The New York herald., 1879-07-07
ANOTHER STONE MAN.
SOMETHING TO AMUsE THE PROFESSORS OF
CORNELL UNIVERSITY DURING THE VACATION.

SOMETHING TO AMUsE THE PROFESSORS OF
CORNELL UNIVERSITY DURING THE VACATION
ITHACA, July 8, 1872
A fossil man of large dimensions exhumed
near Taghanic Falls on Cayuga Lake. on Wednesday,
the I'd inst. visited the scene last night Iaghanic
Falls, tine shore 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 a gorge into the lake, max
ing succession OF falls, the main one
being formed by an enormous precipice. 2l5 feet
in height which makes a fall fifty feet higher than
Niagara. The scenery round about is wild and very
beautiful and the hotel aud the restaurant on the
north side OF the gorge do quite tourishing busi-
ness during the heated term. During last week Mr..
Thompson the proprietor of the restaurant, built
shed to accommodate guests who CAME in carriages
with place in which their teams could be
fed and while making drive from the road to the
shed found it necessary to grade down Il small hill
lock mound to the level OF the road bed. rhe
laborers had dug away the mound to about three
feet below its original surface when of them
struck his pick against what seemed to be
nous stone, and in clearing away the dirt to
get better hold on 1T he was astonshed to find
that the stone was III the exact shape OF a man.
HOW LOOKS.
The surrounding soil was removed as carefully as
possible, and root which had taken its course
across the trunk OF the fossil was cut and the body
discovered to be accurate represen taton of
large man over six feet III height. The muscular
system could be distinguished quite plainly and the
joints OF the legs and arms very prominent,
such possessed by 'doublej ejointed" per
The parts seemed be all perfect except the left
foot, which moro like hoof than foot al
though partly formed toes could be distinguished.
The substance of which it composed was like
sandstone dotted all over with minute black spots,
and could be quite easily broken. The head W y
that of person OF the feeblest intellect, the fore
head soplng back the chin receding and the crown
and shaped like apes. The cheek bones, in
stead OF being placed high as they should be when
they accompany such shaped head. were unusually
low, and thus seem to indicate that the image
the work of man instead of petritaction. as the
owner claims it to be- The fossil lies fiat on its
back with the legs crossing at the knees. forming
nearly right angle. The right lies along the
side and the left is across the breast.
WORK?
on the subject has yet examined 1.-The FOSSIL,
but competent men will make thor
ough examination during the coming week.
The who the land which
the 'stone man. was found is said by his nelghbors
to be one whom no one would be likely to suspect
OF fraud his dealings have always been honorable
heretofore. and IL would be almost impossible for
ton into the ground the public thorough
fare without being discovered, and every who is
acquainted with all the circumstances says that the
at that particular point has not been broken
years. and that 1t is place which
people pass almost every day. The proprietor has
already erected tent over the excavation and fee
OF ten cents admits the inquisitive to view
another .Cardf Giant" fraud it will probably soon
be discovered. rs prominent scientific of Ithaca
and members OF the Cornell faculty will investigate
the subject next week.