The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-05-09
WHOLE No. 2,2O4


| tne W GRID.
This new wonder of the world, which
is now being loaded on the French trans
port Isere for shipment to this country,
is the largest status in the world. Some
idea of its magnitude may be obtained
from the fact that forty persons found
standing room within the head. A six
foot man standing on the level of the lips
just reached the eyebrow. While work
men were employed on the crown of her
head they seemed to be making huge
sugar-caldron, and they jumped with
ease in and out the tip of the nose. Fiji
teen people might sit round the flame of
the torch, which elevation can be reach
ed by spiral staircase within the out
stretched arm.
The London Daily Nens, in speaking
of it, says: at is cut and away the lar
gest statue of modern times. The Co.
lossus of Rhodes was nothing to it. 1t
could carry the rBravaria' or the Her
mann in its arms. 1t towers to the skies
from the yard of the Rue de Chazelles,
where it has been eight years in construc-
ton, and the view from it's coronet
sweeps clear of the six-story houses and
beyond the walls of Paris
The weight of this stupendous statue
is 44e, 900 lbs, of which 1861 pounds
are copper and the remainder 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 location 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 151 2 feet, that of the
pedestal 81 feet, and foundation SO 10
feet.
This imposing statue, higher than the
enormous towers of the great Brooklyn
bridge or the steeple of Trinity church,
which is the loftiest in the city of New
York, higher, in fact, than any of the
colossal statues of antiquity,-by its rare
artistic proportions, as we'll as by its stu
pendous dimensions, will add another to
the wonders of the world. A word should
be made of its artistic merit. The pose,
stride, and gesture, with it's classic face,
are pronounced perfect; the drapery is
both massive and fine, and in some parts
is as delicate and silky in effect as if
wrought with fine chisel on the small
est scale.
The conception and execution of this
great work are due to the great French
sculptor, NJ. Bartholdi, who has devoted
eight years of his life and most of his
fortune to this great work, and whose
generous impulses, which must be on
scale commensurate with this noble work
prompted him to make such gift to the
United States. The committee in charge
of the construction of the base and ped
estal for the reception of this great work
are in want of funds for it's completion,
and have prepared miniature statuette.
an exact counterpart of tie original, six
inches in height, thu figure being made
of bronze, the pedestal of nickel silver,
which they are now delivering to SUBJ
scribers throughout the United States
for the small sum of 81 each. Aside
from its being a lasting souvenir of this
colossal statue, it will ornament our
homes and bear testimony that we have
contributed toward the completion of one
of the grandest works of modern times.
All remittances should be addressed to
Richard Butler secretary of the Amcri-
can committee of the Statue of Liberty,
No. SO Mercer street, New York. The
committee are also prepared to furnish
| model, in same metals, twelve iuches
in height, at S. each delivered.
We feel assured our people will be only
too eager to testify their grateful sense
Of the friendliness of this magnanmous
offer on the part of the French people,
and to reciprocate the kindly and liberal
sentiments in which it originated, by
thus aiding in an active prosecution Of
the labors that may be required to give
the statue an appropriate base and ped
estal. Now is the time to dc it. Who
ever wishes to have the honor and pleas
ure Of contributing to the grandest statue
of any age, to say nothing of the senti-
ment that should be welcomed and en-
couraged, must act promptly, for the
money will be raised as sure as the sun
rises. Every subscriber sending 81 will
be supplied with miniature counterpart
of this great and imperishable statue of
"Liberty Enlightening the World"