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[page 356] there as clerk? A. I dont know. He was there when I went there. Q. Do you know whether he had been put in to take the place of a previous clerk who was thoroughly capable, who was displaced to make room for Mr. Morse? A. I think I am ^not conversant with that fact. I dont think I ever knew. Testimony of Timothy Farmington, sworn. By Dr. Butler: Q. Have you or not been employed in the hospital? A. I have. Q. What part of the hospital? A. Two different parts. I was attendant in the lower east and I changed from there up into the middle first. Q. By the lower east you mean the lower tier towards the stable? A. Yes, sir. Q. Was it your duty to see that the food was reasonably put upon the table for the patients? A.It was when I was in the middle first Q. Was there any trouble there about the food? A. There was occasionally, yes, sir. Q. Once or several times? A. Several times. Q. Several times? a. Times I know in particular. Q. How bad was the food? A. At one time the meat was a little bad. I showed it to the Dr. and he considered it so, and sent