Cardiff Giant Visits Maquoketa

OLDER

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 11/22/2007 at 08:49:47

Jackson Sentinel, October 13, 1870:

Older's Menagerie and Circus will be in Maquoketa, Monday, October 17th. The Great Stone Giant, exhumed Oct. 16, 1869, in Cardiff, Onondaga County, New York, will be displayed. The dimensions are:
Length, 10 ft. 4 1/2 inches.
Length of head from chin to top of head, 21 inches.
Length of nose, 6 inches.
Across the nostrils, 3 1/2 inches.
Width of mouth, 5 inches.
Circumference of neck, 37 inches.
Shoulders from point to point, 3 feet, 1 1/2 inches.
Length of right arm, 4 feet, 9 1/2 inches.
Across wrist, 5 inches.
Across the palm of the hand, 7 inches.
Length of second finger, 8 inches.
Around the thighs, 6 feet 3 1/2 inches.
Diameter of the thigh, 13 inches.
Through the calf of the leg, 9 1/2 inches.
Length of foot, 21 inches.
Across the ball of the foot, 8 inches.

Jackson Sentinel, October 20, 1870:

Older's Menagerie and Circus was promptly on hand last Monday as advertised. The day was cold and wet, but that did not seem to deter anybody from attending, as the canvass was well filled, both afternoon and evening. A number of juveniles had provided themselves with smoked glass to look at the "seven thousand dazzling mirrors," but as the sun did not shine this precaution was rendered unneccessary. The "Cardiff Giant" was the center of attraction, and a pretty fair specimen of sculpture it is, too. The circus performance was as good as could be expected from artists worn down by five months constant travelling.

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