The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-08-15
EDITORS IN AND OUT OF PRISON.


confines of the ''Sient City," The annual
reunion of the State Editorial association
was held here and they spent the day sub
stantaIly as follows: The members ar
rived at the city in the morning. and assem-
Dled at the Grand Opera house where they
were welcomed to. and given the liberty of
the city by Mayor Durant: and Major r. NJ.
NewsOn responded at some length on be-
half OF the association. At the conclusion
of these formal proceedings the association.
attended by goodly delegation of Stllwa-
terites. adjourned to the Sawyer House for
dinner. They then took short trip down
the ST. CroX upon the steamer Henrietta
Upon the return from the lake. they Wis
tied the prison. reaching here about D. III.
They came at the invitation of the man
agement and OF course were given full ac-
cess to all parts OF the building and grounds
The editorial gentlemen and their ladies
were not slow in making use of this
liberty. and breaking up into small groups
they soon scattered all over the yard The
MIRROR office was invaded by large de
tachment under the guidance of the genial
Major NeWsOn. and the august editors lost
no time in making themselves perfectly at
home. From this time on the MIRROR Of
tice seemed to be center of attraction to
the mou.ders of public opinion. The great
majority of them receive our paper As an eX
change. but they all seemed glad to make
an acquaintance with the personnel of our
office, and we were pleased to have them.
They also spent considerable time in the
cell room, and 1T Is safe to say. that there
was little matter OF interest that escaped
the searching chances of such a multitude
OF professional newSgathererS.
At 6:25 p. IN. Steward Bonner mar,
Shalled his force of walters and assigned
them to their various posts. Five minutes
later the doors were thrown open and the
brains of Minnesota and adjoining states
with their lady friends marched into feast
fit for the gods. The tables were lastly
decorated with flowers. and fairly grOaned
under the load of appetZng edbles. prin-
cipal among which was noticeable. chicken,
ham and tongue embedded in parsley and
sliced lemons. salads, biscuits. cookies and
many other mysterious looking vandS, the
names OF which are known only to cooks.
1e editors fell to heartily and when they
had contScated gOodly supply of the.
more heavy VlctualS. a concerted movement
was noticed among the Zebraic walters, and
i'll another moment they marched in with
trays loaded with pie and the snOwiest OF
snow white ice cream the latter of which
was Immediately distributed in large guam
titles in order to cool the flushed brOws of
the thOught-mOulderS who had been laugh
ing riOtOuSly at the brilliant flashes of in-
prOmptu wit that were to be heard on all
sides during the evening. We are not ac-
quainted with the names of many of the
jovial editors who made the reporters sides
n n ho ,nf
upon his present lucrative position But
there was one figure we did notice in par
ticular; it was not a very large figure lOngi-
tudinally but it was broad. round and dig
nitied. and the healthy peals of laughter
that kept time with the motions of the
massive head and tWinkling eyes. verified
the SurmiSe that we were in the presence OF
the bright witted sage, philosopher and
father of Minnesota editors whole souIed
Major NewsOn. His bon mOts and innO-
cent play upon words were refreshing to
degree that would chase the blues from a
biear- eyed miSanthroDe. But the ladies. we
questioned several of the editors as to
whether they had a corner Oh female
beauty. but they did not seem to catch on.
Ii they had. it is certain that the majority
of them closed the deal: for we can say
in all truth that more beautiful galaxy of
mans CONSIDERS were never before within
the prison enclosure during our long eXper-
fence here. Their pleasant smiles and mel
'itluouS voices toned down the wll;sker-fil-
tered harshness of the editors who wore
dropping mOustaches. Altogether the supper
was a success, and great credit is due Stew
ard Benner for the smooth manner in which
it passed Off.
The association as a body were enter
tanned by Mayor Durant the balance of the
evening. and left this morning for Chicago
where they will remain until Saturday. re
turning then to their several homes
The Good Time Settled.
The following letter was received by MI