The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-12-22
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lls SPELLS = usoo,ly asJ excited nature, ss
sAs uoss u the 'irar "a any ous wonld MOI
know asylhing was ihs mstier wiih him;
saw Jesse 10 MsrSh & s. one sssk Il Nis-
hall Il hia can heu-e; appeared rather es-
eitable; d.l Dot slsep mueh. 1ei.ced ihsi
bic eyes looked 4iaes eg,--had sort o.
twiieh 40 VI Ihem; talked abau, some cas-
trying 70 iijare him goi excited consider.
abie; be bad a motion u his htnds when
ialkiuG that had uqi Boicsi befare; be
spepi the ~inier II "a and 55 With NE
came the day b'flre Thanksgiving sud re-
mAiuei 'ill sometime IN March, | WAS then
living 10 A,hoi, he pould have spells o. he.
log excited, dti "a. Sleep well; complained
d being restless appeared n tim,s a. nat
ural As any one--his natural spells we're The
logger complained q HE bead; said Il eel,
badly IL October. g., saw Jesse 3, Atlol.
Ny husband vas 30, living. My mother
aud ! we're keeping house together. Tie cane
alone Appeared very much excited Had
sttii With the soliiers The night before p
Came IN very abruptly. Said " How are
you ~ DID hot offer to shake hands. He
said this war would never be en- ed with
powder and balls Their. would be fighting
all over the New England States, Said II
they would let him have the Armory a,
Springfield be would end the war quicker
than they could Said there would be fight
log IN Aih)I and 10 Manchester. Said the
people 81 Manchester would be enough for
the rebels : when they got up there they
would be moNn down like grass. Said there
WAS going 70 be a famine, andtoll US to save
our coppers. lie siaid only a few hours
when be left there was something peculiar
about il. lie was talking about the wdrand
al at once he looked at the cl OK. jumped
up and went out, said, Jesse, amt you
gcing to bid US good by" lie made no re-
ply, said, Amt you going to bid moth
cr good by" lie ii nothing. Then moth
er said 10 him. Why, Jesse, mint you GO
ing 10 bid me good BY ;" jesse was not but
a little distance from mother when she spoke
70 him. he could have heard. lie made nc
reply thought him deranged He would
always shake hands and bid us good by be-
fore. ! began 10 see a change in Jesse ever
since heard he was deranged at Wiuhall.
but no marked change till a year ago last
fall he was more neryous--ha1 tgiieh
Of his rye that he never had before. and a
motion Of his hands when he had these ex-
ciiablc spells This was since 'i6. first
begun TO notice his moody spells since Al
also. have had TWO other brothers that
have been derangcl one, Ariah, for 20 Of
Is years The other, john, ba. been crazy
by spells for 70 or 20 years My mother :.
uncle, David Cummings had deranged spells,
received letter from jesse last February,
Ia hi, handwriting. This is tie one (on,
being shown the witness
Gross Examination know David Cum.
mings--il might have been eight or ter
wears ago. Brother john lives eight or ten
miles from Alhol Don't know Of any crazy
spell but one, twenty-five or twenty-three
years ago. lie was wild--took two men tC
hold him Brother Aiiah's crazy spells
lasted two or three weeks. Have personally
known Of his having TWO crazy spells First
had conversation about Jesse being crazy IN
'4G Have talked with brother Aaron abou,
his being crazy when he has been visiting
US, think il Was in March. Is, that saw
him in Winhall. His wife died the April
after. have seen Jesse only when he came
to visit us aud him. Have never been IN
Manchester to see him Have been 10 sec
him twice since 40. lie has been TO see Us
nearly every year. Braitleboro' is e Of 81
miles from Athol.
CnARLE- DAvESPouT. Il am brother Of
he respondent. Am 80 years Of age Re
side in Athcl, Mass. In the spring Of 1876,
May, think, Jesse siaid at NY house about
two days. Al this time his health was poor.
Previous TO his coming ! bad heard Of bis
poor health. Tie appeared stupid and not
inclined to talk His mind was occupied
with wha, had happened il WinhaIl previ-
ous-Mr. jackson cutting his throat. II,
appeared very excited. dou't reeollee, d
his acting like This before. | saw hiu some.
time IN the month Il September following
worked Ger me some six weeks. At times be
appeared like himself--at others be did not
Al the times be did not appear like himself
he vas depressed = mrre eKcilable in hi,
talk lie complained more o. less MI thin
time Of has head Retired regularly Al
The fall Of %, 10th Of October, | san Jesse
ii s,y shop in Aihel-- siaii over nigh. Iii.
appearance was aili Talkei boisicruus-
not connected Was very uneasy 10 sioT
there. Lookei unHatara. In the evening
he appeared very much depressed ipdsed.--
sati hul little VAS up iii ten O'Clock.
said 10 him he had better 70 to led liz
.ail BE- di1 not care ehelbtT be Wen, to b,d
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