Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-11-04

out attracting notice, and the barn win
dows and doors having been blinded :
German sculptor named Edward Sale
and another named Markham were an,
nloved by Burghardt and entered on the
WORK of giant making. The first stem
was TO shape a clay model. Some tep
or twelve clay images, about two feet IN
length. were completed before safs-
factory model was obtained. 1t was
Hull's aim to represent man who had |
lain down and died but as he entertain |
ed doubts of the universal acceptatiGnf
off a netrefaction theory, he also wished |
to make a giant that would, when that
failed. pass muster as an ancient STATUE.
This combination of designs is the cause
of that curious feature which attracted
notice in the exhibition OF the giant. An
unexpected and insurmountable obstacaI
suddenly arose in the way Oh the petreA
faction theory, however, IN the attempt
to represent hair. After vain essays
the head had to be left bald; and this /
caused the defect which opened the way
to the earliest explosion OF the num-
bug.
Hull found much trouble also in keep,
ing his German workmen at their task,
and was compelled to do much OF the
work himself, so that it was the last OF
September before the image was finally
cut to shape. The work OF the pro-
iector was, however, far from coiapleta,
at this stage, for some additional Tea!
lures were deemed indispensable to the
petretaction theory. ..... ......s
First it was thought necessary TO nave
a giant bear 9 VateF-WQrn appearance.
This was accomplished by l4eans at &
sponge filled with water and sand, WITH
which the patient Hull by long con-,
tinued rubbing produced some OF the apt
pearances which have been referfa9ass. Z, g.
as establishing the antiquity Of the. gl!ise
and as refutlng completely the theofIess.
Of 8 modern origin ThiS tas 9k lhftsEeo,
he next procured several dozen large.
darning needles, and taking sma4t taScs
of paper, varying from an inch TO an
inch and a half in diameter, aud making
on them a regular series Of dots, ne
passed the darniDg needles through ts,s'
discs at the dots, and secured the Whole
in a plaster of Paris mould, Into this
he poured melted lead, thus producing
sort Of leaqeh ham meI, with tha nP9die8
projecting half an INCH from the face
With these hammers the WHOLE statue
was carefully peCked oyer, to give 1t the.
ikeness az poFes in tie ssi4. 'rl3e pores
thus produced are bhe 'ttpin holes" which.
have been spoken of by nicrosc0pists.
Hull has still in his POSSESSION some of
the leaden Instruments With which
they were made. .- .. --s'--..
On finishing the pores there was still
ar. appearance of freshness and newness
about the giant, and to ob7iate this,
Hall conceived the design of washing
the surface with ink he accordingly
procured d 8alid,. Qt a4nghstl Atft4ng
fluid, With Whiph be b&thed the whole
exterior. This was found ~ be mis-
take, for it gave the body ah artificial
tint, and to remedy it, a gallon Of sui
phuric acid was applied with q sponge.
The acid eroded the surface and gave ii
8 darK, qIngY Aue, 4eagipg the genera!
appearance OF antiquity. Act some
traces OF the ink seem TO have been left
remaining, for q 'sreddish hue" about
the nostriis and finger nails has been re-
marked by investigators who have dig
ui7ed the Cardiff fraud by giving it q
close scrutiny
The appliance Of the acid Completed
viz AtA4SA-Ts eLiltL tt WIS. liz ~ fHt@4Y Iva
transportation. 1t was packed in saw
dust and enclosed ia q huge box made
for i b. . carpenter named n, Strassef, +
on North klsrg slf6ei the Dos was
strapped with thick iron, and was then
earted tothe depot by & drsyTnau nsIned
PeteEC. Wilson, the whole being mark
ed FINISHED marble, g.. 0lds, Union,
N. s." Hull had rot yet d5aided where !
TO bury the image, but determined TO
send 1t to Union, whore, being only nine
miles from his home ut BinghamtOn, it
could be easily seat 20 the destination to
be chosen. s-..-.--,. I'LL. :.........g
r., s--..s.,-. sEr- ,,-l.,,l. aIo.,r tite. pro-
gees ef ti22 huge box from Chicago to
Union have frequently been produced. |
Voucher No. S306, of October, 1868,
of the Great Western railroad, shows |
its transportation from Chicago to SEs, |
penai0h bridge, where it arrived October
fth. The New York Contsal railroad |
next carried it from there Il. Syfscuse in I
ear No. 2, 66s, whence it went te Bing- !
hamtoa by the Syracuse and .Dinghstn- !
ton railroad; and thence to Union BY |
The Erie railroad. The writer has taken |
pains, in bef1alf Of accuracy, 10 copy the
original way -ltIlts on file at Binghamton |
and Union, ,nareing the journeys of the
giant from Syracuse to Binghamton, and
from Binghanton to Union.
These details are given with particu-
aFity, as accessible to all, and as fur
lishing iTrefEIaitle proof that the Car
lift Giant was born in 1863, and was
shipped In a box to its burial place, and
S unworthy of any scientific considera-
ion except In the history OF hoaxes.
Immediately on the shipment of the
5iant from Chicago, He'll had pro-
,eeded TO Salisbury, Conn, 2 news
PAPER description of the newly d.sc1v
red cave at that place having attracted
zig notice. He examined the Cave with |
view TO making il the burial place for /,
his image, but was discouraged by the
rice demanded There occurred to !
i'm at this moment the reports of fossil /,
emains discovered years before st On
ndaga Hollow near Syracuse, n ".
nd happening also to remember th2t a
"a brother s .wife's nephew
AIMED William G Newell, was living in B.,
1at locality, he started thither at once. J
opening his project to Newell immedi-
teiy on bis arrival, the two men care :
ally searched the farm for the proper !
lace to bury the giant. A place near !
he barn, where a we'll had been com Z
was selected, and the details of
Re burial and the unexpected rcsurrec- \
on of the image, by men to be eXploy- )
in digging well, were arranged on s
lie spot. ...... -. s
Hull Immediately returned home, aad n
curing the services of bis nephew, \
racy Hull, and another nelghb0r nam !,
Amesbury, he procured a four-horse a
agon to transport the large box from =
Mon to Cardiff Hull went with them | r
Union. paid, himself, the freight bill, n
1ounting to ST. 52, receipted for the y
ant, and saw the train start at about +
ghtfull, Nov. 4fh, for Cardiff. He n
t for the same destination, starting by q
llroad in an opposite direction, SO as Il
have some days before the arrival of n
e giant to make preparations for the HI
rial. The four horse team did not ar nj
e till the 9th. It was dark and rainy. +,
d late in the evening when it Drove 10
No attention having been excited
that vicinity-although much remark TO
d been caused at some points on the t6
heavy box was rolled off INTO |. 10