The Tipton advertiser., 1875-11-25

to shape . clay model. Some ten Q
twelve clay images, about two fee
in length, were completed before
satisfactory model was obtained. l
was Hull's aim TO represent . maj
who had lain down and died; but q
he entertained doubts Of the univer
sal acceptation Of = petrefactiou
theory, he also wished to make
giant that would, when that failed
pass muster rs an ancient statue
This combination of designs is tn,
cause of that curious feature whicl
attracted notice in the exhibition o
the giant. An unexpected and il
surmountable obstacle suddenly aros,
in the way of the petrefaction 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 te
the earliest explosion Of the humbug
Hull found much trouble also il
keeping his German workmen q,
their task, and was compelled to dc
much of the work himself, so that i,
was the last of September before the
image vas finally cut to shape. The
work Of the protector was however
far from complete, at this stage, foI
some additional features were deemed
Indispensable to the petrefac,ion the.
ory. First it was thought necessary
to have the giant bear . water. worn
appearance. This was accomplished
BY mcams Of . sponge filed with
water and sand, with which the pa.
tient Hull by long continued rubbing
produced some Of the appearances
which hsve been referred to rs es.
tablishing the antiquity Of the gian,
and Is refuting completely the theo.
ries of . modern origin! This task
finished, he next procured several
dozen large darning needles, and
taking small discs Of paper, varying
from an inch to an inch and half in
diameter, and making on them q
regular series of dots, he passed the
darning needles through the discs At
the dots, and secured the whole in =
plaster Of Paris mould. Into this he
poured melted lead, thus producing
a sort Of leaden hammer, with the
needles projecting half IN inch from
the face. With these hammers the
whole statue was carefully pecked
over, to give il the likeness of pores
in the skin. The pores thus pro-
duced are the ''pin holes which
have been spoken Of by microscopists.
Hull has still in his possession some
Of the leaden instruments with which
they were made.
On finishing the pores there was
still an appearance of freshness and
newness about the giant, and to OBJ
viate this, Hull conceived the design
Of washing the surface with ink. He
accordingly procured . gallon of
English writing auid, with which he
bathed the whole exterior. This was
found to be mistake, for it gave the
body an ARTIFICIAL tint, and 10 remedy
il, gallon Of solphuric acid was ap-
piled with sponge. The acid erod.
ed the surface and gave it dark
dingy hue, leaving he general ap-
pearance Of antiquity. Yet some
traces Of The ink seem to have been
left remaining. for = reddish hue"
about the nostrils and finger nails has
been remarked by investigators who
have dignified the Cardiff fraud by
giving it close scrutiny.
The appliance Of the acid COM
pleted the image, and it was now
ready for transportation. 1t WAS
packed in sawdust and enclosed in a
huge box made for it by carpenter
named N. Strasser, on North Clark
Street; the box was strapped with
thick iron, and was then carted to
the depot by drayman named Peter
G. Wilson, the whole being marked
FINISHED marble, G. Olds, Union,
N. Y" Hull had not yet decided
where to bury the image, but de-
termined 10 send it to Union, where,
being only nine mile, from his home
at Binghamton, it could be easily
sent to the destination to be chosen.
The freight bills which mark the
progress of the huge box from Chi
cago to Union have frequently been
produced. Voucher No. S,3O6, of
October, 1868, of the Great Western
Railroad, shows its transportation
from Chicago 10 Suspension Bridge,
where 1t arrived October 7th. The
New York Central itailroad next car
ried it from there to Syracuse in car
No. 2,66S, whence it went to Bing-
hamton by the Syracuse and Bing-
hamton Railroad; aud thence to
Union by the Erie Railroad. The
writer has taken pains, in behalf OF
accuracy, to copy the original way
bills on file at Binghamton and Union.
marking the journeys of the giant
from Syracuse to Binghamton, and
from Binghamton to Union.
These details are given with par
ticularity, Is accessible to oil, and ~
furnishing irrefutable proof that the
Cardiff Giant was born in 1868, and
was shipped in . box to its burial
place, and is unworthy of any scien.
tifc consideration except in the his.
tory Of hoaxes.
Immediately on the shipment ol
the giant from Chicago, Hull had
proceeded TO Salisbury, Conn.,, .
newspaper description Of the newly
discovered cave at that place having
attracted his notice. He examined
the cave with q view to making il
the burial place for this image, but
was discouraged by the price de-
manded. There occurred to him =,
this moment the reports Of fossil re.
msins discovered years before =,
Onondaga Hollow, near Syracuse, N.
Y; and happening also to remembe,
that q connection-a brothers wife'a
n-ph.w-named William G. Newell,
wa living in that locality, he started
thither at once. Opening his project
to Newell imme distely on his arrival,
the two men carefully searched the
farm for the proper spot to bury the
giant. A place near the barn. where
we'll had been commenced, Was Sc.
lected, and the details Of the burial
and the unexpected resurrection ol
the image, by men to be employed
in digging a well, we're arranged on