Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-14

that the sea would be discolored for 9
considerable distance, but it is not so
The discoloration is remarkably slight.
The Jordan has quite a delta at it,
mouth, breaking into a number oil
streams and frequently changing il.
course because of the distractions
brought down by its own current.
THE CARDIFF GIANT.
The Originator Of the Hoax Has Just Died ir
Poverty.
George Hull, famous as the man
who in 1870 devised the Cardiff Giant,
the greatest hoax Of the day, died in
poverty at his home, near Bingham.
ton, N. Y, Oct. .24th. He was 81
years old.
He was born in Connecticut. and
when young man moved to Broome
county, N. Y. He engaged in the to-
bacco trade. and at the close of the
civil war he had established prosper.
GUS business. In 1869 he conceived
the Cardiff Giant scheme, and accum-
ulated fortune from it.
Carved from gypsum, inferred in the
ground and aiterward exhumed as a
discovery, the Cardiff Giant was her.
aided throughout the country as the
petrified remains OF prehistoric man
Scientists from colleges and institu.
tions here and abroad focked to see
the giant, and pronounced it relic OF
past ages. Even when it was exposed
as fraud many men OF learning in
sisted that the figure was genuine.
Hull was very proud Of the affair,
and he never tired Of talking about it.
He went to Fort Dodge, a., in June,
1868, and bought at gypsum quarry
there block of stone weighing about
ten tons. This stone was transported
by twelve oxen over forty-fve miles of
country roads to a small village in
Boone county, Ia. On the journey
several bridges were broken down un-
der the weight of the stone.
After q journey Of twelve days, the
stone reached the village OF Montana,
and upon its arrival there was loaded
on fat.bottomed car for shipment to
Chicago. 1t was consigned to Edward
Burkhardt, marble cutter. Upon its
arrival at Chicago it was unloaded at
night and taken to Mr.. Burkhardt's 3
burn in Clark street. Precaution was
taken to line the interior OF the barn
with quilts and carpets to deadsn the
noise and also to shut out the gaze oil
the curious.
To carve the block Of gypsum into
the semblance of human form dissi-
pated italian sculptor, named Saley.
was employed. He did most OF the
work at night, and at the end OF two
months the giant Was finished. Near.
ly one hundred dollars' worth Of acids
and inks were used to color it, and the
various marks upon it, which indicated
the action Of time and water, were
made with chisel 20 cleverly that .
microscope failed to show that tool
had been used on the surface.
When Saley had finished his work
the giant was placed in an iron-bound
box and shipped to Union, N. Y. At
this station John Hull, . brother of
the originator Of the hoax, and Israel
D. Armsby took charge Of it. It WAS
then transported by wagon to the farm
of William G. Newell, at Cardiff, q
village six miles east Of Syracuse.
The giant was taken to the Newell
farm At night and hidden under . pile
OF straw. On the following night .
pit was dug and the giant was in.
tered. After this work was com.
pleted Hull approached Newell, the
owner Of the farm and let him in on
the secret. Newell was to receive one
fourth Of the proceeds.
In October of the following year the
giant was exhumed. Thousands Of
persons visited the Newell farm to Gee
it. A three-fourths interest in the
lgiant was sold for $4,000 by Newell
to four Syracusans, one OF whom was
the father of Edward Noyes Westcott,
the author of "David Harum." The
sum Of $4,000 was paid in cash, and
this money went to Hull. Burkhardt
and Saley received nothing for their
share.
limitations OF the giant we're made
and were exhibited all over the coun.
try.