He warned his
people with prophetic fervor of the coming encroachments of the
white man, and the necessity of their abstinence from a poison
drink he would bring to craze and destroy them. He told them
that he should die and be buried out of their sight, but that THEIR
DESCENDANT WOULD SEE HIM--AGAIN. J.P. FOSTER, State Agent and
Teacher for the Onondaga Indians.
THE STONE GIANT.
On Saturday the sale of the remaining one-half interest in the
Great Giant Wonder was closed up. Another partner, Mr. Wm. Spencer
--an old-time schoolmate of Mr. Newell--was taken in, so that the
present owners are Wm. C. Newell, of Cardiff, Alfred Higgins, Dr.
Amos Westcott and Amos Gillett, of this city, David H. Hannurn,
of Homer, and Wm. Spencer, of Utica.
Saturday was a bad day, as to weather; nevertheless several hundred
visited the Giant.
Sunday was a crusher. The people began to go early, and kept going
all day long. From eleven to three o'clock it was a dense mass of
people on the Newell farm. Around the house and barns acres were
covered with teams and wagons, and the road, for a long distance
in either direction, was lined with them. It seemed as if such
another jam never went to a show before, and it was with great
difficulty that the line could be kept so that all could have a
fair sight. All the proprietors were on hand, and did all they
could to accommodate the crowd. At three P.M. twenty-three hundred
tickets had been sold, Mr.
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