The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-07

nobody OWNS" But he didn't, ME-. Editor.
CandOr compells HE to say that everything
went off all right excepting little disorder
ly conduct on the part of the corpse, who
was little lively and insisted on kicking the
lid off the casket and shouting, II am re-
formed" thus showing that the ruling pas
sion was strong even in death. He next
produces an old lady whose counterpart we
have all frequently seen. and whom we will
admit was good christian. without calling
upon God to verify the fact. But right
here wish to tell him story about an old
lady, just for illustration: "A long time ago
(all stories to naughty, OvergrOwn boys COM
mence thusly), there lived an old lady who
had no children, but who lavished all her
wOmanly love upon two pets which she had,
monkey and parrot. The monkey was
allowed to roam around unreStrained. the
parrot being kept in cage suspended from
the ceiling. One day the old lady had occa-
sion to go out upon some business, butneg-
lected to fasten the door of the parrots cage
before going. The monkey, who was
providing around on mischief bent, happened
to look alOft, and noticing that the door of
the cage was open, nimbly Sprang up and
dragged Polly forth. A terrific combat en-
sued, in which Polly lost most of her
feathers. got bodily used up. and was COM
PEELED to take refuge under the lounge to eS-
cape the clutches of the monkey. The lady
upon returning home noticed that something
unusual had taken place. but was at loss
to account for it. Her eyes naturally
sought the direction of the ceiling and the
true state of affairs dawned upon her.
She called aloud. ,''Poll, Poll, pretty Poll;
where are you?" The voice of Poll respond
ed: Here 1 am Missis," and emerging
from beneath the lounge, she presented her.
fC f,o hr,rY fioI Of hor
claiming, ''Ain't l in HI of fix?" Such,
Mr.. Editor. is the present position of THE
Hero" In his farce of Born at Still
Water he made all indiscrimnate. unprO-
voked, and uncalled-fOr assault upon the
views expressed by number of his fellow
cOnvicts. who are, in the eyes OF God and the
laws of mankind, his peers. By what right
has he constituted himself judge of other
peoples motives? Upon what meat hath
this our Caesar fed that he has grown So
great? He should bear in mind the Divine
injunction. Judge not lest We be judged. %
He suddenly discovers that he ma, made
bad break" when l reply to MIN in the
same spirit in which he MAZE his attack.
He changes his tactics. AMI in his Gamma
Conan charges me wi..sn being a sham re-
former, and OF cont .aually advertising the
fact through the rhedium of TIE MIRROR.
Now. while my sympathies are with such of
my bretherln who are earnestly striving to
tit themselves for new life upon their re-
lease from here, l challenge 1.-THE Hero to
produce single copy of THE MIRROR con-
TALKING an article of mine in which the state
Tent is made that had or intended to re-
form. There are portions of my past life to
which | cannot point with pride. Snd while
unlike 1.-The Hero'') admit that L sadly
need reformation, yet on the whole ] think
my past will compare favOrably with his. l
am also aware of the fact that there can be
no proper REFORM" without the cooper
alton of God.
And now we come to the postscript. Here
it is: Up. S.-Sackett Il Virgins stock in
trade if mal-fOrmatiOns. The most I'M
kind cut of all. He fancies he has
touched me upon my most sensitive point.
He alludes to my physical makeup For
the benefit of those who may be curious to
know. will state here that l am in the
neighbOrhOOd of five feet "a couple of inches
more, believe, in height may be some
thing of a curiosity, but [ am in nOwise
''stuck up" about it. Unlike ''The Hero"
again. am not stuck on my shape. While
[ may be physical mal-formation. he has
mental mal-fOrmatiOn-''n cOmpOs men
tis' is the legal phrase of his disease. have
no ApollO-lke form as he has, nor have l
his ''dudish glide" nor can say that envy
him his reputation as ''masher." Acting
upon the hint suggested in his postscript 1
addressed a letter of application to Sackett
Il Virgins (enclosing my descriptive list
asking for an engagement, when the one
! am filling here should terminate, and re-
| ceived this answer:
Sir: Your application with description
received. Sorry to inform you that you do
not fill the bill, and cannot be considered
'curiO.' We are looking for something out
of the ordinary run. We read THE MIRROR,
as all successful business men should. Saw
an account of the Bearded Wait and be-
lieye it to be the wonder of the age-talk of
the town. We are willing to enter into