The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-08-07

of all the positions about the prison that o.
storekeeper is a most desirable one-to be ou
of; that is, it would be SO with the writer. HI
would rather be prize awarder at a baby show.
Mrs. E. P. Brown, Mrs. w. P. Brown. ant
Miss Lettie and Master Leo Brown. of Indianapo
lis, Ind; Hema and Jean Shepard and Myror
Shepard of Saltwater. were in the prison Monday
r-Guard Archie Parker slipped and fell off o.
the court house steps one day last weel
and broke one rib and fractured another. He i,
able to be about again. but is in a very sore con
dition.
-Drams-"Say. did you hear about Lusher? He
had to stop drinking this morning" ellis
what no! What for2' Drams-"Had to do il
or de-" Gills-"How's that2'' Drams-"Couldn',
get his BREATH
Mr.. Will K. Cowles. the reporter of the Even
ing and Sunday Call which will appear in Still.
water Monday. paid us a visit yesterday. Mr..
Cowles is young man of considerable experience
in journalism.
"A COW kept up distressful believing round
about outside the prison walls Saturday night
We got new pair of cowhide shoes on that day
but we do not know of any possible connection
between the two instances
String beans for dinner Tuesday. Personally
we have but one complaint to make about the
way they were dished up. and that is. we did mo-
get enough. In fact we never have had our fl
of string beans since leaving the farm.
&C. w. Miller and wife. of st. Paul. Lille anl
Ethie Thompson. of Boston, Geo. and Ida Thomp
son, of Hudson. Wis; Gilmore Lowell and Mrs M
e. Jewell, of saltwater. were shown the sights o.
the prison one day last week by Mr.. Douglas Van.
derhoof.
Judged by the number of pictures of fine
horses Guard Alexander has hung about his desl
he would be considered a horse fancier and pa
iron of the turf but the truth is Tom never ownee
but one horse in his life. and they do say that one
was a muley COW.
We had the pleasure of visit Saturday even
ing from w. F. Mirick, at one time editor of this
paper. Mirick is looking well and is making
good living at his trade for himself and children
He told us that he had not lost more than two
weeks time from his work in the past two years.
Saturdays storm was the livlest little affai,
of the kind that has visited here this season. The
thunder roared, the lightning flashed and the
pouring rain was dashed into scudding clouds Of
spray by the rushing wind. A few boards
blown off the fence was all the damage done abou,
the prison.
Rev. A. ID. Stowe conducted the chapel ser
vices last Sunday. Mr.. Stowe spoke on the rela
ton of education and crime." and took the
ground that education in the common acceptatior
of the term was not preventive of crime and
that to be it must be religious we'll literary
and scientific.
Last week the annual inventory was taken OF
all the goods and chattels belonging to the Mime
sofa state prison. We got in our office tin cup
broom. dust pan and waste basket. but through
fear of being accused of padding we overlooked
two quinine capsules. and one original poem, in
statu quo ante bellum.
Charlie Carlgren will have to look alive OF
Guard Jenkins will get ahead of him in the knowl
edge of masonry in general and wall building ir
particular He has already learned how to shut
one eye and sight along the wall. and inside Of
another two months he will know which eye te
close every time 1t does not take some men Ions
| to "catch on
Religious Edtor-Sad, sad; too bad, too bad
Snake Editor-What's the matter now2 R. Ed
Oh poor McPhunnygrapher committed sui
eide last night in his room. s. Ed.-You don't say
SOL r. Ed.-Yes, the poor fellow laughed him
self to death over one Of his own jokes s. Ed
to R. Ed. after a long silence, Let's wake" him
Guard Andrew Meehan returned Saturday
evening in a very bad state of health. He was to
have remained away several days longer with a
party of campers on one of the lakes in LIE Sueur
county. but just as they had finished arranging
the camp and begun to enjoy themselves he was
taken suddenly ill and was compelled to come
home. He is so far recovered as to be on duty
again.
-Molasses is all right for buck wheat cakes. but
when it comes to putting it the handles of
canes it is little too much of good thing. At
least that is what Guard Martin thought Tuesday
when he grabbed his cane in hurry and found
that it had been fixed" Take care. ye mischiev.
GUS ones. for he SAYS that he intends to nut his