The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-07-01

bright fellow, and at the time he com.
mitted forgery for which he is now
undergoing punishment he published
newspaper ut Clifton Springs, N. r., a
watering-placc about forty miles west
Of Auburn, where the late John Kelly
passed last summer. Breakfast of hash
dry bread and crust coffee is served So
mornings in the year. The dinner
menu is varied each day. Monday.
boiled corncd beef, boiled potatoes with
skins on, bread and water; Tuesday.
pork and beans, bread and crust coffee
Wednesday, boiled fresh beef. vcgcta-
BILE soup. potatoes. bread and water
Thursday. fried becfstcak, potatoes,
bread and water; Friday. picked up
Goldfish. potatoes. raw onions. bread
and coffee; Saturday, the same as
Wednesday. Occasionally picked
bcets are served. For supper. bread
and molasscs are served, each man re-
ceiving a pound of bread. Sunday the
men live on bread and ten. each con-
vict carrying his ration to his cell.
Fish has grown rather stout on pris-
on fare. His face is round and rubi-
cund. The old man bears his contine-
ment remarkably well for one SO far
advanced in years. He hasn't been
really sick since his arrival and is
apparently the most contentcd convict
il Auburn. At first he was gloomy
anG Respondent. Lyman Congdon.
now dead. told me few days after
Fish's arrival that Fish was dovncast
and very melancholy, tho burden Of
his complaint being that he was SO
well along in years that he would not
live to serve his sentence. lie felt his
disgrace kecnly, and from his remarks
judged he never wanted again to face
the world. l have talked with other
cOnvicts, who impressed me that they
contemplated sclf-murdcr. and il Fish
doesn't very soon recover from his lit of
dependency shall advise the warden
to narrowly watch him.
FISTS DAUGHTER CALLS REGULARLY.
She has been resident Of this city
since early last winter, Though in an
aristocratic neighborhood, she never
goes in society. She occasionally APP
pears on the street dressed in somhre
black. without ornamcntation. Sally
Rcber's baby, under this daughter ,
care, is trundled out for an airing in =
very plain willow carriage every tine
day. So successfully has Miss Fish
concealed her identity that scarcely
twenty Auburn people know her. She
is allowed to visit her father monthly
and makes an occasional call between
dates, generally going to the prison
early in the morning before visitors ar
rive.
The other day while a correspon-
dent was sitting in the main hall Miss
Fish entered. Advancing to the heav-
lily grated wicket in the massive oak
en- door guarding the entrance tc the
inner hall. she craved to see her father
coming out of his Office. She motioned
10 him, when he advanced. They held
Il short consultation. when at Miss
Fish's request the guard opened the
door. Then they retired to a corner
and Continued their conversation with
their backs turned to the visitors.
Miss Fish will remain in Auburn un.
til her father is released. A gentle
man in q position to know says the
most unconcerned man about Fish's
pardon is Fish himself. He never
mentions the subject and he has very
little to say when talked to about it.
The same informant asserts positive
~ that if Fish secures his freedom he
will never live in New York again.