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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Old Tom, a poor man over 60 in Bethnal Green, works as a night watchman and daytime bricklayer's laborer, sleeping only one hour daily. He eats bread and cheese, drinks water, remains active, attends church regularly, and has saved money through industry and frugality, lending it at moderate interest.
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A poor man, who resides at Bethnal Green, where he is known by the name of Old Tom, follows at night the occupation of a watchman. In the morning, when he comes off duty, he takes only one hour's rest, and then acts as a bricklayer's laborer till the hour of his evening vocation; so that throughout the year, he is supposed to be awake 20 hours daily. He is upwards of 60 years of age, lives on scarcely anything but bread and cheese, which he eats as he walks along; his general drink is water, and he feels no inconvenience from the severity of his mode of life. He is remarkably active, goes to church twice every Sunday, and while there, prefers standing to sitting down. It is averred that by his extreme industry and frugality, he has saved considerable sums of money, which he lends to hard working people at a moderate interest.
[London paper.]
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Extreme Industry And Frugality Of Old Tom At Over 60 Years Old
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Bethnal Green
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A poor man known as Old Tom in Bethnal Green works as a night watchman and daytime bricklayer's laborer, sleeping only one hour per day and awake 20 hours daily. Over 60, he eats bread and cheese while walking, drinks water, feels no inconvenience, remains active, attends church twice Sundays preferring to stand, and has saved money through industry and frugality to lend at moderate interest.