The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-04-04

The Inspectors met Tuesday and TRANSACTED
routine business. A legislative committee was
present for the purpose Of ascertaining the condi
ton and quantity Of the states machinery.
Saturday afternoon witnessed the only snow.
storm of the season that set in with a business
like air. But the warm rays of old Sol soon re-
duced the filmy fakes to their original element
They say. that Heber Chase has piece Of the
rope used at the execution of the Barretts; but
when questioned on the subject. Heber denied
the possession Of it. Probably All Fools Day is ut
the bottom OF It all.
Noticing brilliant flash of light the other
day, like the sun appearing from behind flying
cloud. we looked out TO the thereof
when. 10, and behold there passed our late senior
compositor on his way to his daily toll.
Lewis, l.. Searles, Owatonna, and Howard
Drake st. Paul. while insLe citing the prison Mon
day found their way to our lofty perch and the
former gentleman awoka the slumbering echoes
of our cash box by dropping subscription in the
slot.
Mr. Andrew Meehun returned from q visit
to his home in Owutonna on Saturday. There is
an air Of mystery surrounding him. which even the
Hustler is unable to penetrate; but if rumor is
correct ''he has been and gone and done it
again."
There is not man among US who stands
higher than our esteemed contributor, Americas
that is when he is in his cell on the top tier
There have been men who stood higher, but then
they were ordered up to clean ice and snow of
the roof.
Doc is not only painstaking instructor. and
a hard working student. but he evidently believes
in the old maxim "(o)live and let live." Au re.
voir olive oil; over the river!!! Only those who
understand the pungent terseness of this para
graph are requested to laugh.
Perhaps the boys with musical talents-like
birds-reman silent during the winter But now
that spring is come, the feathered minstrels will
soon be filling the air with joyful song, and it is
to be hoped that those Of our number who possess
vocal ability will come forward and help to i'm
prove the singing in chapel.
The outside gang now works in two sections
Tom Alexander and H. Longren take charge OF
Company A, and Pat Flannery controls b Company
composed of -four of the best of them" A smile
hovers over the faces of Tom and Henng wher
Pat puts his squad through their maneuvres. ano
trains them to assume military air BETTING the
command they are under.
The Minnesota Thresher company yesterday
increased their force there now being some 35(
men employed in the various departments The
output is four threshers daily besides two new
engines, while the repair department is kept es
pecially busy. The woodworking department is
also doing large amount of work, and full time
is about being inaugurated.
We aim to give satisfaction in prices and il
quality of goods. in all departments of our bust
ness and can, with pride, refer ali strangers tt
our customers since 1856. We desire, through the
columns of THE MIRROR to call the pubic's att en-
ton to our stock, at all times new. modern, anc
by far the largest in the ST. Crox Valley of drugs
family medicines. lumbermen's drug supplies
paints, varnishes, brushes, and beautiful parlol
and hanging lamps. Crandall & Barclay
1T is very amusing to note the rivalry between
''Our Mac" and the Hustler, in the matter of a
three weeks GROWTH and to the look of inf
mite pity which each casts upon the other as they
pass, gently and lovingly caressing that part of
their physiognomy, which to others has the ap.
pearance of cornfeld after harvest, but to theil
partial and enraptured vision it becomes trans
formed into soft curly tresses. Cervantes was not
so tar off after all when he wrote Don Quixote.
The latest bulletin informs us that the chapel
organ is gradually sinking. Doc has made thor
ough diagnosis of the not the outside case but
the internal arrangements, and predicts that nc
earthly power can restore it to its former useful
ness. Under the circumstances, it is suggested to
send the dereict box of whistles to the crematory
and after it has gone through the retort the ashes
should be put in a silver casket and presented tc
the state historical society as relic OF the past
The banjo picker is not aware OF the intense
agony he causes to exist in the celroom Some
of the boys are wrought up to pitch Of dancing
excitement that is disastrous to the nervous sys-
tenn; especially when fellow cannot .."hoe it
down. to relieve the tension of his muscles
However. when the sympathetic strains of "OId
Black Joe'' and 1.-The Suwanee River" are waited
on the breeze, IA Change Comes Ger the Shirt Of