An extraordinary story of a man’s vigorous appetite was told in the Four Courts, Dublin, the other day in a case in which two sisters named Butler claimed £1,296 against the executors of a certain Mr Hyde for board and lodging and attendance from 1898 to 1911, when he died. Mr Williams, of Llanrwst, North Wales, who stayed as a boarder with the Misses Butler in Dublin, stated that he was surprised when he found Miss Butler up at 6 o’clock in the morning to get Mr Hyde some refreshment. He then had breakfast at' 9 o’clock, dinner at 1 o’clock, tea at 5 o’clock, ft fftund chop at 7, stirabout at 9, and hot milk at 12 midnight.
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Evening Star, Issue 15074, 4 January 1913, Page 5
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