The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-17
VOL. Vis.-NO. Il

obta nj lodging in the home of fatal
| Il in Nooius and there i an aged
| Ia s. Mrs. Brooks. still residing in that
| village. who asserts that II was In. he
| house Il her grandmother thai Dr.
/ Steele lIs.d during his sojoarn Al
| uost as ~ooa a. he arrived the Doctor
set out Ia quest of the exact locality
where the gem was buried He soon
| began Il dix on the flank OF Mouut
| 1om. aud alter few weeks work he
| returned one evening with the glitter
lrg ca U4lncle IN has hani Mn Brooks
/ a sclt~ that her grandmother saw the
| ST ne aud de- .rlbed II A. being as large
| a, bItteruut AMI emitting dazzling
| light - hat one could not look At Il
| long
la fcN dlss the Doctor sci out on
ais return - England Fhe ship in
" uich IL sailed WA never heard Of At
grtNard and it is still u popular legend
that ia thc middle of The Atlantic he
cArbuncle burst assunlcr the vessel
ani sank into the depths ot the ocean
Before lie went away the physician
said that in the bel where bad lain
the gem lie tad carried away would be
certain number OF wears, and that the
noises would then bc heard again.
The Indian explanation Of tho" Moo
dus noises is that they are the man
i(estations Of their Gods displeasure,
b cause the white men came and took
away the red mea : land.
Prof. Rice of Wesleyan University
says that the noises are produced 10y
''haby earthquakes, but assigus no
reason VIII, ttey occur around Moodus
tnd are heard no where else IN the
valley.
An elderly resident Of Salem, Conn,
said that his mother used to frequently
tell hm stories of the wonderful Moo
dus noises. In her childhood, the
strange sounds were especially note
worthy. During the day, in the hustle
Of farm work, they Attracted lit
tie attenl ior. But when the long,
musical twilight Of the summer
evening set in, the paintive moaning
welled up from the ground, making a
weird, deep undcrstone to the rasping
notes of cricket and beetle, and the
distant plash Of the ,ddyinC stream.
hil night the sound might ne heard
broken into soft ;huds, like echoes OF
distant cataract. and at other times
swelling into an unearthly peal, never
loud nos harsh, but filling all the air,
then growing gradually fainter, like
the cadence Of a dying storm. At such
times the solid ground was thrilled
like the strings OF harp. For several
months sounds continued, then sud
dent ceased, aud 1T was currently re-
ported among the superstitious that "A
second carbLncle had been produced
under Mount Tom and had been car
ied of, but no one knew by whom.
The noises tins winter were first
heard carly in February, ana called
forth Considerable comment in the
State papers. They were heard dis
timely in the town Of Salem, which is
about ten miles west Of this city. The
noises were described AS like those Of
OLD, Il faint rumbllng a. first Increasing
in volume and ending IN IA distant rat
tie or peal. 1t was near the close OF u
severely cold day thar they were first
noticed, they continued only few
hours \ week later, rumbling began
again and lasted about the same
length OF time as in the first instance.
\ few days ago, similar disturban-
ces were roticed az New London. The
sounds were thus described in the
New LonGon Ideyraa, Resident.
il the neighb,shood Of the Great
Neck have been alarmed of late by
mysterious underground rumhlng
which begin with scarcely audible
sound gradually increase in volume
until they culmlfatc ~ broken, abrupt
shocks, Ike the discharge Of distant ar
tlIicry, and then die away into silence
agalu. The noises occur at long inter
val,, and thus far only in the night
season. There is no satisfactory expla-
nation Of the phenomenon, except on
the theory Of volcanic disturbances. -