The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-01-22
Mr.. Sam Pierson, with the Slick shoe firm of
ST Panl anent Sunday with Guard Elannarx

"A new lou OF pine was received last week LOT
the tub and pail shop, and the stave saws are
again on the rip-e.ty buzz. consequently Guard
Cayou is himself once more.
The new elevator for the Irvine factory is one
Of the rapid transit sort. and the young man that
starts up it will not have arrived at decrepitude
before he does the top floor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hurley and Miss Maggie Fergu-
son, of saltwater, Miss Adelia Conway, of Inde-
pendence. Iowa, and Miss Nellie Calvin, of ST..
Paul, were visitors to the prison one day last
week.
Mrs. j. r. Kolliner and Master Kolliner and
Miss Anna E. Scott. of saltwater. Miss Jennie
Stinson and Miss Eva Hoskins, of Minneapolis,
were through the prison Monday with Mr.. Chas.
Stinson, of st. Paul.
We have just had to pay some heavy paper
bills and other debts that makes our. treasury
have that tired. gone feeling that we read about
in the almanac. Won't some of our delinquent
friends come forward with little of the sovereign
remedy for such Affections?
Farmer Rose has arrayed himself from top to
bottom in new garments la penitentiaire. He has
been led to this unprecedented act no doubt, by
| a desire to make a creditable appearance a rep
resentatve Of the Farmers Alliance before the
legislative investigating committee.
1t was warm Tuesday that we worked all
day in this Office without fire and with doors and
windows open. We have generally refrained
from making any personal illusions about the
weather and we do not propose to begin now, but
the weather has certainly conducted itself in a
remarkable manner this winter.
Dr. c. R. Reyes and wife made farewell
visit to the prison Monday as they passed on their
way to Duluth where they will make their home
The doctor will hang out his single in West
Duluth where we hope his success will be such as
only thoroughly good deserve. You bet if
we ever pass that way with a broken leg he will
get the job Of mending us.
The fact was mentioned last week of the en-.
CINE room boys having amputated of the
hind legs of the pet rabbit which had been crushed
and we are now pleased to announce the complete
success of the operation. Mr. Rabbit does not
to be the least bit Inconvenience by the loss
of his leg-in fact he seems have more aristo-
cratic carriage than before. If other rabbits get
onto this rabbits new hop and they are anything
like men. it will start fad in rabbit society
"A good deal of much needed work has been
done in the boiler room within the past month
All the steam pipes have been covered with pack.
ing; the steam drums have beeu jacketed with
wood between which and the drum heavy lin.
ing of freproof packing has been placed; the old
brick and mortar covering has been removed
from the the boilers and instead they have
been covered with a freproof composition made Of
sawdust. lime and copperas and the whole is
planked over so that one may walk over the
boilers without trouble. These improvements
will result in great saving Of fuel by combining
the heat to where it is needed. Engineer Woods
views the work with considerable satisfaction
The binding Irvine machinery is now being
unpacked and hoisted up into the factory rooms
Mr.. Thomas Thompson, the expert has arrived
from Belfast, Ireland, and is now experimenting
the unpacking and placing of the machinery pre-
paratory to setting it up. There are thousands of
pieces. large and small, of machinery that no one
not understanding the business could tell the
purpose of. There wheels and wheels and
wheels. and bobbins and bobbins and bobbins
reels and reels and reels, and wibblins and wab.
blins and wobblins. long rods and short rods,
round rods and square rods. springs chains, &c.
centres, Stats, screws, nuts bolts, pins wrenches
oil cans, ETC.. ETC., too many to mention. The
hangers for the shafting are being put up.
while in the barber shop the other day Chap
lain Albert and Steward Benner got to cracking
chestnuts and throwing the shells in each others
face. The steward made some remark about the
preachers always having the contribution box to
fall back on. which suggested to the chaplain q
story he had once heard of an old minister
who, on one occasion, sent an old brother around
to take up a collection, but he returned empty.
| handed. He laid the hat down before the
preacher who began offering thanks. The brother
thought there was some mistake and called the
old gentlemans attention to the fact that nothing
had been given. The preacher said: II see, see
but am thankful to get my hat back" Now
that reminds me Of a story once heard of an old
Indian" said the steward who came to the mis-.
sion one day along with a number of other In.
dams each of whom had brought something in the
way of an offering to the missionary. One brought
| csonskin, another little corn and others some.
thing else. and threw the whole lot down at the
preachers feet. The old man looked at them and
then remarked that that was very poor pay. One
old Indian shrugged his shoulders and replied,
'Um, poor preach, too.'" Then the steward hur-
ried out to see that the prunes had been put to
| stew.
The ship of matrimony has companion.
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