Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-05-07
WINSTON, n. c., THURSDAY, MAY Z, 1885
BARTHOLDrS MONUMENT
LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE
WORLD.

LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE
WORLD.
The Statue Shipped From Franco and
! Now in Transit-X Last Grand Eff
fort to Erect the Pedestal.
Special Correspondence Of the Sentinel.
New YORK, May 2.-This new
Wonder of the World, which is now
being loaded on the French transport
Isere fo7 shipment to this country, is
the largest statue in the world. Some
idea of IT'S magnitude may be obtained
from the fact that forty persons found
standing-rooin within the head. A
six-foot man standing on the level of
the lips only just reached the eyebrow.
While werkmen were employed on
the crown of her head they seemed to
be making huge sugar-caldron, and
they jumped with case in and out the
tip of the nose. Fifteen people might
sit round the fame of the torch, which
elevation can be reached by q spiral
staircase within the outstretcked arm
| The London Daily Ne,es, IN speak
ing Of it, says; at is out and away
the largest statue of modern times.
The Colossus of Rhodes was nothing
to it. It could carry the 'Bravaria'
or the Hermann in its arms. 1t tow
ers to the skies from the yard of the
Rue de Chazclles, where it has been
eight years in construction, and the
view from its corOnet sweeps clear of
the six-story houses and beyond the
walls Of Paris"
The weight of this stupendous stat
ue is 10000 pounds, of which 176,-
900 pounds are copper and the re-
maindcr wrought-iron. 1t is expected
to arrive in New York about the 25th
of May, where it will be erected on
Bedloe's Island, this being the loca-
ton selected for it by Gen. w. I.
Sherman, who was appointed by the
President to make the selection.
When placed in position it will loom
up 305 feet above tide water, the
height of the statue being 1912 feet,
that of the pedestal 81 feet, and foun-
dation 5210 feet.
This imposing statue, higher than
than the enormous towers of the great
Brooklyn Bridge or the steeple OF
Trinity ChurcIi, which is the loftiest
in the city Of New York, k,-higher, in
fact, than any OF the colossal statues
, of antiquity,-by its rare artistic pro
portions, as we'll as by its stupendous
dimensions, will add another to the
,, Wonders of the World. A wore
should be said of its artistic merit
The pose, stride, and gesture, with it:
classic face, are pronounced perfect
the drapery is both massive and fine
:, and in some parts is as delicate anC
silky in effect as if wrought with /:
,. fine chisel on the smallest scale.
The conception and execution O.
{ : this great work are due to the grea
l French sculptor, NJ. Bartholdi, wh,
: has devoted eight years of his life ane
most of his fortune TO this great work
). and whose generous impulses, which
must be on scale commensurate will
this noble work, prompted him to max
= such gift to the United States. Th
= committee in charge of the construc
i ton of the base and pedestal for tn
: reception of this great work are ii
: want of funds for its completion. AM
4 have prepared miniature statuette
\ al exact counterpart of the original
+ six inches in height, the figure bein.
: made of bronze, the pedestal of nicke
. silver, which they are now deliverin
|. to subscribers throughout the Unite
II States for the small gum of s each
q Aside from its being a lasting souve
- mir of this colossal statue, it will orns
ment our homes and bear testimon
II that we have contributed to the con
e pletion of one of the grandest work
, u of modern times. All remittance
- should be addressed to Richard Blu
'e 'e ler, Secretary American Committe
a of the Statue of Liberty, No. 33 Me-
J: < Ger Street, New York. The commi
/ tec are also prepared to furnish moo
~ ell, in same metals, twelve inches
: height, at S. each, delivered. F..
!, We feel assured our people will b
:. "a only too eager to testify their grateft
~ ~ sense of the friendliness of this ma:
.. unanimous offer on the part OF the Z reno
o. people, and to reciprocate the kind
and liberal sentiments in which
originated, by thus aiding ir an acti,
It. prosecution of the labors that may
at required to give the statue an appr
70 pirate base and pedestal. Now is tt
mt time to do it. Whoever wishes
We have the honor and pleasure of CO
IL tributing to the erection OF the gran
ye est statue of any age, to say nothir
or of the sentiment that should be we
al coined and encouraged, must a
'rt promptly, for the money will be rais'
ee as sure as the sun rises. Every su
se scriber sending 81 will be supple
"a with a miniature counterpart of I'll
ut great and imperishable statue of Ii
he crty Enlighteniny the World.
IN WALTER ERICKFoRD.
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), Abreast OF the Times.
- From the ReidsuiKe Weekly.