The  keeper  gave  the  regular  dietary  as  follows:  "For  breakfast,
unsweetened  coffee  with  milk,  hop-yeast  bread,  and  pickled  codfish,
cooked  in  milk,  or  boiled  pork  or  beef.  For  dinner,  beef  or  pork,  and
occasionally  fresh  fish,  the  pork  being  boiled  and  the  beef  in  the  form
of  a  stew,  pickled  beets,  lettuce,  and  such  food  as  make  up  a  farmer's
diet  ;  sometimes  tomatoes  or  boiled  cabbage  are  supplied.  Supper  is
a  light  meal,  and  consists  of  bread  or  mush  and  milk.  This  is  pretty
nearly  the  average  diet;  we  cannot  confine  ourselves  to  any  particular
thing ;  we  have  more  beef  in  winter  than  in  summer."

Clothing. —  The  dress  of  the  inmates  was  stated  to  be  as  follows :
"  In  summer  the  men  wear  a  white  or  colored  shirt,  cottonade  pants,
or  similar  goods,  vest  and  frock  coat.  In  extremely  hot  weather  some
have  linen  coats.  Cotton  socks  are  worn  by  the  men  the  year  round,
except  those  who  work  out  of  doors.  Some  of  these  wear  woolen
socks,  some  wear  slippers,  and  some  boots  or  shoes.  In  winter  some
wear  cotton  and  others  woolen  shirts.  All  who  will  wear  them  are
supplied  with  knitted  woolen  drawers  and  shirts.  Pants  are  lined
and  furnished  of  cotton  and  woolen  mixed  goods.  The  vest  and  coat
are  of  the  same  material,  while  the  cost  is  from  *8  to  $10  per  suit.
Two  or  three  who  assist  in  doing  chores  in  winter  have  overcoats."

"  The  dress  of  the  women  in  summer  consists  generally  of  a  cotton
chemise,  a  few  of  the  feebler  wearing  canton  flannel  under-clothing,
cotton  skirt  and  gingham  dress,  cotton  stockings,  and  shoes  or  slip-


82  Report  on  the  Chronic  Insane.
