The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-12-17

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| to a nest in a hot pie.
The oldest inhabitant cannot remember when
we had such another December as this has been.
Rain began falling Sunday evening and fell al
most continuously for twenty four hours. Tues.
day was clear and warm like day in April and
the click of the lawn mower would not have
seemed out of season.
We have to thank the secretary for his excel
lent report of Sundays Chautauqua meeting. He
might have added that it was the first meeting
at which there were no resolutions offered or
amendments to the rules proposed. He might
have added also that it would be an excellent idea
to give the present rules fair test before seeking
| to have them changed.
"A new arrival, who was running a shaper in
the soft wood shop, got the palm of his hand
badly lacerated Monday by showing it against the
revolving knives. The knives revolve so rapidly
that they are invisible. He, wishing to brush
away some shavings from under the knives. thrust
in his hand. He will know better next time, but
it is very dear experience.
The night-school is proving more successful
than was hoped for. Some of the boys show
ing remarkable aptitude for learning. The teach.
ers have now got their pupils we'll in hand, and
know the particular needs of each. Examinations
| are going on this week, and these are
completed more reliable estimate can be made
| OF the progress. One of the teachers has prom
ised to embody the results thus attained in an
article for next weeks paper.
They have been having interesting time
over in the boiler room of late. Two weeks ago
one set of boilers we're shut down so that repairs
could be made about the protecting brick work.
This job was just nicely finished and the boilers
steamed up when the mud drum sprung u leak.
The new work had to be undone, and it has taken
another week to make the needed repairs. 1t
looks as if the agreeable change in the weather
had been brought about as a special favor to the
engineer.
After the regular service last Sunday Miss E.
Gustafsen. of Alstad. Wis.,, conducted service in
the Swedish language. Only the Scandinavian i'll
mates were present. This lady spoke here about
four years and half ago. 1t was the week the
first issue of THE PRISON MIRROR was printed
and quite an extended account of the meeting was
given in that paper. She will speak again next
Sunday after the regular exercises. and all Scan.
dinavians who wish to attend should come out at
the first meeting. otherwise perhaps they may not
be given an opportunity to be present.
"A thrifty-minded boy. whose home is on the
pigeons that make their home within the walls
bethought him of plan by which he could law
fully make the toothsom birds all his own. The
scheme was simple. He went to work and built a
large and comfortable pigeon house and located
it where it was to catch the eye of the shell.
terless birds. That handsome house has stood
there several months with the latchstring hang
ing the outside. but not one of the fool pigeons
has accepted the invitation On fine days the
birds sit on the roof of the dollhouse hooking
and making faces at that boy.
This is a tough story of bad break caused by
tough steak. Fireman began concluded that he
could board himself cheaper than he could board
with the state. When he came on duty the first
evening of the first day of self-boarding he asked
the engineer to lend him ile The engineer
went to his chest and brought out new 14-inch
and requested smaller one. and when asked
what size he did want he opened wide his mouth
and pointing to the interior. said. lung hi kang
lille hi hoken boot hid" which being interpreted,
is. zone can file my broken tooth WITH" Sure
enough, there the gagged stump of once
noble incisor that had. after nearly two score
years and ten of faithful SERVICE fallen a victim
| to ungrateful masters false economy.
black list that it will satisfy more curiosity than
anything that has appeared in this paper within
the year 81. You are just itching to know why
the assistant deputy came around Tuesday even.
| ing and asked you what size of shoes you wear.
are you nota Well. several years ago a safe was
| cracked in Wisconsin town. and in the morning
the local Pinkerton discovered the prints of a No.
IL shoe leading away from the kitchen window,
across a vacant lot, down the railroad track to
the outskirts of the town. then northward through
the woods to the embers of a fire around VIII ich
were scattered speckled feathers, an old tomato
can, a hat lining. and few bread crumbs. But
that is all foreign to the burning question. They
were never able to trace the author and printer
OF the No. Is tracks beyond his first camp, but
they preserved the hat lining and record of the
size of shoes worn by the desperately and SO, as the
Warden was going to the store to buy us all some
new winter shoes he thought it prudent to take
our measures along
Many have been wondering what that frame
work, which projects from upper story window
OF the machine shop. is for. To satisfy our self as
well as to relieve the strain on the inquistveness
| OF our prison readers we made reportorial as
cension the other day. We found that to the west