The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-07-03


The new rotary bake is at last in course
OF construction. Mr.. A. J. Fish, one of the Chi
cago firm who manufacture the ovens, is on hand
experimenting the work, and the boys do say that
he is 'rusher.'
Rev. Father Gerard. o. S. B., of Collegeville
was in the prison Monday with Messrs j. A. and
A. M. Deragsch of the Minnesota Mercantile Co.
Father Gerard will be reader of our paper for
the next year at least.
Mrs ]. H. Mayall of ST. Paul, Mrs. J.J. Sutton
Master j. j. Sutton, Mrs. N. B. Jameson, Miss
Matte Jameson and Master Herbert Staples, of
Columbus, Wis. were guests of the Matron, Mrs.
Hattie Walker. yesterday
Mrs C. Monchamp, Winnipeg, Mrs. r. l..
Lavale and Mrs. A. Dufresne, St Paul. Mrs. l.. A.
Elliott and Mrs. Nj. H. Bromley saltwater Misses
M Chenet and Annie Monchamp, of Montreal,
Canada, composed party who visited the prison
Monday.
1t was rumored about the kitchen the other
day that quart of milk had suddenly and mys-
terousIy disappeared. Only delicate regard for
his oversensitveness caused us to hesitate in
suggesting the of "a stomach.pump on the
butcher.
We neglected mentioning in our last issue
that Mr. c. H. Webster of Hastings, had become
one of the guardians of Minnesotas state prison.
1t is to be hoped that long prison life will
not Danish from his features the pleasant smile
with which it Is adorned at the beginning of his
service.
L. H. Blanges, Denver, Col; Geo. W. Morte-
mer and Geo. w. Moe Jr st. Paul; A. u Peterson,
Chicago, ILL.,; Kendrick p Shedd, Rochester, n
Y; Mrs. Alfred Dufresne, Mahtomedi; Rev. Father
Gerard Colegeville. and M. A. Fennen Fender,
Neb., became subscribers to our paper within the
past week.
The boys working on the wall have rugged up
small water wheel beneath the end of the spout
from which pOurs the water of the spring that
flows from the bank, and to one end of the shaft
they have attached a crank and to the crank
wooden man in old continental uniform, who,
poor fellow keeps turning the wheel from early
morn to morn again.
Miss l.. M. Gowdy and Mrs A Travis, of Mime
apois, visited the prison Sunday to see how the
Chautauqua Circle progressing 1t will be
| remembered that it was Miss Gowdy who took
such great interest in having the movement intro
duced in this prison. other engagements pre-
vented the ladies from attending the meeting of
the Circle in the afternoon.
Pioneer Press, was in the prison yesterday and
called upon THE MIRROR. Mr. Bailey is an
enterprising man is proved by the fact of his
| having worked his way up from the compositer's
case to the business management of one of the
greatest newspaper establishments in the country.
And he is still young man.
EDITOR v. C, Seward started yesterday for
Ventura, Cal, to be present at the golden wedding
of his parents. He will be gone probably about
two weeks. He took with him as a present to his
father a gold-headed cane that had been made
here in the prison by one of the inmates. The
body of the cane was made of leather and it was
so highly finished that 1t looked like polished eb.
ony. No finer piece of such work has ever been
turned out in this institution.
Every one about the prison was pleased to
| Frank Hall return to duty. During his absence
he visited the prison at Jackson, Michigan, and he
| found the inmates divided into two grades The
men in the first grade wear gray suits and grow
boards, while those in the second grade wear
stripes and not permitted to grow boards
man is put in the first grade entering the
prison and if he conducts himself properly he re-
mains there during his term. new arrival is
initiated in a novel manner: after the deputy
warden has posted him the prison rules he is
then taken in hand by committee of three con-
victs who tell him what they expect of him as one
| of their number.
The prison Chautaunqua Circle had very sue
cessful and instructive meeting Sunday afternoon.
| The rules for the government of the circle which
| had been drawn up by the advisory committee
| and had received the approval of the Warden. re-
ceived the unanimous approval of the circle after
| a little spirited debating. representative of
each of the six divisions read paper which had
| been prepared upon the studies for the past two
weeks. The reading Of the papers well received
by the class. The critic, Chaplain ]. H. Albert,
was very merciful upon this his first opportunity
to exercise his prerogative but suspect that he