The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-12-22


Al ny house in chesiet he appcarcd very
strange when be came inio the ron hs
shock hands with us aHd lapkcd very qasst,
BIS eyes locked strange and glAnng, AMI
though, hsvas ss.ug to be flek asalai vas
siea -loo sisk 70 ses him mech, Bat could
hear biia talk Ia the other room he changed
subjects pretty oneu, / ,hoaeht he stAil
ever Hight, be pas Ia my NON 'atts times
-sav 90 dlaegenee al The dasrsni t.ass,
saw him ne merc unti saw him IN jail,
think sa~ d difference n his conduct and
Appearance s0tr lsiG aad belers that time,
he would iaiA louder aad laugh gfrat drsl
noTc 10 telling a story than he uecd g, ard
/ w4s more exetiablc, u was harder feasealug
with him 10 mskc him understand wbAs ws
uanisa ie, thls is ala ,hiek 4 nov, these
appearances we're AZ different timet,
though, these spells gained on him more
/ frequent, aud think they have been more 80
we're the last lew years: the monitors % Ca
theirs family Who hafe digl have died u
o9usumptioni ny f.thsr, brother and sister
I have died Of Il father So, my brother at
20. my siser ia hsr 2ist year; John aod
Afiah. MY hrotbers, hay, becn insate, they
are older than jesse they are deunEed by
/ spells; they are tearing around, vide awske,
one Of them vent out in the pasture and
elm trees; At other times be would eom-
mence conversation Une subject aul then
turn on to another; sometimes moody, tbs
is Ariah; john has Hoi been crazy so much
as Arah; when crazy he wanted To- get
away: il took two men 70 hold him.
Cross EAamiua,iou - My fathers family
was born and raised at Prlelsham. Ma
/ have one brother IN that town; left fl-
tber's family ai z8, resided 10 Peterrham
most Of the time; learnt my trade 10 Athol,
moved back 10 Atbol in ls45; moved up to
Londonderry in 1915 moved f,om Athol
10 Manchester 10 1856; lived ii Manchester
till July, ls58--a year aud a hali; and
u owe to Chester where have been ever
: alNNf AJNFEA lt&A iNttiebAAi w iRtNt iH i'~
comber; moved up 70 Winhal!; dou't know
7 When he moved to Manchester; | VAS fur
miles from Derry to Winhall, he worked
one year for a utar ueigtbor when lie lived
At Petershan While lived in Derry once
aud VIII le things IN him That iudica-
ted he was crazy; | don't iecollect any par
/ tieuar time when he was mucl excited, ore
time we we're going to Massachusetts and
the wagon broke downs he was excited;
said he would ne,er again start Friday,
don't reloleo, Of eser hearing anything
said about his being crazy; we aid not u 0
to talk nbout il cut OF The family; | lyfd "a
Manchester within half mile Of my broth
err, | did notice in Manchester something
when he was cut, be was at work for me On
house; he was sick one or two days al my
house; this was in the spring; day or two
he was unwelli ! don't recollecl what lie
| said allied him; he went 10 Dr. Edison and
got some med cine; be was TO take Two iea-
spoonsful, but he took il al at two doses;
he said he was not going to keep dabbling
J along; II was 10 q vial; he was not quite 80
1 particular as ! wanted him to be; be IL not
1 an oyer-nice workman; there was atotler
/ time thought he acted strangely there was
something TINT we did not understand alike
/ aud | let il 60, he was a close man in bis
/ deal, he always was with me; he was hor-
/ est in his deal rather had 10 nnatrstaud
somo things, he always seemed to UNDER
stand right and wong; 30 far as | know of
+ him he seemed TO understand right and
wrong and to ael uponil, he was sic. about
week, he was wild or Whit you may call
crazy three or four days when he fen from
+ the barn / think il waa about week before
/ he WIS right; between The kick aud the fi,l
/ | did not SEE anything different from thcr
| boys; one time between the hay matter aud
i 1916 dog attacked bin; he thrashed lie
dog AMI told the man il he came down he
would serve linn the same; jesse was first
hurried IN April. 1871 his wfs WAS from
Atho; lived with her some ten or twelve
/ years; she died; lac married bis second wife
/ in 1856, she Was from Londonderry; Sic
I lived some oser three years; he married bis
thirl wife about year ago; she also was
/ from Londonderry, uhout mile from his
/ second wifej at the time Of the castration !
did not see my symptoms Of insanity; /
asked him how he hurt him; be said be bad
preached himself taking up a pensiook my
brother John lives in iiafIwick; AtiaLliyci
at Newton Falls; rs insanity sometimes
+ lasts a week or ten days; commenced when
I he WAS or 10; saw hin last September in
i Athol; the day he went away he appeared
+ to be deranged; nevcr has been ia AZ asy-
I lum or had keeper; he was 50 last month
--sohu a.; has family; has not been very
much insane, has always taken care Of bic
own busne
+ DE JoHs 3 HIM called --Aher testify
ing to his being called upon 10 yisii the re-
sponden ai size time Of bis self muiilalion
AID the fact of sueh muiil4iiou, this witness
+ said:--I thought iba, the act implied insan-
ily On his eross-exaainaiion the witness
sad | blink | discosefel symptoms u TO-
sanity other tiau the aes itselfi be was moo,
dy and silent, was taikaiiye only at two dif-
fvfeut tines VS. eHcilfi about inaiiilaals
abusing him, walked the room gesteula-
ted
Mss PH1sE HHITcoKs called and exam