The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-10-15

After his first going the lawn its appearance
reminded one Of little boys head after hair
cut by his mamma.
-Rameous article on Mrs. swsshelm that ap.
peared in THE MIRROR few weeks ago. re-
appeared one day this week in the Minneapolis
Evening Tribune under three-storied heading.
The big dailies do occasionally recognize good
thing when they see it.
The night primary school will reopen the first
of next month. 1t is said that it will be on a
larger scale than the school of last winter. By
next spring there should not be man in the
prison that cannot read and write sufficiently well
to attend to his own correspondence.
Peanuts, peanuts-peanuts on the vine. Last
week Guard John Cover brought into the prison
bunch of peanut vines with the nuts still attached
to the roots. They were grown on his own plan.
tation" in the city of Saltwater. They looked to
be fully developed, but it is said they will not
ripen in this climate.
Foreman Sutton wound up in prison again
Tuesday. He says he had bully good time while
away. He visited the ]. 1. Case works at Racine.
Wis, took spin among the wonders Of Chicago,
and then slid down to st. Louis where he Toasted
his aldermanic eyes upon the fine horses, cattle,
pigs and pumpkins on exhibition at the Missouri
State Fair. He seems satisfied that he got the
worth of his ducats.
Mr.. VIM. McCracken. of Red Wing. arrayed
himself Tuesday in a suit of the brass-buttoned
blue and regulation cane and was then sent
forth to guard the morals and general well.being
Of the Minnesota state prison. That he may never
lose the CHEEKY twinkle of his eye is the wish Of
all. A guard need not necessarily have dyspep.
the state reform school,
The Inland Printer gives the following re.
tept for cleaning glass vessels that may be of
service to our readers: ut often happens that
glass vessels become stained receive un-
slightly crust which is difficult to remove by rub.
bling or securing. The best way to remove such
stains is to wash the glasses with little dilute
muriatic acid. This will effectually the de-.
post and brighten the glass;
One of the boys running an iron planer in the
lower machine shop has made valuable improve
ment on his machine. Heretofore. when doing
certain kinds of work. it necessary for him to
raise the cutter by hand every time to allow the
piece of work to pass back. Thus the machine re-
CURED his undivided attention. By simple de-
vice attached to the cutter it is raised up and held
clear of the work until it makes the return
movement. Now all that is necessary is to set the
work and start the machine. When a man has
done this he may give his attention to other
things until the work is done.
-"Revenge is sweet!' So thinks Foreman
Bronson, and he feels though he had seen the
telegraph fiend and gone him one better. few
days ago he had the pleasure of seeing one of the
shipping department clerks rushing around the
yard, first into one shop and then into another.
with the perspiraton standing in great beads on
his forehead and his scalp.lock standing erect. AS
the poor fellow mopped his forehead with his
shirt sleeve he sighed and sad Bronson, am
stuck; have hunted this yard all over and can't
find box 81. Say, what kind of box is it anyhow?
Is it babbitted? Is it for engine or separator"
Bronson looked at the man as he wiped the per-
spiration from his brow, and in the largeness Of
his heart he forgot all about the telegram. He
only knew the man was in trouble so he said, LET
me see your ORDER" and began to read "Stillwater
Thresher Manufacturing Company-Dear Sir:
Please send one cht'l mtg blank to j. II. Box "a,
East Grand Forks, MIMI" AS softly as possible he
broke the situation to the unfortunate individual
and told him to buy some gum for the boys in the
Office and call it square on kilograms.
There is wild havoc in the northwest corner
broken for the new building. and since then things
have been lively about there. The old frame
building, that stood in the center Of the site of
the new one, has been emptied OF its machinery
and other stock and demolished. the old lumber
assorted and stacked or sent to the furnace room.
1t was big and hard job to take it down. About
twenty-five men have been at work digging the
trench for the foundation and they have made
wonderful progress considering that they are all
new to the work and that the nature of the dig
ging could not be much worse. They have had to
contend with old railroad ties and iron, timbers
and other rubbish buried there in times past.
Besides, they have had to stand in water most of
the time and shovel muck that would not scour
The whole west end and good ways down the
sides has been excavated to the depth of six feet
and is ready for the foundation. the material for
which has been arriving for several days. Large
mortar beds and a temporary lime house have
been constructed out of the lumber from the old
building. We understand that the one story that
is to be built this fall is to be constructed with
view to supporting two more stories that are to
be added next year. 1t is estimated that about
$4,000 Will cover the cost of this building
The war department reports that the enlistment