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

Park, De1ghDOrS OIL No"Cl, ChonOAhS W
pass, were summoned to view the won
der. This was the 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 re-
cent as year previous. The affidavit
of one John Hagens, who left his wagon
to examine the discovery, as he was
driving past on his way to the fair thus
describes the appearance OF the earth
81 took the shovel and got down into
the hole, and rs fast as they uncovered
the body toward the head, | cleared the
dirt off about up to the hand on the bel
". When we were cleaning 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 it was put down. No
reply was made to that, but Mr.. W. @.
Newell stepped around and taking a
shovel trimmed the sod square with
where it came off
The first men of any scientific pre-
tension to view the giant were four doc
tors of the neighborhood, Dana, Parker,
mcdonald, and Kendall, who, on the
following day, Sunday, having inVesti
gated the subject, cOncurred in pro
bouncing the giant petrefaction. But,
soon, DR.. John F. Boynton Of Syracuse,
4 man OF some antiquarian knowledge.
examined it, and expressed the opinion
0hat it Was q statue made some three
hundred years ago, by the early Jesuit
fathers. DR.. Boynton also offered for
the giant $4,000. His offer, with 9TH
els more tempting, was promptly de-
[clned, for the sight seeFs, now paying
Iffty cents each, seemed to be unlimited
lid number. Hull, however, advised
| Newell to sell il they could get $50, 900
/ d three-fnurths and keep the remain.
az quarter. a sale was made on these
tsfDs within the nett few days, the pur-
ehser3 being Alfred Higgins, agent of
Ge American Express Company, In
[ Syracuse, DR.. Amos Westoott,a wealthy
deatist an eX-faayor of the same city, q
Ma. Spencer, Simeon Rouse, Amos Gil 4
~. and Messrs. J. NJ. Ellis and 3. T.
/ E,Gh, bankers, all of Syracuse. A show
nab was placed in charge, and, for an
advertisement, invitations were sent
@khg Erof. Agassi4, Frof. Hail New
! AHk State Ge6logist, and Samuel B. !
! wa HOAtLis kSCCIOtdIJ VI. -GLlG 1Odfu Vi
Ree nts of the University, to come and |
/ ext iBe scientifically the fossil man.
d Nov. Sd, a large delegation of |
! gellemeu from various parts Of the !
Stasc to the pit to make q deliber. |
ate eF&Ripati0A. On inspection, they |
/ preGnnced the image to be q statue |
4 anC ae tue stone was OF quality |
ditfcent from any to be found in the |
! neisbDrhOod, that it must have been t
! broeEt from q distance: Prof. Hall |
belifed it to be of great antiquity. |
(, F4o Henry l.. WARD, VINO flis the |
| Claio{ the natural sciences in the R0ch- |
csteghiyersity, was also present at an
early Date and wrote ON the subject
! 'Altough not dating back to the
! ston age, it is nevertheless de.
! seTviy. of the attention of the
| arch 1!bgiste soH4e OF the expressions
OF onion 81 this early date were quite /
epthiatio as that of clergyman
| who rste. This ls not thing con-
| trigef man, but is thu face of one
/ who tke lived like all on earth, the
very age and child of God" !
lpEthis time the tide Of success had
been Checked But now. came. a Sc
RES oheyerses which resulted In slowly
but sgFy establishing the true chaFac-
ter OF be humbug, and consequently in
dlmin ing its revenue. Prof 30. c. |
MaEshh Yale COLLEGE, gave the first
teiln9 law to Ehe ernLirGism shat had
YouEhe foF the giants antiquity in the
name sbience, by stating that though
|. gypsnlH soluble in 400 parts of water,
yet tie ilfaoe OF tae giant was smooth, |
and lift MsCcg.lxrafs cFt Sa.1 !
by wet nth thus proving that the
burial ut have been recent. Prof.
Marsh Sd found other indications OF
Yewnes. which had escaped the learned
!. .;.s.'gs- Athers,. such ~ recent tool
s4afks IMAGES where they could not
easily beHaced, and in places close by |
water WGl surfaces. Soon also there
were letrs; one after another, from
persons 40 had seen the four-hOrse
wagon csying tho large box to Cardiff, /
Then eau Gthers from Fort Dodge, de-
failing thdisfory Of the stone e0aTried
cat and spRea to Chicago by Hull,
July 9Th, SOC. Finally, the statement
OF the Chhse stone cutter, Markham,
came forwits
1t is to trainembered that Hull had
ao1n5onod1 'eespair the attempt to i'm
itate hair q the head of the image.
The giants sk!ness early attracted the
attention. ORION. Lewis H. Morgan,
New ORR 81 Senator from Monroe
county, gatkmep deeply Versed in
IHdlan aTcb0sgy, who remarked that
che subject % be neither d finished
statue nor IeTefactinB, for it had no
hair, alth0ugtInplete in all other re-
sDects. f&tEes the sculptor, who took
another sock 6 Y the removal from the
pit, also fdui recent ehiseI marks.
Ice most danagpg circumstances now
coming to ligI however, were those
connected with kewell's drawing from
tae 0nondaga tfDty Bank a portion of
ING money II fait TO HUlls order,
mus connecting tlat mysterious man
and his four hGSs wagon, and his west
EN- stone euttlRgA very intimately with
the giant --. ...r
Yet all the discussion helDed to adyer-
Use the exhibition which being now re-
moved from Newdl's farm To Syracnsa.
vas visited by such tAr0ngp of neopta ~ n
q require special tfajns on the railroad. I .
-Four thousand tickets were sold in a
lay. The giant was Welding an income .
quail to the Interest on three millions
ioitars at seven per GENT. and large bids
we're made for Its purchase, as high as
go, 900 being Offered for an eighth.
But this was to BE-. of short duration.
The first decline in fortune was brought
bout by Barnum, the Snowman, who
ow came to Syracuse desirous OF buy
g a share and ASSUMING the manage
cent OF the show, ana heing rejected,
In retaliation from q German
,ulptor, of the vicinity, named Otto,
unfinished initiation of the Cardiff
amt engaged the sculptor to complete
and then placing it On exhibition at &
Iood's museumin NeE York. circulat- ~
THE pamphlet description of the orig.
nj as an advertisement, and denounced
e exhibition at Syracuse as that of
-unterfeit giant, An application was
ade to Judge Barnard for an iniunc- GO
va against Barnum's exhibition but
lat solemn judicial functionary re-
led, "that he had been doing some
2iness in injnnctions, but was going
shut down now j ...... - 49,.
Phe original of the humbug came on -
New York after short reception at =.
E State Geological rooms in Albany