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[page 78] Well, we will take up the meat again As the Dr. had said that the thing I had told him hadn't been correct, the very first case that was brought to my notice I took to him. His wife, a very fine woman every way, was with him in his office/ Said I, "they say this meat is bad" He took it and smelt of it and says, "It is not. It is good." Said I, "Let Mrs. Harlow say what she thinks about it." She says, "That is bad Dr." And the Dr. took it and gave a strong sniff and says, "Well, perhaps there is a little place in it that is a little bad." If Mrs. Harlow hadn't been there it would have been a pretty difficult thing for me to have made him believe any thing was wrong about that meat. I know of no means by which I could have done it. The sentiment in that house at that time and for quite a while after was not a pleasant one, no doubt. It is not pleasant for the officers to be shunning and leering at you as though you had done something that didn't concern you. What could I do other than I did as an officer in that institution? A few days after that Mr. Lakin came into the public