The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-12-04

-Ine mas0nS are AT WORK building the furnaces
under the new boilers. but it will be q week OF
more before they will have them ready for use.
Mr.. Phil. w. schweitzer and Miss Clara Young,
Mr.. John N. Zirkelbach and Miss L. M. Zirchkle
bach. Of st. Paul. were among yesterdays visitors
Manager H. c. Fogle was in Chicago. last week
where ne attended meeting of the leading
threshing machine manufacturers of the country.
Misses Bertha B'ttner, Lille and Mamie Fan.
ming and Violet Bacon. and Mrs. Lula Hill. visited
this institution Friday accompanied by Mr.. Chas
w. Hill.
Miss Mable A. Harland and Mrs. F. E. Powers
and MIR. H. Harland. came over from st. Paul
Friday and spent the day with Matron Hattie
Walker.
Mrs. j. w. Crowley, of Boston. Mass. and
Misses NJ. and c. Marshall Mrs. Roderick and Mr.
M B. Peterson. of st. Paul. inspected this
walled-in city Saturday.
The Board of Managers held their regular
meeting yesterday. They came on Tuesday to
conclude their biennial report before taking up
the regular routine work yesterday.
r.. w. Chadborn, Mrs. G. M. Brush, Mat,
Brush, Miss Lena Howard and Miss Mable Gillett
of Minneapolis, we're in the prison Saturday with
Mr.. and Mrs. II. n McKusick, of saltwater.
Mrs. S. d. B. Schultz, of Whitewater, Mich
Mrs J. M. Harper, of zumbrota, Mrs. E. j. Eyve
Miss Essie e. vel. OF St. Paul. and Miss May burst
Of Minneapolis were in the prison Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Sutton and their guest
Miss Minnie Sutton. of Susquehanna Co., Pa
looked through the prison last Thursday, not neg
lecting to find their way aloft to the printing Of
flee.
MIR. Geo. A. Finn, of st. Paul, was visitor to
our sanctum yesterday. He knows how to make
the editor happy and his paper prosper. conse
quenty he will read THE MIRROR for twelve
months.
The guards and officers sat down to one of the
finest dinners on Thanksgiving Day that ever
served in the prison. and Steward Benner and
Billy the Chef were the recipients of many com.
plments.
Mrs. j. w. Smith, of ST. Paul, Mrs. C. M. Aid
rich. of Kansas City. Mo-. and Mrs. I. H. Roberts
and daughter of st. Paul. and Mrs.T. W. Alexander
were shown the sights of the prison yesterday by
Guard Alexander.
Foreman E. Mcclellan escorted his sister in-law
Mrs. Geo. Manson. of Duluth, and Miss Kit Curre OF
Eau Claire, through the prison last Friday
Mac" did not forget to show them the cleanest
printing Office in the state.
The Thresher company began its work fol-
next seasons trade Monday morning. not very
large force put to begin with. but it is said
that the company expect to do a larger business
this season than ever before.
Postmaster John Mccarthy must have had a
good deal of fun last week, we see by local pa
hat Q cd his. int q b,,J
had to stand trial in court and pay s95 repair
damages done a man in hopping the office floor
with his anatomy.
Uncle Billy remarked the other evening tina,
during his fifteen years of service as night guard
in the cellroom the place had never been so uni
formly quiet and the boys well behaved as since
the new rules were issued about two months ago.
We have heard number of the old inmates re-
mark the same thin
THE MIRROR job Office turned out boob
this week. OF course it was a small book, but il
those for whom it was published make proper use
of the information contained therein it will have
an important influence upon their conduct Read
it carefully ponder it WELL and if you don't like il
why. do as we convicts did with our little book
accept it and make the best OF it.
Thanksgiving Day.
Every one woke on the morning of Thanksgiv
ing with taste for turkey in his mouth. The
cooks were up and at work long before dawn to
complete the preparations begun the day previous
Every one remained quietly in the cells until
about ten o'clock when doors swung open and the
whole family marched into the chapel. The pro-
gram for the occasion had not been announced
and the audience sat there for few minutes
wondering what was to come Presently the side
door opened and little procession filed forward