Show Fn arm M t n 1 He Had His Coffin Ready Fifty Years L rJ 5 thru Within thru tl mil of oe the tho pot lot where h wn WI born bur Out 9 M t P J who 11 at Il Slate Out Clark county 13 north noth of uC Intel celebrated thu anniversary of u his hil birth The him hal Just jus t m completed complete ant a horror Uncle Ike Imi 13 nt le put l the elu t him to 10 have hi I the built huil It I la I con constructed CUl of dt stone tind lament an alil l cost t t leI CI It I i hl greut Krout delight to 10 visit hl thi of ot rc anil 1111 mortar In h preparation for tOI the li Uncle Ike 1 his not lot forgotten fact rac that body bOly must 11 t be Incased ec In II I i casket cIket und Int tho lumber for tOl thIs haH hax been heel seasoning for 50 0 yearn reM at lt his hl homo hOlc hOlcIn In of ot his hl burial recently he hI The cons to 10 ba 10 all ale tight und moie than thal 50 years ears ago ai I tle tile null a h timber and put tho board up 11 In the garret In II my Y home Thoy ho have h o heen heel Hamming ever eer since to be made tutu Inlo an 11 when wien I die dh There will 1 be a 1 window and it 1 Mil I allowing me 11 down dOln tn tf here ler he ali as I ho touched the bottom button on 11 his hIl vest est Th funeral service will willbo wi bo be over then ho pointed to II a little Illo brick church across the Held and Ill Il be there I her too tooMy My Iy daddy ad subscribed Ui 33 worth of oC whisky to In help to pay PI for tor the tho brick I Si me 1111 In money r Mi In whisky and 1111 my daddy had more liquor limn thun ho he hud cash Ish unit ho paid his hi subscription In that way The Tie church U J l as fa rl mOis aa AS Uncle Unc lite and all M for tol morly known ns the Silver Link meet meetinghouse U I VIM In II the Ihl little Itle Irue structure ture tUle that tho Indiana and of ot Alexander lex Campbell split In II The withdrew they outnumber by h the Camp und Im went weil t II i the Shade all a I large Inre near 1111 the church They held hel their meeting there ther because hec ue the Shade wa WIM located near 11 a I sink sinkhole hole holo the became known I I a athe IU the Sinkhole The ho two tl ructions finally reached an al th l both should use the church aH the money of nt earn 1111 faction had helped build IL It In Inc existing 1111 there has hUl been beel a good feel Tho ho vault In II of ot u II peculiar construction tion thill part of or It being of l stone tole one largo block coming the th lower rough surfaced toneA which ur bound tightly together with wih cement c The he tomb Ig Is almost luor In II shape and Ile not very ll tall lal There Thel Is no door dor to I t but hit nit 11 opening has hM been left lett large enough nouh to to puna the coln Into place and amI after this Ihl Is done dOle the stone Intend Intended ed It for tor purpose e will be placed In II opening and UI cemented tight Uncle Ike Ik likes II e to talk hl tomb and 1011 and 1111 frequently visit the former to 10 BW s If I It ILIA Is still MMe On the big Ilg slab all oi of ot the engraving has hall been b ell cut excepting the th date of ut his death He lt says inn hIM father lived 1111 to II be II 0 0 and there ther therIs U Is no 11 reason why wh he h not reach the th mine 11 le or l even III more Mr 1 prides himself tn II saying he was as never leor drunk In II his hiM life Ic that thai he ho never smoked or nr chewed or got gl married he wal Inclined to wod and 1111 went with the girls until he Il was about 13 U A peculiar remark set settled oI the marrying famine 8 with him himA A widow visited his home nd spoke of ot what a n nice place he hall had remarking he h ought to tl g I t married Hi 1 replied re lel hC did dil not 11 want any Iny old woman If I lie 11 should and 1111 he would pick out a I good goo looking one The fhe widow 11 01 went C and several days later another woman came cam She was wal younger r prettier Ild more agreeable was 11 a I on a widow and Uncle Ike found out Olt she he was wal the Iho daughter of ot hl former caller caler They hey were sitting on Oi a Il big porch talk ing Ilg anil 1111 tho woman expressed her admi admiration ration for rOI the place flace and 1 nd said Aall her host ought to tl marry some woman who would take lilII of o his home for him III Ike Ikc Mid he became nervous and In told the young widow that If It h had a II wo woman man mall to keep l elJI house for him would buy hll a II whole lot of ot things and fix Ox the tho place up lip Ho wild h ht would also huy his hIM u 11 sawing machine This ThIH thrown out as u II bait The widow re rl replied plied that she Khe had a 1 sowing machine It was too much for fol Uncle Ike Ikc who wanted to tn do the proposing hll for himself That was Willi the tho last time he talked of oC marrying I Ilie Ho lie liven with n fI nephew nearly all of ot his large farm has ha been heen deeded to two or o three of ot his hh relatives who are to take tako possession lon when hn he hI Mr Ir served in III tho Civil 1111 war belongs tl to n II Jefferson irand Army drawn WH a pension Louisville lIle I |