THE LAZIEST MAN ALIVE. After 29 Years In Bed He it Obllgocl to Get Up. What may well bo the world's record rec-ord hiui boon established by a man namod James Thompson, who went to bed lu 1S7" and did not leavo It until about a fortnight ago. "Tho laziest nihil alive was a term npplled to him by tiio Lurgan guardlana, says the Irfjndon Telegraph Thompson, who lives with his moth-or moth-or t Claro, Lurgan, was still a youth whm ho began his long rest. He was luokcd after hy his mother, and his presence In tho houso was hardly imiivn to the villagois. Ho would tiaw remained In lied for the rest of nls life in nil probability had not a trlslB occurred In lib domestic affairs. af-fairs. Mrs. Thompson, who Is now SO years of ago, wns at that time taken 111, and had to bo removed to the Union Infirmary. I.oft helplessly alone, Thompson was compelled to get up. A belli rh was matlci for tho suit which ho discarded 29 yeais ago, but ho was unable to dress without assistance. Two neighbors wero called In, and tho vurk nr squeezing hint Into tho dollies occupied tho three, men a wholo evening. When dressed ho was too tired to walk and an ambulance had to ho brought to convey him to the Union. Ho repesed there until his mother was woll enough to leavo the Infirmary, when ho followed her homv. Tills tlmo ho was compelled to walk, as the guardians refused an ambulance. Tho facts of tho caso camo out when the relieving olllror applied to the I.argan guaidlatis for relief for Mrs. Tluiiiirion, who has only occasional occa-sional help from sumo moro energetic sons who have einlgiated to Australia. Aus-tralia. Sho was nllowed 18 penco a week. Tho recital of the story con-vulsbd con-vulsbd tho guardians.