John henry ; ht',1' ~
the place where modern giants wear tuelt
mustucues. Finally, the whole body hstu
three separate baths Of sulphur1c acldr CIV
ing u . rusty dlngy appearance, anu ,'lsts -.
ing the date OF its origin back 80 least --'"
yeJr>-
SEEKING a GRAVE.
Vow, that the giant was finished, came
the hardest work OF ail-that of getting MIN
into marzet-ifwe may apply modern
phrase 10 50 ancient subject This petrined
man weighed $3.50 pOunds,and even TO move
10 was a great task; bat TO move il out OF the
city and away in secresy-there was the rub.
But the same lndOmitanle genius trlum plpd
here as everywhere previously The giant
was measured and q mammoth box OF -
inch plank was constructed Tor him. The
driver who brought this box was intensely
curious to learn its purpose, and was only
laif satisfied BY being told that II was Tor
the conveyance OF marble. Nevertheless he
went OF, leaving the box in front OF the
barn door. LOte at night it was taken into
the baln, a derrick made, the image raised
and placed in the hinge coffin; the lid was
spiked down; and tue whole box was strap
ped around and around WITH sturdy iron
strips 3 inch thick and IL inch wide. The
next day John Henry Cardiff figured on the
way-bills at the freight depot, under the dI-
County, New York" It mad been the inten-
tentiOn OF the protector 10 bury the giant in
Western prairie. and Ofterward 10 emi-
crate thither. But IL was fOuud, when the
statue was completed, that funds were lack /
ing for Transporting Il to the West and FOR
procuring and fitting up an emigrant was-
on for carrying QUIT the scheme. II was de-
clded, therefore, by that i'll luck, that the
image should be shipped TO BiughamtOn, 50
ths.- It's owner, having the giant at home, Z
could take his own time aud wait fOt the
capital to come TO hand Union, whittier
the box was shipped is the next railroad /
station west OF BlnghamtOn. Mr.. HUI him
self came TO BInghamtOn and rejoiued his I
family, after. an absence Of nine months de- |
voted exclusively to his mysterious project.
The problem now was where to bury the gi-
ant II was then the summer OF 1865. y
great sensation had Just been caused by the
discovery Of a cave IN the earth at Salisbury,
Connecticut Report described this as a sec
Ond Mammoth Cave, full OF all sorts OF rel
les and remains OF remote antiquity. he-e /
is the place Tor them 20 discover q FOSSIL 81
ant, - said the giant-Inaker, ana ne started
at once for Salisbury. But the owner OF the
acknowledgement demanded q ElDu-
IOus price for IL, and he was compelled 10
his intentions against COnnectlcut.
Something must be speedily dones hoWSNeIi
for the stone man was now on his way East,
and must be taken away from the railroad
station as soon it should arrivs.At this point
il occurred to the Unfailing genius Of our gi-
that he had an acquaintance,
one Newell, withal a shFewd fellow living
near Syracuse, n. \. HIS residence was IN |
the middle OF that famed ''OnOndagO HOi- |
n Mere EraOIOlrE nLWenE ancient in
land sea, and where rumOr speaks OF won ]
dertul fossil discoveries. To OnOndagO
therefore went the father OF giants. He |
found Newell, gently broached the subject |
10 him, and discovered that Barkis was will 4
ing, and not only willing but anxious TO get |
a share IN the proprietorshlp OF the tOrth- /
coming wonder. After some bargaining it |
was stipulated that Newell should receive a |
One-eighth interest for his services in the af- |
1air. On looking over Newells farm, Mr..
Hull discovered a spot Of sunkcn ground I
cation of an abandoned well. . Now New
ell, there's our spot. said Auak, the father |
of giants you commence well there, draw /
stone for curbing, tell your neighbOrs that /
you are going to open well for your cattle ]
next summer, and there's our game" New
ell replied that he could play that Well, |
you want to study on thai one point, and /
not tell anybady, not even your wife" ''BuJ I
aftera all, believe Newell blOWed on me-
said Mr-Hull in describing the result.
TIE BURIAL AM THE RESURRECTION.
Hull now returned home, and waited a /
week for the arrival of the giant at Union. |
At the end OF that time he sent two men |
and four horses for the big box consigned to |
George Odds" TheylOaded the box on the |
wagon and started for Cardiff, some 7Omiles /
distant. People along the road frequently |
asked about the contents Ofthe strange look
ing box. The usual reply was, ''It's len D0-
vis"-an individual whose memory was just
then dying out OF the world. The drivers
of this wagon were relatives of Mr.. Hull,
and good, trusty fellows lt was 50 ar
ranged that they should arrive AT Cardlu IN
the night SO, stopping at NeWel-S house
about midnight, they un4 4Oaded the vast box.
covered IL up in a mass Of chan at the barn
door, and in , minutes had driven away
again, leaving the barnyard alone 70 dark
ness and the unsuspt ptciOuS-lOOktng mass of
chah In this ignOble condition lay the
wonderful giant Tor three or four weeks.
