Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-30

minutes. It's too rich for this place.
What fine target it would make for
the boys while passing along the gal
lery, and the wing walters would like
no better fun than to try their broom
handles on it. gave permission for
an ordinary hand lamp, and if you
have got one send it down.
The lamp was duly: exchanged for
another costing about a quarter of q
dollar. The camp-chair and carpet wele
sent below, but neither was used long.
THE DAILY RoUT1NEs
tish's prison life is exceedingly SIM
pie and regular. He is an early riser,
and at this season of the year reports
for duty at 6 A. NJ. The days work be-
gins with the sweeping out of the office
and putting il in shape. In the perfor-
nance of this task Fish IS assist ed by q
convict named ellis, also clerk in
the chaplain's department. ellis is a
bright fellow, and at the time he COM
mitted forgery for which he is now
undergoing punishment he published a
newspaper at Clifton Springs, n. Y, a
watering-plac about forty miles west
of Auburn, where the late John Kelly
passed last summer. Breakfast of hash
dry bread and crust coffee is served 365
mornings in the year. The dinner
menu is varied each day. Monday,
boiled corned beef, boiled potatoes with
skins on, bread and water; Tuesday,
pork and beans, bread and crust coffee
Wednesday, boiled fresh beef. vegeta-
BILE soup, potatoes, bread and water;
Thursday, fried beefsteak, potatoes,
bread and water; Friday, picked up
Goldfish, potatoes. raw onions, bread
and coffee; Saturday, the same as
Wednesday. Occasionally picked
beets are served. For supper, bread
and molasses are served, each man re-
ceiving a pound Of bread. Sunday the
men live on bread and tea, 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 we'll for one so far
advanced in years. He hasn't been
really sick since his arrival and is
apparently the most contentcd convict
in Auburn. At first he was gloomy
and Respondent. Lyman Congdon,
now dead, iold me few days after
Fish's arrival that Fish was downcast
and very melancholy, the burden OF
his complaint being that he was SO
we'll along in years that he would not
live to serve his sentence. He felt his
disgrace keenly, and from his remarks
I Judged he never wanted again to face
the world. have talked with other
convicts, who impressed me that they
contemplated self-murder, and if Fish
doesn't very soon recover from his fit OF
dependency shall advise the warden
to narrowly watch him.
F1sH's DAUGHTER CALLS REGULARLY.
She has been a resident of this city
since early last winter, Though in an
aristocratic neighborhood, she never
goes in society. She occasionally ap'
pears on the street dressed in sombre
black, without characterization. Sally
Reber's baby, under this daughter 5
care, is trundled out for an airing in q
very plain willow carriage every fine
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 a.
rive.
The other day while 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 to the
innersh hall, she craved to see her father
coming out of his Office. She motioned
to him, when he advanced. They held
a 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 hehas very
little to say when talked to about it:
The same informant asserts positive
~ that if Fish secures his freedom he
win never live in New York again.