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

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q February, when she died Married his
thissl aud prese ~itc tbs z9ib lay q ,as..
1860 ! ar.i discovered ssmthiug wrqi,E
about uly father Ia 1850 tie iid noi appcaf
~ he had dOis years bc6ire was nol ssry
i4lkatiss 81 times all the -rrins ~ iseebf
'er bis -econd ~, diet. Appeared ~ hass
something "a hn uliui-- 49, 10 devp study.
Aione ia the summer there vere spells thar
lee did 10, appear IN So desp auiy This
summer he was goHr good deal Il the time.
We Kept house BY ourselves. Mrs Bgynton
came ia and helped Us occasionally. Along
ia the summer Be had spells u being kind
Of Wild, Would 20 ~ and be gone tNo q
three weeks, sometimes tWo q three days
Sometimes he would tell me be WAS going
aud sometimes he would rot. lie would
leave abrupily--you woull not know that he
vac going TIL few minutes before he weBi.
| never heard Of ny fathers being crazy ull
my grandmother On ny mothers side tod
TIE, ID the spring Of 1860. at Manchester, in
any fathers house she alluded 10 the VIM
hall affair After this used 10 take more
notice Of my fathers appearance During
this suala,T he would work early and late
for two or three day.. and then be moody aud
sleep good deal tor two o. three days |
have known him 10 sleep FROM noon ill night
then be awake half IN hour aud eat a little
and then steep It'll morning. wake again and
eat little and then sleep ill sight again.
get up about an hour, eat something aud 60
to bed again aud sleep TIL morning--then
he appeared mere rational and would work
that day. This was in the summer of 60.
Jeiore b. was marritd. lie had several spells
lk1tbi& through the summer. but not so
long. Through the fall and winter he was
worse than in the summer He had these
same spells in The winter Of 90 and '6l.--
When he worked the hardest he complained
Of his head aching Al spells he would work
harder Than he had before, He haJ his bell
wire pulled and broken IN this winter.
heard the bell rung several tunes that winl-
or, wire Was broken more than once always
ruug ia the night The bell was in the bed
room where my father slept The kitchen
joined the bed room on the south side. The
bell was rung in the night, generally after
they had gone 10 bed This he'll was simply
fur the con, euience Of the house aud chop
Generally When they pulled the wire they
pulled il down. They also screamed out
" Davenport about ten O'Clock at night
when they went by. his was generally af-
ier weui 0 b d. There were several voices
They would cry out A" Down goes yout bell
wire, old Davenport. Father wuuld some
times 60 to the window to see who il vas.
never saw any body there nj the wire. In
the summer Of 81 worked for Henry Pur-
dy--began the last Of February, 81 Worked
for him niue months. Purdy's is about =
mile from fathers, | went home every Sun
day Along in March be had two or three
Sundays that be did not say much At
other times he appeared very rational. -
There were two or three Sundays in he fore
par Of Sept be appeared 10 have something
on his mind--did not say anything. saw
my father tie Sunday before he mulilaled
himself lie did Ut say much. Seemed to
have something upon bis mind. Had a Wild
and CLASSY look about his eyes. lie came o
tne and asked me to 60 cut doors. passed
cut with him and we went to the barn, lie
said nothing On the way. We passed out Of
the back door. Father went forward and
followed after lie had not told me what he
wanted Of me before We got to The barn. We
dill not go directly to the barn door where
We usually went IN. We followed the path
to he hog. pen, and around the hog house 10
the lack side If the barn. asked bin whtro
he was going lie said, " let & get up into
the barn window . The window was open
when We got there The bottom Of tile win
tow was = or feet from the ground -
Father placed short board on the ground
aud against the barn, and pulled himself up
into The barn. lie then told me to get in
besilaicd u moment because he looked wild
aud ! thought he as not in his tight mind
but | got in. He said lie was liable to be
raken away NJ any time suddenly, aud if he
should be wanted | should give his sister
phete cue hundred dollars for taking care
Of his mother, that be had not made his will
and the property should belong 10 me; that
he should not make bis will; that must
take good care Of mother and let her live in
the house she then lived in. then jumped
out Of The window, because his eyes looked
wild and he WIS excited. WAS afraid.
could get out q the barn by getting down
the ladder aud going out Of The door SAT
n xt the window aud jumped cut because il
vas handler Father came out the same way.
We wefe on the hly while IN there. There
~as a stable under the hay We casually ~eni
to ,he font door and went up the ladder 10
gvt TO wbue ne we're heels apo- ever
tn, lower story. Tie hay was zap 10 the
bottom 0i the window The hole war niade