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[page 497] there I should say 10 years. Q. Every day more or less? A. Pretty much, pretty constantly. Q. Do you happen to know that he was taken sick so that he could not work, and became helpless for work, at last? A. Yes, sir, he did. Q. Do you happen to know where that man went? A. That was while Dr. Neal was there. I have an impression that Sweeney was from Portland. If so, he must have gone to the alms house at Portland. Q. After her had worked some 10 or 12 years and filled the place of a man that would work, he was discharged and sent to the alms house in Portland. I do not put this question as finding any fault with the officers there. I suppose they could do no other way; but I want to bring it in as an item in reference to the laws which provide for the insane. A. I would never send any insane person to an alms house. Q. You dont think an alms house is a proper place? A. No, sir Q. What do you think about imbeciles? What should