The excitement in and around Cardiff extended until it reached the
City of Salt, and all day yesterday the discovery was the chief
topic of conversation at the hotels and public places in the city.
Of course, the most extravagant stories were told, and greedily
devoured up by gaping listeners. Some would have it that the body
exhumed was twenty-five feet high, and proportionately large. All
day yesterday crowds visited the scene of the discovery, and returned
to tell the tale of the wonderful discovery to their eager friends.
From the Standard, October 23d.
LETTER FROM REV. MR. CALTHROP.
DEAR SIR--As everyone is deeply interested in the Onondaga Giant,
perhaps it may be as well for each of us to add his mite towards
guessing at the solution of the problem he has silently set us all.
It is no wonder that so many are of opinion that he is a gigantic
petrifaction. His proportions are so perfect, and his appearance
is so life like. I will add, that every one wants to think so.
If he proved to be a petrifaction, what a realm of awe and mysterious
conjecture would he open to us. But I, for one, feel convinced
that he will prove to be statue, and for these reasons:--
First, I think there are evident marks of stratification in the
stone. The left eyebrow and the top of the nose are the parts
most elevated. These correspond exactly, both being composed of
a white layer. On the chest is a squarish layer of a dark tinge;
around, and slightly below this, is another layer corresponding
exactly with the ins and outs of the first.
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