The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-07-17
ANOTHER STONE MAN.
SOMETHING TO AMUsE THE PROFESSORS OF
CORNELL UNIVERSITY DURING VACATION.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY DURING VACATION.
ITHACA, July "a fossil man OF large
dimensions was exhumed near TaGhanic
Fails, on Cayuga Lake, on Wednesday,
the II inst. / visited the scene last
night. Taghanie Falls, near the shores
of Cayuga Lake, is about eleven miles
from ithaca by road or eight miles by
water. They are formed by small
stream which flows down through u gorge
into the lake, making a succession of
falls, the main one being formed by an
enormous precipice, 2I5 feet in height,
which makes fall fifty feet higher than
Niagara. The scene round about is wild
and beautiful, and the hotel and the res
taurant on the north side of the gorge do
quite furnishing business during the
heated term, During last week Mr..
Thompson, the proprietor Of the restau-
rant, built a shed to accommodate guests
who came ii carriages with place in
which their teams couId be fed, and while
making drive from the road to the shed
found it necessary to grade down small
hillock or mound to the level of the road
bed. The laborers had dug away the
mound to about three feet below its orig
inal surface when one of them struck his
pick against what seemed to be an enor-
nous stone, and in clearing away the
dirt so as to get better hold on it he
was astonished to find that the stone was
in the exact shape of a man.
The surrounding soil was removed as
carefully as possible, and a root which
had taken its course across the trunk Of
the fossil was cut and the body was dis
covered to be an accurate representation
of large man over six feet in height. |
The muscular system could DO distin- |
guished quite plainly, and the joints of |
the legs and arms were very prominent, |
such asare possessed b." double Jointed' |
persons. The parts seemed to be all |
perfect except the left foot, which was
more like hoof than a foof, although |
partly formed toes could be distinguished. |
The substance of which it was composed |
was like sandstone dotted all over with |
minute black spots, and could be easily |
broken. The head was that of person |
Of the foobIost intellect, the forehead |
sloping back, the chin receding and the |
crown and nose shaped like an ape's:-
The check bones. instead of being placed |
high, as they should be when they ac-
company such shaped head, were nm
usually low, and Thus seem to indicate
sUeau or 8 p5trmcauon, as the ownor
claims it to be. Tho fossil lies flat on its
back with the legs crossing at the knees,
forming nearly a right angle. The right
arm lies aloEg the side and the left is
across the breast.
No scientist capable Of passing valu-
able opinion on the subject has yet cx-
amiIed 1.-The fossil, " but competent men
viii make n thorough examination during
the coming week. The man who owns
the land on which the ''stono man" was
found is said by his neighbors to be one
whom no one would lie likely to suspect
of fraud, as his dealings have always
been honorable heretofore, and it would
be almost impossible for any one to in
troduce stone image of such proportions
into the ground so near the public
without being discovered,
and every one who is acquainted with all
the circumstances says that the sod at |
that particular point has not been broken |
for years, and that it is place over which |
people pass almost every day. The pro-
prietor has already erected tent over
the excavation and a fee of ten cents adj |
mits the inquisitiye cur.0so to view of |
of the remains" Should the thing turn |
out to be another Cardiff Giant fraud |
it will probably soon be discovered, as
prominent scientific men of Ithaca and |
members Of the Cornell faculty, viii in
vestigate the ''gubEcot" next week.