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THE AMERICAN GOLIAH
A Wonderful Geological Discovery
A PETRIFIED GIANT
Ten And One-Half Feet High Discovered
In Onondaga County, N.Y.
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History of the discovery on October 16, 1869, of an image of stone,the same being a perfectly formed and well developed man, descriptionsof the petrification, with the opinions of scientific men thereon.
(Entered according to Act of Congress, A.D., 1869, by Redington& Howe, in the Clerk's Office of the Northern District of N.Y.
This pamphlet is the only authorized account of the discovery ofthe great wonder and the latest facts regarding management; andis the only publication furnished by the owners of the Giant withimmediate and authentic information of any examinations, experimentsor new developments regarding it. Such new facts will be immediatelyadded to this pamphlet, together with such scientific opinions asmay be of interest or value to the public.
The statements herein contained have been taken from the lips ofliving witnesses on the ground where the events transpired,(excepting where reports are credited to other sources,) andcan be depended upon as reliable.
This publication will be found valuable for preservation, as itrecords perhaps the most important scientific discovery of thiscentury. Certainly the wonder is something that in the wholehistory of this country has never been exceeded, even if ever equaled.
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On Saturday forenoon, Oct. 16th, 1869, William C. Newell, a farmerresiding near the village of Cardiff, in the town of Lafayette,County of Onondaga, commenced to dig a well near his barn. Twoworkmen were employed, Gideon Emmons and Henry Nichols; Mr. Newellbeing engaged meanwhile in drawing stone with which to line the well.At the depth of about three feet one of the workmen struck a stone,as he at first supposed. A moment later he thought it a water limepipe, and asked for an ax with which to break it. Before the axarrived the foot was partially uncovered, with the exclamation,"I declare, some old Indian has been buried here!" Fartherexcavation disclosed the entire foot, and a part of the leg. Oneof the workmen, seeing the direction in which the body lay, dugdown just above where he thought the head might be, and his shovelstruck the nose. The face and head were soon uncovered, and in ashort time the entire figure exposed to view. There then appearedto the few assembled spectators the colossal, well-proportionedform of a human being of the following remarkable
From top of head to instep of sole, ten feet three inches. Ifstanding in a perfectly upright position, the height would be tenfeet, seven or eight inches.
Length of head from chin to top of head, twenty-one inches.
Nose, from brow to tip, six inches—across base of nostrils, threeand one-half inches.
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