The Tipton advertiser., 1875-11-25

: giant to make preparations for the
/ burial. The four horse team did moi
arrive till the 9th. 1t was dark and
rainy, and late in the evening when
it drove up. No attention having
. been excited in that vicinity-al.
though much remark had been caused
at some points on the route-ths
heavy box WAS rolled off into q large
pile of chaff and concealed in it, the
team returning at once to Bingham.
ton. A few nights later the giant was
removed to pit at the well-site by
means of derrick.
| Up to this time Hull had spent up
on the giant the sum of $4,000. He
now returned to Binghamton, leaving
his money buried with the stone i'm
ago in Farmer Ncwell's barn yard,
trusting to the creduli,y of the world
to repay it to him. A year elapsed
before the next step. October 10Th,
1869, he wrote to Newell that it was
time to dig up the giant. Immedi-
ately on receipt Of the letter Newell
commenced "putting down his we'll, .
employing his neighbors Gideon En-
mons and Henry Nichols to help in
the excavation; while another, Smith
Woodmarsee. was engaged to stone
it up, aud John Parker to draw the
stone. This was October 10th,
While Newell and Parker were ab
sent drawing the stone; Emmons and
Nichols were excavating. The shov.
el all at once struck = hard stone
substance; Nichols thought it was a
water lime pipe, but as he cleared
away the dirt from massive stone
foot, Emmons exclaimed: "Jerusa-
lem, Nichols, it's u big Indian I" AZ
the dirt was rapidly cleared away. re-
vea!ing the out lines Of the image,
William S. Honghton, b l.. Coleman,
and Nathan Park, neighbors of New
ell, CHANGING to pass, were summoned
to view the wonder. This was tho
nucleus Of crowd which numbered
thousands after few hours. 1t has
been stated by believers in the
giants antiquity, that the ground
showed no signs Of an excavation so
recent as year previous. The affi.
davit of one John Hagens WHO left
his wagon to examine the discovery,
rs he was driving past on his way to
the fair, thus describes the appear
ance Of the ear h: 81 took shovel
and got down into the hole, and ss
fast as they uncovered the body
towards the head, cleared the dirt
off about up to the hand on the belly,
When we we're clearing off from the
upper portion Of the body, the earth
cleaved off from the south side Of the
pit, breaking from the sod, and falling
upon the body. l said: Boys, this
is the spot where il was put down.
No reply was made to that, but Mr..
W. c. Newell stepped around and
taking q shovel trimmed the sod
down square with where it came of.
The first men of any scientific pre-
tension to view the giant we're the
four doctors of the neighborhood,
Dana, Parker, Mcdonald, and Ken
dali, who, on the following day, Sun
day, having investigated the subject,
concured in pronouncing the giant .
petrefaction. But, soon, DIR. John
F. Boynton Of Syracuse, = man of
some antiquarian knowledge, exam
incd it, and expressed the opinion
that it was statue made some three
hundred years ago, by the early Jes
uit fathers. DR.. Boynton also offered
for the giant 10000. His offer,
wdh Others more tempting, was
promptly declined, for the sight
seers, nov paying fifty cents each,
seemed to be unlimited in number.
Hull, however, advised Newell to
sell il they could get 100000 for
three -fourths and keep the remaining
quarter. A sale was made on these
terms within the next few days, the
purchasers being Alfred Higgins,
agent of the American Express Co.,
in Syracuse. DIR. Amos Westcott, q
wealthy dentist and ex mayor Of the
same city, Mr.. Spencer, Simeon
Rouse, Amos Gillett. and Messrs. j.
Nj. Ellis and b. L. Fitch, bankers, all
Of Syracuse. A Snowman was placed
in charge, and, for an advertisement,
invitations were sent asking Prof.
Agassiz. Prof. Hall, New York State
Geologist, and Samuel b. Woolworth,
Secretary OF the Board of Regents Of
the University, to come and examine
scientifically the fossil man.
On Nov. Sd, large delegation Of
gentlemen from various parts of the
State came to the pit to make q de-
liberate examination. On inspection,
they pronounced the image 10 be q
statue; and as the stone was of q
quality different from any to be found
in the neighborhood, that it mus,
have been brought from q distance.
Prot. Hall believed it to be Of great
antiquity. Prof. Henry A. Ward,
who fills the chair of the natural SCI
ences in the Rochester University,
was also present at an early date, and
wrote on the same subject: although
not dating back of the stone age, it is
nevertheless deserving of the atten.
tion of archie aologists.' Some OF the
expressions of opinion at this early
date we're quite enthusiastic; as that
Of clergyman who wrote: "This is
not thing contrived of man, but is
the face of one who once lived like
all on earth, the very image and child
Of God"
Up to this time the tide of success
had been unchecked. But now came
. series OF reverses which resulted in
slowly but surely establishing the
true character of the humbug, and
consequently in diminishing its reve-
nue.. Prof. o. c Marsh, of Yale Col
lege, gave the first telling blow to
the empircism that had vouched for
the giants antiquity in the name Of
science, by stating that though gyp-
sum is soluble in 400 parts of water,
pet the surface of the giant was
smooth, and little dissolved, though
surrounded by wet eatrh; thus prov
ing that the burial must have been
recent. Prof. Marsh also found other
indications of newness, which had es-
capped the learned scrutiny of others,
such as recent tool marks in places
where they could not easily be affect
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