The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23

RObt. A. Lang and Samuel c. Converse, looked
through this institution last Thursday.
"A United States prisoner was received from
TT. Smelling Monday morning. Uncle Sam will
settle his board bills for the next six years.
Manager Dunn visited the prison last Thurs
day and did not forget to call THE MIRROR
office with his friend Mr.. c. E. Bondy, of Ely ota.
Harry Oleson, of Winthrop. and gentleman
friend were among the visitors to the prison last
week. Mr.. Oleson added his name to our list of
subscribers.
Sheriff Jorgen Johnson brought in two prison
ers from Clay county Monday; and they will eat
prison hash for one and one and one-half years
respectively.
One of the clerks in the lower office is Guilt
waiting stubby pine wood forest on has face. which
he is pleased to call 'whiskers' IN lieu of more
expressive term.
Mr.. F. E. Latham. OF Howard Lake, was a Wis.
itor here last Friday. MIR. Latham fitted himself
out with leather cane and then called in and
made THE MIRROR happy with subscription.
notwithstanding that many men are in
this prison for living their Wits in Minnesota
Bill Nye and the Hosier Poet seem to be making
success of the undertaking. But they may get
here yet-tme alone can tell
Fannie" the queen of the hospital. is always
up with the times. She, to be in sympathy with
the boys, took la grippe and the boys have been
dividing their medicines-plls, powders and tinct-
ures-with her. She takes everything as a mat
ter-of-course.
MIR. Ike Butt, agent Of "A Clean Sweep COM
pany. called Tuesday in company with Mr. ]. E.
Elliott of the Elliott House. "a Clean Sweep
company will be in saltwater Monday night, and
everybody who likes to have good time should be
in the opera house that night
The prison Munchaussen holds forth in the
regions of the kitchen during the watches of the
night He is forcible and emphatic speaker and
never fails to convince of his earnestness, and
it is not at all strange that the elastic portion of
MIR. Goldsmith's anatomy is stretched to snare
drum tension.
"A remarkable instance of the present winter
is that very few cases of freezing to death" have
been reported so far. Is whisky being reformed
in quality? The weather is certainly not respon-
sible for this good showing in these parts. as it
has been cold enough lately TO freeze Amelie
Rives' poems.
THE MIRROR was printed better last week
than ever before. We were thinking that a new
"dress' would have to be bought pretty soon, but
the old dress was made to show up so well that We
feel relieved of the perplexing problem of how to
pay for a new one. We ask the Gazette boys to
continue the good work.
An incipient blaze caused little excitement
in the hardwood shop yesterday. The fire was
caused by sparks from the due of the large boiler
used furnace to heat the shop, falling upon
| the roof. No damage of any consequence re-
suited The Warden Immediately ordered hot-air
pipes put in to take the place of the old furnaces
and the work will begin at once.
Prison life brings TO the surface the dominat-
ing characteristics of men. If person il inclined
to be hypocritical and mean in his ways he will
act such part to the full he has been here six
months. And the same is true of those whose in
clnations tend to straightforwardness and frank
ness in their actions. The prison is a sort of try
ingpan that brings out the good or bad that is in
US according either is in the excess.
MIR. Carl Randall will start in the course of a
few days journey to southern clImes Mr.
Randall has been in very poor health all this
winter and of late has been confined to his home
most of the time. He will visit Missouri and
Texas and will, most probably, extend his travels
into Mexico. The length of his absence is indefi-
mite. Carl will be no greenhorn on the road as he
is an old tramp and has nearly every cor
ner of the United States. We can assure him
that every one wearing stripes wishes him a safe
and pleasant journey and u speedy return to
health.
Outside readers who have noticed in these
columns paragraphs dealing with 'shaving-tck-
ets' and the lucky ones who possess them are in
all probability puzzled to see the connection. To
begin with, shaving-ticket is permit giving the
holder the right to raise whisker, beard, or
moustach of any size, color quality he may Sc
lect shaving-t ticket is given to each inmate
sixty days previous to the term of his discharge