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1880
Star of Gwent. 14th March, 1880 A farmer and his wife from the Henllys area, became deranged, awing to the close study they have been paying recently to theology. Their brother and sister also lost their reason, owing to the same cause, and now the servant girl has become insane. One of the brothers declared that he is Christ, and the other that he is Anti-Christ. Some days ago the two brothers and the servant girl left the farmhouse, with the object of inducing persons in the neighbourhood, to accompany them, as they asserted, to Heaven. They were followed by the police and a desperate struggle ensued when the officers came in contact with the two men and the girl. On the way to the station, the one who thought he was Christ, picked up his brother and carried him singing "Safe in the arms of Jesus." Both of them have since been admitted into Abergavenny Asylum. The wife is recovering her reason, but the sister and servant girl are still deranged. The former insists that she is Miriam. and that her brothers are Moses and Aaron.
At Newport County Court on Thursday, Miss Vickery a lady of Newport who needed a dentist's aid after some visits to gentlemen of that profession with varying results, gave defendant Mr. Williams an order for a set of teeth. These failed to satisfy Miss Vickery and she came before His Honour to recover 5 guineas, the cost of the artificial molars, incisors, canines. She laid them on the desk before His Honour and appealed tremulously that he would allow her to afford him an opportunity to judge how useless they were. "Shall I put them in?" she asked, and His Honour apparently not desiring to witness the operation replied that he was not a professional dentist. "But anyone can see what they are," rejoined Miss Vickery. She added that on complaining to Mr. Williams he was displeased and found fault with her mouth (Laughter). Answering Mr. R Edington; she admitted having been to other dentists with whom there was difficulty with regard to her new teeth. Mr. E.G. Williams said she came to him in 1880 and asked his opinion about a set of teeth made by another dentist. She asked him to make a set of teeth for her; but anticipating difficulty he reluctantly consented to do so on condition that he would do the best he could, but if they were not suitable that would be an end of the matter. His Honour "By you getting 5 guineas?" Defendant "Yes." He added that if she persevered with them her mouth would become accustomed to the pressure. Mr. Lewis Williams, Assistant to Defendant, replied to His Honour that the plate was made by his apprentice. His Honour "Oh that accounts for it." He thought the Plaintiff was entitled to recover the money and made an order accordingly. [ Back ] |
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