Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-27
READY FOR THE DEATH CALL
Indiana Man Has Tomb PREPARED
and an Albright Coffin Is
to Be Made
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, Nov. 90
Within three miles of the spot where he
was born October 20, 1910, Uncle" Isaac
f. Perry, who lives at Slate Out, Clark
county, recently celebrated the ninety
fifth anniversary of his birth. There
was no particular observance of the
day, but he probably visited the tomb
that is to be the resting place of his
body when he dies. The vault has Just
been completed. A horror which
Uncle Ike" has of being put beneath
the ground caused him to have the Sc
pulchre built. 1t is of stone and cement
and cost considerable money.
In his preparations for the hereafter
"pncle Ike" has not forgotten the fact
that his body must be incased in a
casket, and the lumber for this has
been seasoning for fifty years at his
home. In speaking recently Of his
burial he said:
1.-THE coffin is to be air tight, and
more than fifty years ago 1 whipsawed
some fine ash timber and put the boards
in the garret of my home. They have
been seasoning ever since, to be made
into a coffin when / die.
'There will be a window and a lid
showing me down to about here" he
said as he touched the bottom button
on his vest. 1.-THE funeral service will
be over there"-he pointed to a little
brick church across the fields-"and I'll
be there, too"
The vault is of a peculiar construc-
ton, part of being of Bedford stone,
one large block covering the lower
rough surfaced stones, which are bound
together with cement The tomb is al
most square. There is no door 70 it.
but an opening has been left large
enough to push the coffin into place.
After this is done stone will be placed
in the opening and cemented tight.
'Uncle Ike" likes to talk about his
tomb and coffin, apd frequently visits
the former to see If it is still safe. On
the big slab all the lettering has been
cut, excepting the date of his DEATH
He says his father lived to be 80, and
there is no reason why he should not
reach the same age, or even more.
Mr.. Perry says he was never drunk
in his life. He never smoked or chewed
or got married. Once he was inclined
to wed anS went with the girls until he
was about 43.
A peculiar remark settled the marry
ing business with him. A widow visited
his home and spoke of what nice place
he had, remarking that he ought to get
IIletiIleu ne Ttplleu lHdI ne ulu not
want any old woman If he should, and
he would pick out good looking one.
The widow went away, and several
days later another woman came. Size
was younger, prettier and more agree
able. She was also a widow, and
"Uncle Ike" found out that she was the
daughter of his former caller.
They were sitting on the porch and
the woman expressed her admiration
for the place, and said her host ought
to marry some woman who would take
care of his home for him. "Uncle Ike"
said he became nervous and told the
young widow that If he had a woman
to keep house for him he would buy a
whole lot of things and fix the place up.
He said he would also buy his wife a
sewing machine. This was thrown out
as a bait. The widow replied that she
had a sewing machine. 1t was too
much for "Uncle Ike" who wanted to
do the proposing himself. That was the
last time he talked of marrying.
He lives with a nephew, and nearly
all of his large farm has been decided
to relatives, who are to take possession
when he des.