Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-07
Liberty Enlightening the World.

is now being loaded on the French trans
port lsere for shipment to this country
is the largest statue in the world Some
idea OF its magnitude may be obtained
from the fact that forty persons found
standlng-room within the head. A six
foot man standing on the level of the
lips only just reached the eyebrow.
While the workman 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 Fifteen people might
sit around the flame of the torch, which
elevation can be reached by a spiral
staircase within the outstretched arm.
The London Daily News, in speaking
of il says: 1T is out and away the
largest statute of modern times. The
Colossus OF Rhodes was nothing 20 it.
1t could carry the 'Bravaria or the
Hermann in its arms. 1t towers to
the skies from the yard of the Rue de
Chazelles, where it has been eight wears
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 statue
is 100000 pounds, of which 176. 900
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 Is
land, this being the location selected for
it by Gen. w. L. Sherman, who was ap-
pointed by the President to make the
selection. When placed in position it
will loom up 305 feet above tide water.
nf ha n
feet, that of the pedestal 81 feet. and
foundation 81 10 feet.
This imposing statue, higher than the
enormous towers of the Brooklyn Bridge
or the steeple of Trinity Church, which
Is the Hottest in the city of New York
higher, in fact, than any of the coloss-
al statues of antiquity, its rare ar
tlstc proportions, as well as by its
Stupendous dimensions, will add anoth-
er to the Wonders of the World. A
! word should be said of its artistic merit.
The pose, stride, and gesture, with lis
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 smallest scale.
The conception and execution of the
great work are due to the great French
sculptor, NJ Bartholdi, who has devoted
eight years of his lite and most of his
fortune to this great work, and whose
generous impulses, which must be on a
scale commensurate with this noble
work, prompted him to make such a
gift to the United States. The COM
mittee in charge of the construction of
the base and pedestal for the reception
of this great work are in want of funds
for its completion. and have prepared a
miniature statuette, an exact counter
part of the original, six inches in height,
the figure being made of bronze, the
pedestal of nickle silver, which they are
now delivering to subscribers through
out 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 to the COM
pletion of one of the grandest works of
modern times. All remittances should
be addressed to Richard Butler, Secre-
tary American Committee of the Statue
OF Liberty, No. 80 Mercer Street, New
York. The committee are also prepared
to furnish a model, in same metals.
twelve inches in height, at IS each, de-
livered.
We feel assured our people will be on
ly too eager to testify their grateful
sense of the friendliness of this magnan-
imous offer on the part 'of the French
people. and to reciprocate the kindly
aud liberal sentiments in which it orr
ginated. by thus aiding in an active
prosecution of the labors that may be
required to give the statue an appropri-
ate base and pedestal. Now is The time
to do it. Whoever wishes to have the
honor and pleasure of contributing to
the erection of the 'grandest statue of
any age,to say nothing of the sentiment
that should be welcomed and eneour-
aged. must act promptly. for the money
will be raised as sure as the sun rises.
Every subscriber sending 81 will be
supplied with q miniature counterpart
of this great and imperishable statue
of
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