witness says decd was melancholy for a few days past moreso than common and decd did not rest well at night slept but little & frequently got up at nights of late

he saw decd last Friday & that he appeared very low spirited

Doct Harwood Burt[?] sworn says he rode over to decd house some three weeks since decd said he was very glad to see him that he wanted to talk over matters & then said he decd was getting in a Strange very Strange way that he was really afraid he should do something wrong that he felt that his mind was leaving him witness thought that decd had a thought of destroying himself & talked and reasoned with decd for some time & said to him that his liver & stomach were discared[?] and if reliaved of that he would see things in a different light decd complained of tenderness & pain in the region of the stomach and loss of appetite decd said to witness he head been getting that way [?] since July