The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-10

dsd Won receive nom him any gesture or motion which
you construed - "yes' and ''ncf' A. did 9. What
one or more in one case; . shake Of the head, or
one or In khe other case; but always judged
more by looking carefully q. his coansenanse' OF
az mucn rather, In any other way. Al any
time during the 1rst three four years AFTER bis at
tack, did ne, in ng what you for dissent
coudnt himself 10 simply shaking or noddng his mead
without giving any vocal soundY A. think he did SO
without vocal sound, but by an inarucuate sound v
DO mean to say that during these three o. four years
whilst he had the power OF saying yes and no, he some
times made the DOG or shake instead OF ACCOMMODATING
them with the appropriate word uttered an narcoAe
any during this period he used the nod and shake OF
the head, pantomime without any sound whatever
A. not Of that. My recollection makes me think
there MAS always or mostly some little sound something
other. cannot by letters or otherwfe describe tn2t
sound The witness utters gutterai SOUND wnch the
Surrogate cannot described q AZ any Tune before you
to the country IN August, did Mr. Parish utter any
other wordf if SO 10 state it, A. remember no other
O. lid he before that time, utter any other aruculato
nartcuate sound which you can in any way descrbe9
A. remember none. q When nrst did you hear him
don know when il began. Was 1t before his illness
f0ctoberS A. cannot remember that Il was g. Was Il
during that illness A. can fix il DO nearer; was one
attention until il was frequently repeated; do not re-
member any occurrence Of IL during that illness. Y.
Was this "oh dear the first word words that you
heard him utter after 'yes" and ''noS A. They were
O. Did they not strongly excite your attention when you
first heard the M A. ! do not remember O. For about
low long period do you remember those words, oh
DEAR being used by him. A. l think during the
greater part his entire illness down his death. O.
As YOU remember did he continue TO these
words oh dear down 10 the very time Of his death,
not. how IL? a. Not until he died. and can
not say when they ceased ] did not hear them very
often myself. though did hear them FROM time 10 time.
@ How long before his death riding toyour present re-
scton did you hear these words oh dear the last
iinls2 A. do not recolect Did you hear them with
one year before his death? A. think did @ Did you
first hear them within one year after his at
tack? A. think so, but am not certain. O. Name any
person who present at any time when he used THAI
expression, "ob DEAR A. j can name no individual
instance, and consequently person, but his nurses
must have been familiar with il. q Do you mean that
you suppose Gil Of them have been familiar with W
A. do not know; | have already stated that did not
hear IL often myself but some one OF his attendants
would state TO that in the night perhaps, he had
complained and said those words Q. What attendant
told you that he had US cd those words, oh dear ~
A. have already stated remember no pafuchlar in
stance and particular attendant q nd you ever at
an time. hear Mr.. Parish after his attack utter any
other word than yves, mo, and "oh, dear ~ A.
heard others myself the others spoke or on my di
rect examination. were reported 10 me- Q. About how
often did you hear those words .oh, DEAR uttered
by Mr.. Parishln A. cannot remember