Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1869 — The Giant Discovery. [ARTICLE]

The Giant Discovery.

The Syracuse, N.' Y,, Standard gives' t'Hc following desormtioa of the ruinarkatnscovery recently made on the farm of a Mr. Newell, about thirteen milesthathijy h _ The parties wbototadta. KYerea the remafas-r-Mn Newell and It , hired'man—were engaged in digging a well at the time, and found the monster at a depth of about two and a half feet from surface,, of the ground : J|he figure as l found is the ■ form< o£ a Uhjm, lying o<i Ids .backs head and- Shoaljyjfs naturally flatat hip a trifle over on right.side; the right hand spread on the Jl»rt of the abdomen, with fingers ajjart; the left arm half ItaWnd, and- its Wid against the back, opposite the other; the left leg and foot thrown over the right, tjwifeetandi taes projecting at a natural angle. The figure was of. spparerft'lfme 4<mw, a mixture of the gray and'Whic, Cteunon in most parts of the conhtry, and samed perfect in every particular! Thfc ■MMates are well developed; the ribs might be counted rthri rtttetffts afc pfefflrrated so as to admit a large sized tip-ger up near lifts and finger-nails are plainlf marked*?the left car is partially gon*, but rlghrowMs perfect and in proportion to the other parts ; the nose finely shaped ; the forehead high; and the “ Adam’stapple ”>at the throatrast iMfriretiiig mrh: —Toe appearance of the •“ countethe artist has failed in any effort at hair derful petrified specimen of a past race— From top of head to instep sole—or natfeet From point of chip to top of head. across bgse of nostrils, three and a quartet S Mat OU JKoutuf four inches. From extreme.o£shoulders, three feet. • Hand—aerpss palm seven inches; through wrist Second fipger, from knuckle joint, eight inches. through calf, nine and_ft half inches. Foot, nineteen and a half inches lopg. Ateftavc said that the whole Was perf«:t.._Ajid so it appeared, exemit a few Hakes jffoppbd oft wnile the worfc pf ex'UMl 0 " waa s!? in £ "?? ’ MtWP °thfigure' 'lias ail'thl Appear affcfl of atcm&jAaWjlheless the oufef «uw faMihitvtfe off YHthm ktrfftHritlAhl Sriat,uJling the ((lade, TW|was taied, bnjV course was not allowwr M proceed der is the well known geologist Jdr. J, F,„ Ilgjtoif who Wade a morougM exartfinik-' after mature’ deliberation, pronounces it »WttMWi tumteU’ anrnnciy cut and are jn perfect harmony, atw is w* rfsrf A Syracuse correspondent of the New wrfMhWhMt .{H>er arfjtaH counroTan alleged confession made by a bed, wTJtratated t&Bt he knew of t|>e ex- £ W a w aswwr asm nftd tjeen secretly comnletod, by a the statue ti.jHlutim ( -wtidt ihimtf 1 promise not to ftTCilfldri thferberct Mtlfiie Hefted. hlfejiwm. I b r |4 rn theWKik wfnfftflY Wlcabil ■cCTftdfting ;a«hllr ( WW. n ML J s®d Newells h«' se he paid and dlsmisead hta 1 guide and proceeded on foot, Thli'lH&J . Mie last teen of our myrterloui Mranpi*. |

A few «aytwo and otbbre throe 'dwyfe-Ua staged contattiAff a large box eleven feet lond was observed-to- befCnakiag-ite way to. ward Jaouye. j geracloui eS tX WWW¥ ew « ■ Mflwfe 4 th*d substantial <rf my naira. tiVe ends. lam confident the publication orihta gHM ISher a |r?’ n SSg’lS S a .. U S fear, a powerful emotion in humaa nature; will compel soma of-the-parties to furnish bho 'miMtag: link* in the chain of facts I have detailed above. Thownst surprising thiug about this is the magpitudo af-tlifl hoax. All other attempts at humbugging sink into insignificance bv the side of the “ QwHflfflant* .WdhaKFAdamßfex ke’s moofihoax and JPoe’s story, “Hantf CardW' | Jihysicians, geylpgjgta, lecturers and savans have visitedJthd statue of pqon half crazy Gamud, arid returned dumbfounded. Twill thiri narrative’hysaying that Newell and hid abettors have persistently refused tg. al-' loyr any person copipeWt to deflCfc the question of this being a pet refaction or work of -art-to inspect it. Professor Hall, who was allowed a few moment's of examination, was pledged to reserve Kia opinion until permission whs gitoen him to make it known.'. r ,