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

r0SLou LI0 Jay dIC0r 0locCIOn ana sentenced
to thirty days in the county Jail for stealing
an OvercOat and watch. entertained
number of acquaintance with lecture on
temperance in the Jail corridor Monday
evening. He also spoke of his past life and
promised to give lecture at the hall on the
night of his release from Jail. December 5.
to which all our citizens are invted.-Sibley
County Independent.
Well, we'll. we'll! Without being con-
sidered profane by those who understand,
we can truly say, THAT beats the Devil"
Beaudin. that many times defiler of the
name eX convict; that animated thing of
evil masquerading in the semblance of man;
that traitor to every manly principles; reek-
ing heap of moral nastiness, debaucher of
virtue. and cOrrupter of youth! again posing
as the victim of strong drink. Bah! The
imps of the viIest rotgut would repudiate
and disOwn him. He also spoke of his
past life and"-but that is enough A Whit
OF the rOttenness of his past life would
cause turkey buzzard to eject his gorge
and wing his way to ''some far distant
cline out of space out of time" It is not
our custom to indulge in the use of intem-
perate language and especially not against
one who labOrs under the burdensome name
of eX convict. but this is the case of one
outside the pale of charitable consideration.
And were it not for tie fact that the ene-
mics of the ex convict hold up such beings as
this Beaudin as typical of all ex- copvicts
and thus cause the doors to an honest ex-
istence to be closed against them, we would
let it pass unnoticed. But this man has
done too much already, on former occa-
sions. to poison the minds of good peo-
Pile against eX-cOnvicts. to admit of his
being ignored. A few years ago he came
here for robbing friend of his clothes. In
the prison he posed as ciOn of the French
nobility; he was everything to everybody
to the priest he was devout catholic, to
the visiting missionaries he was brand
snatched from tho fires below and saved for
the work OF redeeming his fellow mortaIs
from their fallen state; he contributed ar
ticles on morality to THE MIRROR and had
his full name signed to them; he wrote
solemn letters to philanthropic people until
it all had the desired effect-a pardon. He
had bambOOzled everyone except his fellow
prisoners. He went straight way to St.
Paul and threw himself upon the charity of
some good Christian ladies. They rented
room and furnished it for him. They
took him to their meetings and he would
stand up and relate his experience"
The poor fellow could not find work, so
they gave him little spending money. In
the course of a week or so the good people
missed him. They went to his room and
he was not there, no more was the furni-
ture. A month or two elapsed. Beaudn
was with us again. A poor painter up in
the northern part of the state had taken
pity upon him and took him in and gave
him something to eat and place to Sleep
He got up in the night, stole his Good
Samaritan's clothes and watch. His ex-
cuse was, Il was drunk, and didn't know
what l was doing" His gall did not desert
him, and it was not long before he was
again seeking unusual favors from the Of
ticials and talking about ''par-don," but
he succeeded poorly in both respects. He
served his time and was discharged few
weeks ago; and the Saltwater police chased
him out of town with rush. The next
we hear of him he has robbed another friend
of his OvercOat and watch. Of course he
was drunk and didn't know what he was
doing. And now, when he gets out of Jail,
he is going to lecture the good citizens of
Henderson on their moral shortcomings
Ha. ha, ha-whOOple doodle!
General Rise.
The Car (recOyering his windy. Whewi