The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10

Good. The Solitaire is now such indeed. All
its inmates brought back to the main cell
room Monday morning and put upon common
footing with the rest of the prisoners.
The north hill will soon cease to be a cooling
and billing perch for the lads and lassies of the
city. The frosts of approaching winter have
changed that romantic spot into a cold and bar
rem peak.
We smoked Tuesday morning to celebrate the
nativity of Herr Deutscher." night fireman of
the state boiler room. His Herrship will kindly
| remember that there are two others who would
like to celebrate.
-Mesdames E. Stewart, }. S. O'Brien. L. D.
Tubbs and C. H. Carl, city; c. Watson. of Cadott
Wis; Mr.. A. G. Brown of Minneapolis and Mr..
NJ G. Gilmartin, of Caimar Iowa, made a thorough
inspection of the prison Monday. under the escort
of the warden.
Our librarian has struck a excuse for
novel reading. He read one the other day and
when discovered buried in another the next day
he excused himself by saying that the first one
made him SAD that he had to read another to
cheer him up.
The steam pipe and hot-water-residue concert
company. have gone into active practice for its
annual midwinter medleys. It's sharp, en-
phatic, high notes will soon resound throughout
the cell room and chant defiance to the hyper.
borean Eolus:
-Phenix. and Bob. say that Papa's solo Not
half has ever been told is the finest piece in the
Gospel Hymns, and with Papa at the helm it does
not langush. They would suggest song for next
there's more to follow"
Der in days OF yore being feverishly polite in
their ELUSIVE proposals to "beg our pardon.
would set to work now, and beg, borrow. steal
our pardon, we would let them crush corns
free of charge, for an indefinite period.
Mrs. j. S. O'Brien, accompanied by Miss May
O'Brien. and Miss Sue Rogers of st. Paul. honored
the prison with their presence yesterday. We
learned from them that Archbishop Ireland, and
the celebrated temperance lecturer, Father Nu-
gent of Liverpool England. would lecture on
temperance in saltwater to- night.
We regret very much the oversight in leaving
out of last weeks paper the notice of the vocal
solos given in the chapel on the Sunday previous.
The solost was Mrs. Whittemore and the two
selections were rendered in most artistic man
ner and was greatly appreciated by the inmates.
Miss Della H. Lanphear played the accompani-
ment.
To our notion last Sundays singing surpassed
anything ever done in the chapel by the prison
choir. We cannot see how the songs could be
sung with greater sweetness than they we're. The
boys deserve much praise for their efforts to
please. and their teacher should be proud of what
he has accomplished under unfav orable circum-
stances.
Wonder what's the matter with the special
services, entertainments, lectures, etc.. that we
were wont to enjoy at times. 1t has been a long.
long time since we have had anything out of the
regular set rules on Sundays any other day.
Let us have lecture. a song service or some
thing to move our sluggish blood and let see
that life is worth living even in prison.
August. the lackadaisical and bewhiskered
gentleman who dispenses soap, doles out matches,
smooths the troubled waters of darkness with
his kerosene can, and who is keeper-in.chief of
the small arms of the prison, says the boys do
not call on him for his favorite smoothbores as
often they were wont to during the summer
solstice.
The board of prison managers met at the gov
ernor's Office in St. Paul Monday,f for the purpose
of concluding a contract with the Minnesota
Thresher Co. whereby the company to en-
ploy IT'S Of the inmates of this institution but no
agreement was reached. as the company objected
to certain provisions of the contract. The matter
was continued to the next regular meeting of the
board.
Deputy Westby has gone to participate in the
triennial conclave of the knights Templar at
Washington, D. c. 1t will be one of the grandest
affairs ever witnessed in Washington. The pro-
gram will run through the whole of this week.
There will be fully 5000 Knights in the parade,
and it is expected that 10000 visitors will be
present.
Will U. Turner. the romanesque assistant
clerk came in to see us for a few minutes the