AFTER 29 YEARS IN BED.
RENOWNED SLEEPER ADOPTS THE STRENUOUS LIFE.
Excitement was caused in Lurgan, County Armagh, when it was learned in "the afternoon of September 2 that the town was being visited by George Thompson, the Clare man who recently gained much notoriety by the disclosure of the fact, vouched for by his neighbors, that he had such an affection for his bed that lie remained in it for twenty-nine years, only having been known in that period to put on a suit of clothes on three occasions.
Recently, however, a change has come over Thompson's manner of life. Oil Monday he was in charge of a horse and cart conveying coal for his landlcrd, and it was very apparent that he low intends to adopt the strenuous life, and | hopes to make up for lost time.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 6 November 1907, Page 4
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139AFTER 29 YEARS IN BED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 6 November 1907, Page 4
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