Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-10-20
Singular Phenomena at DeerrieId.

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TIE fniiawihg- is received from an an
ihenIic source and may be relied on as
strictly accnraie:
Mr.. Editor; During the.last twelve
years, cer<ain ciIiIpls, not. p SAY alarm
ing pbeheinena IN the town OK. Deerfieid,
n. H., haYescxei,ed the fears OF. the in
haLit.ints, and we think should ere this
have attracted the, atienti0a Of the scien-
eniifc. These are repnrts or explosions
i'll the ground, pparenty tia volcanic OF
gaseous nature. When first heard they
were attributed TO the blasting of rocks
in Manchester, II Rewiown some miles
distant; blt.frpm the frequency of the re-
ports Ut ;lli.hours in Tie night as well as
The day, from the consideration that they
were so loud and were heard in all sea-
sons, winter rs well as summer, it was
soon concluded lhatthey had, some other
origin. I4se ,explosionsoifithey may he.
so Called commenced on, ridge of land
running S. E. and N. w. some five miles
In length. aad principally on that portion
called the South Road. They have, how
ever, extended, and are now heard in
neutrality-suspicious.. .sThe.sounds have be.
come louder, and during. the lastfall or the
present spring or sualmer, as many as
Elwenty have been, heard in one night
Many of them jar the houses aad ground
perceptlbly, 50. mnch se,that a child whose
balance issnGt Steady, will roll from one
side to the .other. 'Eheysare as leasd as a
heavy cannon neefsthe house, with no
revcrheration and LITE roll. Last fall
some olthei inhabitants were riding in a
wagon. when an explosion was heard, and
they saw th,. stone wall, which was ap-
parently quite compact, fall over on one
side ofthe way. and second after upon
the other. The sfdae wall of an unfin-
ished cellar also 6llin. This can be at
tested by mary witnesses. There. is no
regularityoin these reports, as they are
beard at intervals of a dayn.a week.sand
sometimes of months; but for the last year.
uiey have become very common, and are
heard almost every week mtie or less.
dGeeriield lies in lat. 45 deg. s min.,
lou. IL deg. II nin., on the highest land
between Portsmouth and Concord. The
elevation of'the summit has been found byF
measufementiuib The late railroad surveys
to be nearly 600 feet; the town is surroup-
dedby hillsson oac side. On the N. E..
are the Patuccoway7 maintains, having
three peaks, 1hosesaveragc height, is $50
feet. One Oh the north side is Saddle
Back Mount, 1882 feet above the level of
he sea, and on the west a spur of Gaia
mount. The town has never been geol1
ogieasiy examined, excepting in the State
survey ofDr. Jackson, and his obseEya-
items We're confined toihe above mentions
ed mountains, which were: found 4. con!
sIst mainly offs ienltes granite, mica slate,
and IKE of green stone trap crossing
the summit of the Lower PatuccowaY, di
giding it into two parts. eysl. ,.sgss
sa These few observations have been
made in the hope that they will, draw the
laltent;on Of the scientific, who, Ill tbeYicau
show some natural cause for, so curious d
fact. will calm The fears'of The inhabitants
and satisfy many pfthe curious. PORTS.
mouth Journal. s..,r..t $50
4 NATIyR OF DEERFIELp.
I DIcoNrENT.- That UNIVERSAL disconE
tent and disqnietude which run thFangh
every rank and degree Of life, hath been
deserredly condemned by the philosophers
ofall ages,as one ofthe bitterest reprdacfs
les Of hnRian nature, as web as the high
lest affront to- The Divine Author DC II. Il,
/ indeed. we luok through the whole efea
ltion, and remark the progressiselsca : df
beings as they rise into perfection, we
shall preceive to our own shame and
contusion, that every one seems shtisfiekl
with that share Of life and haDpiness