The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-12-11

Day, and it seems as though it had been
Warden Williams'S intention and desire to
make the day as pleasant for us as possible.
and we all must a, knowledge that we could
see nothing he omitted. During the fore
noon we had the use of the yard for jump
ing. running races and various other exer-
cises. At 11:45 the sound of the prison
bell notified us that the turkeys in the hands
of the big fOur'' in the kitchen were
awaiting our arrival, therefor we beat a
hasty retreat. After removing from our
faces and hands the real estate of which we
had become possessed during our various
amusements in the yard. we were apprised
of the fact that we were wanted immed-
ately in the east corridor. And as we
marched out to the long line of tables and
saw them so heavily laden with everything
which the appetite of man could crave. we
could scarcely realize that we were in
prison. Immediately after taking our seats
we heard the gentle voice of Deputy
Warden Haggart, and taking our attention
from the large stacks of pies. cakes. aud
turkeys. long enough to pay his words due
respect. behold what did we hear: 'BOys,
talk all you want to and have good time"
And then the chatter began. A bystander
would have thought we had not spoken
word for year but had laid aside, as it were,
our conversation for that special hour.
After we had done justice to the good things
set before us and more than justice to our
Selves we were treated to cigar, with per-
mission to remain seated and smoke and
talk for an hour, after which we were again
escorted to our cells. Our fOrenoOn's romp
and the great burden which we had taken
upon ourselves at the hour of twelve, made
us content to unfold our little beds and rest
ourselves during the afternoon. We were
fvoo tod fiv,oc TO- E,,o
Piles, and about o'clock. F. NJ, we heard
the.great iron gate open and close, and pres
emily who did we see but Deputy Warden
Haggart standing in front of our cells with
several boxes of good cigars kindly inviting
us to smoke. We will leave it to others to
guess as to whether we smoked or not. At
$50 we were again called upon to 90 to the
table only to find new supply Of turkey
and other good things too numerous to men,
tiOn. After taking our seats Guard Moor
head gave us permission to talk and enjoy
ourselves. which we did at once. Supper
over we retired to our cells. but it was not
long before we were again treated to the
apples by our night guard, Mr.. w. w.
Ames. At $3.50 we were given the use of
the hall; the Warden supplied the cellroom
with musical instruments, and in very
short time they had found masters. AS
soon as the music began they could be heard
calling out "Swing the lady on your left"
Of course the lady was absent. but man
with handkerchief tied around his arm
filled her place just as we'll. And thus the
night passed until p. NJ. when the cell
room gong notified us that it was time for
all honest people like ourselves to be in bed,
therefor, accepting the invitation with
thankfulneSs for the favOrs of the day. we
retired bidding farewell to another prison
holiday, hoping that our fellow prisoners
all over the land had enjoyed as good time
and as many privileges as we had in the
North Dakota prison. G. w. r.
Bismarck Prison, N. Oak.