The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-11-27

Guard Austin was detained at home for sew.
oral days of last week by a severe attack Of neu.
ralgia. but was able for duty again Monday night
Mr. w. A. Petram. manager and treasurer of
the Christian Workers Mission, Of Minneapolis
WAS shown through the prison one day last week.
Mrs. w. s. Carman, Mrs. w. Wilmer and Mrs.
Baldwin. of Saltwater. accompanied BY Frank
falkland. of Wisconsin. were in the prison last
Saturday.
Miss Hilda Anderson, of Beaver Falls, Wis.,
and Miss Anna Anderson. Of Rerrville, visited the
prison Tuesday accompanied by MIR. A. Sandborn,
Of st. Paul
Mrs. Chas. Webb and Henry NupsOn, Of
Preston, shown the sights of this vale of con.
tentious spirits Monday by their fellow townsman.
Deputy Langum.
"A new fad has been sprung the saltwater
COURT young forger appeared before his honor
for sentence with the family Bible under his arm.
Sentence suspended.
Postmaster John Mccarthy and Post Office In.
spector A. L. Gardner of Chicago honored our
office with their presence for brief time last
Thursday forenoon
Rev A. G. Nelson. of Rush City. Rev. A. F.
dale, Of Potter, Neb.. we're in the prison Monday
with Rev. ]. E. Bjorklund, of saltwater.
The tub and pail factory. although not run.
ming at full capacity is turning out a large num-
Der Of articles each week. The DO, s are learning
how to do frstclass work, and the tubs and pals
they are making could not be improved upon BY
any factory in the United States.
"A part of the cloth for winter clothes has
rived and the tailors are making it up as fast as
possible. Had the weavers delayed sending the
goods much longer it would have become necessary
to put a number Of the boys to bed and use their
clothe: for patches for the other boys clothes.
One of the boys lost small pocket.book in
the bathroom one day last week containing sew.
eral small pieces Of old coin and script They are
old keepsakes Of little value to anyone except the
owner, and he would be greatly obliged if the
finder would leave them at cellroom headquarters.
-Supt. Covell was not so severely injured by
the accident last week as at first feared, and
he was able to be about the prison again last
Thursday. He said that he still little sore
in the region where the stick struck him, but
otherwise he was all right. He desires to thank
tho boys for their expressions of sympathy and
congratulations upon his speedy recovery.
Foreman Sutton has been improving the slack
times by making experimental improvements
upon the traction engine. He has succeeded in
ligh tening the engine several hundred pounds
without taking anything from its power by doing
away with number of cumbersome castings. The
changes in the traction attachments are such as
to make the machine much easier and safer to
manage. The engine was taken out and subjected
to severe tests and worked satisfactorily.
1t is wonderful what trifiing things will i'm.
press themselves upon the memory and remain
fresh for lifetime. Many years ago we heard a
man make use of the word ''ywis" and have won-
dered ever since what he meant by it, Not know
ing how it was spelled we searched through the
dictionary in vain, but just now, after some
twenty years. as we opened the dictionary to look
up word our eye fell upon the mysterious word
but alas. to find it dead Its synonym is: GER
tainly most likely, probably. Great is Web.
sters!
We hear a good many of our number complain
Of their lack of opportunities to get education.
Their lamented state of ignorance is not owing to
their not having opportunities to learn but to
their failing to improve the opportunities they
have. There are many men who are admired for
their brilliancy of mind and the works they have
accomplished who never had as good an opportu-
nifty for improving their minds as any man in this
institution has. Friends, the fault is your own
we speak by experience-but the remedy lays
within yourselves alone. If you will study such
books as you have instead of wishing for those you
cannot get, you will find in them all the mental
food your minds assimilate.
-"As faithful as Roman sentinel" might
well be said of P. ]. Murphy. The years roll by;
babes have grown to childhood. children to youths,
youths to manhood and womanhood, and still
Guard Murphy stands sentinel at guardhouse mum.
Der 4. How many years he has been at that one
post no one about the prison can tell but the old
inhabitants say that he there farther back
than they can remember. Administrations have