The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13

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sseple oams 10 Ea~t Iladdam and TOOK %
HE f~peldanos With q pfominsnt citizen
nasnet Knowlton. Queer stories weTe told
n the visits msde late q, night By Hteele
90 Mount Ton, and finally Steeis 0onhded
10 hia host that be had Discovered O wonder
full fossil In the mountain that he called G
~oarbuncle. The stone. he ~nid, was n large,
white, round substance. resembling an
ordinary stone In the light, but OF great
brillanoy at night.
One evening he brough, the stone home
and secreted II In the IN 81 the house.
when darkness came on 10 began 70 shine
with great brightness, n despite the TACT
that thsre were no windows or doors In the
collar the whole house was illuminated
by Ito radiance, and neighbors came from
far and near thinking the house was afire.
The following morning Steele and his
wonderful gem disappeared. Nothing was
ever heard from him afterward. and the
story o spread about that he was muir
dered on s~hipboard while Of his way HON
to England.
just before he left East Haddam he In
reported to have told some Of the villagers
that the noises that had been heard In the
neighborhood were caused by this stone.
and prophesied that for ten or fifteen years
there would be no recurrence OF the noises
or the earthquake shocks, but after that
time they would begin TO be heard again,
because he was unable to get all the stone
out Of the mountain, and the portions left
there would grow large enough in that time
to cause more trouble for the inhabitants.
About fifteen years after he left h town,
90 the story goes, residents began to notice
again the recurrence OF the earthquake
shocks and rumblings Of the mountains
that ever since nave interested scientists.
There are those who take little credit
In the gem story and place confidence In
the old Indian theory Of the trouble. East
Haddam, according to those who are up
in Indian lore, was named Morehemodus
Inv the hdiars, who before the coming OF
tie whit & man Used This as the favorite
SPOT in Connecticut for their powwows.
Interpreted into English -Morehemodus'
meant place Of Many Noises When
the white men began to drive the Indiars
out Of this valley the latter asoibed the
mutterings Of the old mountain to the
WT0tD Oh Jn6 luulhuS oo nv having W Iioho
way for the God Of the white man.
In the early part Of 1900 Prof. Benjamin
Silliman OF Yale became interested in the
Moodus noises and sought the aid OF the
Rev, Henry Chapman Of East Haddam, q
foremost clergyman Of this region, IN get
ting accurate information concerning the
phenomenon, believing that the ministers
version would be more accurate than that
Of the ordinary resident.
, According to Mr.. Chapman's report, the
FIRST severe shock of which the town OF
East Haddam had a record came on May 10.
1901, and was felt as far away as New York
and Boston. This quake was so severe,
according to Mr., Chapman, that Capt.
Benedict at Killingworth, twenty milea
away while pacing the deck Of his schooner,
which lay at anchor, saw the fish leap out
OF the water in every direction. One hum
dred shocks were counted that night.
In writing under date Of August 10, i7p2,
the Rev. Mr.. Hosmer OF Haddam gave an
account Of the occurrence in which he at
tributed the noises to the work OF the red
men and their deviling influence. His let
ter, addressed to Mr.. Pierce Of Boston, after
describing the terror that prevailed on that
night, and subsequent nights when other
shocks were felt here, closed as follows:
~ AVE been informed that this was q
place where the Indians drove q prodigious
trade at worshipping the devil. Now.
whether there be anything diabolical in
these things I know not; but this ] know,
that God Almighty Is to be seen and trem-
bled at in what has been often heard among
U.S.
That nobody here need lie awake nights
for fear that Mount Tom will kick up any
rumpus Is the opinion Of Prof. William
North Rice Of Wesleyan University. who
made a study Of the Moodus noises and the
earthquakes hereabouts. Only young giddy
mountains make trouble like that at San
Francisco, according to him, and the old
Connecticut hills are too staid to be put In
this class.
sFor years. said Prof. Rice. 'there have
been slight earthquakes in these regions
and the so-called Moodus noises are light
earthquake shocks. Wherever there is
much folding and overlapping Of the crust
OF the earth there Is apt to be an occasional
shifting which will cause a shock to be felt
on the surface.
sWhere the mountains are old in geo.
logical times, as the hills in this region, for