The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-05
Life at Hotel De Butler.

i've prisoners, four male and one OF
he gentler sex, which speaks
we'll for the inhabitants of Old
Giles. 1t has always shown as clean
slrecord as any of her sister counties
IN the great commonwealth Of the
state of Tennessee. The occupants
Of the prison are all enjoying the
best of health and pass the time in
reading and debating the current
politics of the day. They say i
their reading matter is furnished by
their friends and they show a de-
sire to cultivate a taste for learning
which indicates progress in the
right direction for crime. The fe-
male sojourner at the bastile is
quite handy with the crochet and
knitting needle and is consequently |
enabled to stitch wings to the back
of time that otherwise would creep
snail like only for idleness always
breeds discomfort, and the hours
pass slowly when disseminated. The
prisoners seemed in no way unhap
py, though we know liberty is the
greatest of blessing, and it's loss is
of course keenly felt by each and
every individual who are unfortu-
nate enough to deprive themselves
of it by their own choice or by the
circumstance of poverty, passion or
otherwise, still the pang can be
lessened or increased in point OF
feeling by the humanity or inhu-
mainly of the officers under whom
they are destined to remain. Every
one of the prisoners IN the county
Jail of Giles show plainly their
treatment has been good. They re-
ceive wholesome and nutritious
food they say, and for cleanliness
the Jail is alone without rival.
The solid walls are marvelously
white and not fly, not to speak Of
vermin is to be found Its doubtful
. if the thermometer has recorded
20 degrees any time this summer
under the shady dome of the prison
house. The improvements recently
made by Webb & Son have greatly
added to the strength and durabili-
, ty of the structure, which was IL
, places beginning to show signs o
decay and weakness, so much as tt
make it insecure as jail, and in
deed it must have been with tn
? greatest vigilance on the part of tn
keepers that prisoners were he'll
: from escaping, though they say
good treatment will even win tn
e confidence OF man in jail, and
: appears to be a true saying, for no
! one prisoner but says w. w. Mark
a or as they more Familiarity say
i Cooney, is personified kindness, an
: everybody knows John D. Butler
n a man of tender and humane feelings
Y So perhaps these are some of th
# reasons that fighting and cursin
a are no longer heard.
t The keepers of our Jail are kind
q They know the meaning of kline
r ness and they also know what dut
8 means. If persuasion and coaxin
8 fail to bring refractory inmat
d to terms why the other ALTERNATIVE
s has to come into requisition.
r never fails to bring the bully to hi
d milk and often reforms the blow
s hard who will never tire of tellin
s lies and trying constantly to intim
!. idate the Runfortunates who ar
Y compelled to associate with ours c
8 that stamp. Its no unusual thin
o to hear the colOred inmates sin
j and pray and shout. eff the hear
= is right the shouting is not wrong
: and perhaps it would be not alto
j gether out of place for some of tn
white guests to sing a psalm or sa
= a prayer occasionally, but let tina
be as it may, the inmates of tn
coolerplace are not lost in this sum
t mer's good things, while a grea
many on the outside of the bars ar
wishing themselves in greenland
the boarders at the metallic hous,
are reclining luxuriously where u,
! ray of sunshine can iutrude upol
the privacy of their sanctuary W,
} on the outside may have the adYan
tage of being able to come and gC
as fancy dictates but coming anC
going and having the vertical ray.
of an almost tropical sun pouring
down its red hot lava on ones heaC
: is not just the thing most people
desire. Perhaps it is not always 8
man can give himself a vacation,
and if there is any one in need of q
month or two rest, now is the time
to get it in, for in a short time the
old reliable will change hands soon
and it will not be as pleasant a
place to board as it is just now so 1
would advise any young man who
anticipates trip to summer re-
sort to first consult the directory of
Hotel De Butler. 1t will be found
on the most modern improved plan,
alarm clock and burglar proof locks
on every door with an abundance of
everything in the way of idlers and
drunkards. A BOAR DER.