The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-30
MOODUS NOISES.
6 nRuler Phenomenon again Appear.
ing in Connections Mountain.
From the 81. Louis Globe-Democrat.

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From the 81. Louis Globe democrat.
"The Moodus noises" have been heard
again for the first time in about a dozen
years. says Norwich Conn correspon-
dent. They are the most extraordinary
phenomena in the history of Connecticut.
Moodus is quaint old village in the witch
town of East Haddam, that nestles among
tall hills on Little Salmon river. In the
heart Of TIE loftiest hill, Mount Tom, whose
grassy slope begins almost In the village
street, and which towers above Moodus, tue
mysterious noises originate, and for hum
dreds OF years both the Indians and whites
have believed that the mountain was
haunted. The Indians fancied that
the mountain had an evil spirit who
dwelt on the peak of the hill, whence he
| rolled stones over the world, and they called
the place Machi-Moodus, meaning place
OF Noises" The red men avoided Mount
Tom, and not one OF them ever dared to
scale it. The noises have been famous in
all parts of Connecticut for two centuries
and half. They are heard internationally.
Sometimes the mountain is silent for
| twenty-five or thirty years, then suddenly
the strangess sounds break forth-a deep,
| sepulchrsl, voluminous sound, like the
| moaning of an imprisoned monster that
the earth. and is heard distinctly ten or
twelve miles away. The noises begin with
a seemingly far-away, low, rumbling note
thst speedily swells In volume and intensity,
| and eliminates in a vast rolling sound, like
the muttering Of distant thunder, and the
ground trenbles as if with the three OF an
earthquake.
For the last ten years the mountain has
been qaiet, and the country reople along
the Connecticut valley had about begun to
believe that the Mooius noises had ceased
forever. But early last Sunday morning
the village folk and farmers in the neighbor-
ing towns were awakened by the familiar
subterranean rumbhng. They sprang from
their beds and ran to their bedroom windows,
thinking that q thunder shower must be
overhead, but the morning was serene and
fair. As they stood at the windows there
were several distinct shocks, and they said
to each other in tones Of awe: at is the
Moodus noises again" The rumbling swes
not heavy last Sunday, and continued only
for a few minutes, then died away, ending
with light shocks that sounded like expIo.
sions Of powder far beneath the earth's sur
face and made the village windows trembls
little.
The cause of the Moodus noises has never
been satisfactorily explained. The first
historical mention Of them was made by a
clergyman Of Moodus early in the last CEN
fury, who eloquently described them, writ
ing that he had often listened to the
strange booming" in the bowels of Mount
Tom, and expressing the pious conviction
that the han1 of God was to be recognized in
them, showing that God Almighty is TO be
feared and trsmblsd at" Il was In the latter
part OF the last century that the strange
runelings were most powerful and impress
i've, and we're continuous for years. They
were heard distinctfully by the farmers Of
the old hill town Of Salem, ten miles west
Of this city and six miles east Of Moodus,
who often paused in their work in the
hay fields and hesrkened TO the mystic
sounds that seem 70 roll beneath the western
hills, causing the ground to tremble momeu-
tarily.