At the end OF that time derrick was finish
ell and shipped by railroad to Cardiff. That
night Hull and Newell removed the giant
from his bed of straw to the well" and bu.
ried him. Home NJ last IN mother earth,
John Henry now awaits the trump OF the
Harvard College professors to wake him in
10 the famous antediluvian man. He wait
ed just one year. During the winter, New
el drew stone for building his'iwelI." When
curious neighbOrs made inquiries he eX-
plained something as follows: '-WaaL. you
see, them cattle Of mine have darued hard
time Of gittiniJhrough the mud To the creek
to drink, and I'm gOin' to have a we'll for
EN- here at the barn." Then receiving the
lllLL APPROPRIATION OF MS uelLAnOEaI MlLlOuE
which 10 is impossible 10 do amy new thing
on a farm, ,dF. Newell proceeded IA the sum
mer TO open his well. When they had dug
dewn a few feet the giant was discovered iy-
ing on his side, just as he had lain for 2, 100
years, by the very marks OF the earth sur
rounding. Curious neighDJTs returned 20
gaze. RumOr spread the report. Citizens
of Syracuse came up In hOcks IO see the won
der. Crowds ON crowds now came to see.
Newell 5WOre that lac would mt have his grass
trsden down anyhow, and covered mp the
hOie aslin- IhLS WIS 700 niuch ipf ii9iuau
curiosity. The crowd demanded a sight at
the mysterious giant, and offered To- raise
money 70 pay Tor the destruction OF crops.
So 10 finally, naturally, though wholly uneS-
pectedly, you know, came about chat 80
cents was charged as an adHittauce Zee. At
Ehis price over 300 persons Visiled the giant
daily. A special excursion train was run
from Rochester. Scientific men pricked up
put on their SpectacleS, examined, saw the
pores I'm the skin, saw the vcrsimilitudc Of
nature, and pronounced Lhe discovery fos-
sill, A deleg ttiOu from Harvard College IL
n1ly settled &C fOr the country that JOhu
Henry Cardiff was no less than prcada-
mite man who completely Overthrew tine
Old Testament. fan the savans who drew
near in awe only one ventured 70 doubt
Tnis was n young sandy-haired professor
from Yale, who pretended to discover straWs
and bits of chaif in the dirt, and to see evil
dences of recent digging. Bat ne was speed
iiy suppressed, and science tfiumphed!
Tie giant was now we'll on the markell
IlEE more interest 10 AllllA LAlaAiA even
Che victory Of science. Immense offers for
shares in the concern were made by show
men. The protector and owner Of the giant
came on the ground 70 negotiate with Them
The men who bought out the original
shares were MessrS. WescOE Higgins, and
GiIlett Of Syracuse, Spencer OF Utica. and
Hamman Of HOmer-N.I. AfterWard, " les5rs.
Fitch and Euis q Co., bankers, in Syracuse,
bought another eighth at sl5,G0. The final
eighth was still owned by the manuiactur-
er, Mr.. Hull. He retained this share I'LL
April, 1871. when he sold 10 out in Boston
When asked how much money he had made
out Of the enterprise. Mr. Hull replied thar he
did mt caretO give the precise figures. -hut
that he had made enough so that he was mt
pinched, % and he added that he expected
still further addition to his income by the
tory OF the affair "Ihe expense" said 10
"Of getting ap the thing I'LL the final day Of
planting no ~ Cardiff was Just 5000 what ]
have received above that is clear gain"
When / inquired as to- the present where
abOuts OF tie giant, Mr.. Hull replied that he
did not know just where 10 was on eNhlbl-
tiOn now: and, heavihg a sigh at the agony
caused him al parting with his Pet, he de
scribed the last OCCASION When ne saw IT,
This was ut NeW-Haveut last Spring His
hotel Landlord urged him 10 go down town
TO see the greatest wonder Of the age. 'Aud
20 this morning" said he, "iOr the pfOIes-
sOrs ar- inst now gone down % examine T.
50 he went down. The exhibitor, tfptts-
espied the towering form Of the glant's Ettu-
Grand pofuted him out 10 a gray haired
professor, who was engaged IN examining
John Henry beneath microscope y nat
man made. thfs fmagc!' exclaimed the IN
dignaut professor; .Hsrer, that is unless he
Is m0ge than 2i00 years Old.' 20 % seems
the giant still has H. believers