The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-11-14

DR. B. J..Merrill is one of party of about
twenty physicians invited last Monday by the
Manitoba railroad company to make visit to the
Broadwater hotel, baths hot springs, etc.. at
Helena. Montana. The gentlemen go as guests of
the company on a special train of sleeper and
dining cars, leaving St. Paul Nov IT, and returning
Nov rs, taking in also Butte. Great Falls and other
points of interest. DR.. Merrill is as yet unable to
decide as to his ability to accept the invitation
saltwater Gazette.
The miserable iasco made by the choir on
Sunday last. in their Voluntary. or opening piece.
was due not alone to the absence of Prof Rhoades
and Pap" but was owing in great part to the
persistency with which the latest recruit of the
warblers, endeavored to make sacred music har-
monte with the tune of a come all ye." Harsh
criticism will not remedy the evil but when
he recognizes the fact that the two don't mix WELL
then. and not until then, will he have the good
fortune" to be on the way to success as
vocalist.
We noticed tears streaming from the eyes Of
our ex-devil last week while being shaved, but
when we limited that it was caused by the dull.
ness of the BARRIERS cleaver he Indignantly denied
it-said he never had better shave in his life
splendid razor-nce trmmings-bay rum-po-
made-etc,etc He also expressed the belief that
we threw out these lnsnuations through petty
spite. and he thought it shame, he said for a de.
serving class of men to have their business in.
juried by such innuendoes. We then asked him
what caused the tears. and he said he had some
thing in his eye.
Last Saturday we called at the storeroom for
broom and one of the store room employees
placed ladder at the scuttle hole leading to the
garnet where the brooms stored, and started
up the ladder with all the confidence of a veteran
hodcarrier. 1t case OF too much confidence
and not enough discretion, for, moment latter
the ladder lay on the floor and the man was cling
ing desperately to the edge of the scuttle hole his
legs threshing wildly about through space whilst
he called frantically for help. We sprang for.
ward to replace the ladder, but the storekeeper
stepped in front OF us in such way as to retard
our movements, but whether this was done for the
purpose of prolonging the scene we know not
such might have been his intention. The ladder
was finally replaced and the man rescued from his
awkward position.
TO the person of a philosophical turn there is
inexhaustible food for thought in the initial
fall of the season. The beautiful feathery flakes
that cover the grass and adorn inches and lodges
blind US by their transcendent beauty. They
come, as it were. from Natures studio to deride
the meagre efforts made by terrestrial beings to
simulate the infinitely pure. But what sorrow
and distress follows in the wake of all this beauty!
While it is hailed with JOY by the few. how many
will fall victims to the stern unrelenting condi-
| tions it necessitates? How many times during
the coming winter will we pick up a. NEWSPAPER to
read the glaring headline, Frozen to Death"
And yet all this distress that recurs each winter
is a necessity. If all was smooth sailing in the
world and nothing was dependent on ndivid-
ual efforts mankind would sadly degenerate.
"A convict who arrived here last week tried to
work a rather nice scheme, the result of which
placed Carl Randall in very peculiar position for
| the time being The convict in question left a
parcel in the Office when he arrived here After
he had been dressed in the regulation prison garb
and assigned to a cell he requested Mr.. Randall
to get him Bible VIII ch he left with other knick-
knacks in the office. stating that the Bible was
very dear to him on account of the memories con.
nected with it. Mr.. Randall started for the office
at once to bring the good book to its owner. There
being some ladies waiting to view the prison, he
decided to kill two birds with one stone. We opine
that we voice his exact sentiments now in saying
that he is sorry he d id so, for he had gone but a
few steps when genuine pack OF Standard play.
ing cards dropped from between the leaves of the
Bible. To expressive phrase. c. r. wa.
"red-headed,'' as the ladies had no reason to be-
lieve that the Bible and its contraband contents
were not his own. and explanation, under the
circumstances. was out of the question.
Picked up in the Yard.
Nov 4th.
Mr.. Brannan Please give the bearer some of