The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-11-06

Mr.. Chas. II. Slocum. of West Superior, Wis.
Mr.. j. K. Lobden, of st. Paul, and H. T. King. of
saltwater, were shown the prison Monday by
Steward Frank Hall.
Geo. Boynton of st. Paul, Miss Alma Mllett
and Miss Cythrene Moorhead. of saltwater. and
Sydney Brown. of London. England. were shown
through the prison one day last week.
The new addition to the boiler room will soon
be ready for the roof. The new set of boilers
being put in order ana will be ready to steam up
by the time the building is completed.
The new building will soon be ready for the
binding Irvine machinery. The iron roof is nearly
completed. The floors are being finished and the
painters at work on the woodwork.
Mrs. w. P. Kelley, of Fargo, N. OAK. Mrs. H.
w. Wisenger. Mrs. c. c. Bordwen and Miss Villa
Bordwell, of saltwater we're shown through the
prison last Thursday by Storekeeper Fred Bord-
we'll.
Now that the campaign is over the candidates
who posed to catch the Farmers Alliance vote
can change their clothes, comb the hayseed out
of their hair and once again become gentlemen of
elegant appointments.
The hospital ward is very lonesome place
these days. We looked in the other day and
there was not soul in the room. Whose fault is
it? The doctors. the cooks or Minnesota's Methu
seah.producing climate?
Our German friend, the butcher. who is at
present presiding over the kettles in the steam
kitchen, desires to offer an apology to his
brother Germans for the non-appearance of the
promised prunes in the soup. He offers the McKin-
ley bill excuse.
ia heinp whisnered hOut that Cuards Cold.
smith and Meehan are to fight duel at an early
date. We were unable to learn which was the
challenger but it is definitely known that the weap
ons will be blowguns at long range firing to con-
tnue until one or the other dies a natural death.
Last Sundays meeting of the prison c. L. S.
C. we'll attended. but all the members were
not there who might have been. 1t is hoped that
you will all turn out at the next meeting. Every
member should constitute himself committee of
a hundred to work for the success and growth of
the circle.
DIR. C. r. Keyes resigned the stewardship of the
hospital and last Friday afternoon started for
New York City to attend lectures at Belview Hos
pital and take postgraduate course in medicine.
Mrs. Keyes, his wife, will remain here for few
weeks. The doctor will visit again about the first
of January. Mr.. F. H. Hall, who formerly
steward. has resumed his old position. Everyone
here regrets very much the departure Of the ever
obliging doctor.
Our electric light plant is again in operation
and is giving more satisfaction than ever. The
Chief is delighted with his success. Everything
was in readiness for the first trial week ago last
Wednesday night and at O'Clock the switch
turned and instantly every globe in the prison
circuit was ball of fire. Not mistake had been
made in the connections of the net work of wires.
Our short experience with the old fashioned
candle gave us a renewed appreciation of the
electric lamp.
Might Guard Goldsmith got relieved from
duty at three O'Clock on the morning of election
for the ostensible purpose of going home, but it
is said that his real reason in leaving the prison
at early an hour was that he might get to the
polling place in time to cast his vote before it
closed in the evening. Uncle Billy Hall says that
as he was on his way home after six O'Clock in the
morning he passed Guard Goldsmith going in the
direction of the poles 1t is presumed that he got
there but he was not yet returned to the prison
at two O'Clock Wednesday morning.
We visited the storeroom Tuesday and found
the storekeeper in his usual troubled state of
mind. The prison storekeeper is always troubled.
On making the usual inquiry to the
cause of his down-in-the-mouth appearance. he
said. "Oh, darn it, there amt yard of winter
cloth in the house." After sympathizing with
him until he in mellow mood, he unbur-
dened his woe-ladened soul of the information
that he could not fiEd man in the prison small
enough to fit a single coat in his stock. And
there was his stock of trousers not one pair of
which could be persuaded onto Barnum's most
skinny living skeleton even with the assistance of
shoe horn He knew by the looks of the boys
whenever he handed them down a pair of those
trousers that they despised him in their hearts;
and thus on his tale of woe. But he consoled
himself with the sweet knowledge that the
weavers and not he to blame for the cloth for