Show COFFIN WAS A BACK NUMBER so penn sylvania man sold it and will purchase Pur chae another isaac coffman of hatton pa has bas vold bold a coffin he be made many years ago lie ile sold it not because be felt fait be would have no use for it but because hla his wife insisted that it wits was out of date mr Coff mari maii Is nearing his eightieth birthday ile ho explained to a friend that he constructed the coffin 23 20 years ago it was waa built of chestnut because as he put it manya the time I 1 have sat beside a cheery blaze of chestnut logs and heard them crackle and burn merrily it makes such a homelike blaze that I 1 packed it in pre fernee to other woods it vlas my desire to lave the coffin as cozy as possible and I 1 rejected the frivolities which so BO many persons affect in the matar r of coffins in cider to have it handy bandy I 1 kept it in the garret but my wife tells mo me that styles have changed and since I 1 have accumulated a little for turie tune she will not permit me to die un loss less I 1 consent to get an up to date casket to abold trouble I 1 agreed to sell the old one but bat at the sante aanie time I 1 think that the coffin which was waa good enough tor for me in my poorer days should satisfy me now and I 1 shall always feel out of place in the now affair |