The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23

"A prisoner convicted of stealing hogs when
asked what he had done with them replied. Drank
them. SIR This is not the first of man 60.
ing the whole hog" to his sorrow.
Felix says that "if he putta ma in the pape
any more ma knocka the he'd offa the Ed" But
Felix has talked long time and yet the sod in
his private burying ground is still unbroken.
The Bertillon system of measurement and ex.
animation is now being applied to all prisoners
received The record is taken in the Deputy
Office where complete arrangements for the work
have been made.
-Drs. w. j. Without and j. H. Wingender of
the Holmes sanitarium at Hudson, Wis, and Col
Samuel A. sorch and Geo. F. Dengber. editor of
the Enterprise, of schuylkill Haven, Pa, were
visitors Saturday.
The officers of the prison blossomed out Sat
urday morning in white straw hats and black al.
paca coats 1t looks like there had been a sort of
a mutual aid deal. The new rig looks very nice
and no doubt is as comfortable as it is nice.
1t has been long time since we have heard
of any of the boys discharged from here having
any trouble with the saltwater police. Guess
they must be selling better quality of spirits to
the boys than used to be set before them, or per.
haps the boys don't stop to drink.
BY collision of passenger trains ON the st.
Paul & Duluth road about three miles north of the
prison. at O'Clock Tuesday, James. the eleven.
year. old son of j. j. stinson, of saltwater. and
Fireman Kelly were killed. A number of other
trainmen we're seriously injured.
Turnkey Meehan spent few days Of the past
week down in steele county whittier he went to see
what damage had been done his farm properties
by the recent cyclone. He found that but little
damage had been done on his place while heavy
losses had been suffered by others in the neigh.
borhood.
The steam heating system is being overhauled.
All the piping has been taken out of the cellroom
and will be rearranged on an improved plan.
This is the first time within the memory of the
Oldest inhabitant that this work has been begun
in summer. The custom has been to leave that
work until the mercury had settled down for the
winter.
There is only one thing in the world that goes
slower than the last month of prisoners time
and that thing is the Company's cart horse. He
has the art of slowness down to such fine thing
that in order to discov whether he is in state of
action OF repOSo one mas TO Chalk QOOl ana the
road and then come around later and see if the
marks are drawing apart.
In making arrangements for changing the
steam pipes in the cellroom it was necessary to
make a hole through the old partition wall near
the messroom door. The Deputy observing the
hole, which is about 12x14 inches, informed the
boss of the job that some way of fastening it up
would have to be found as it would not do to
leave such opening during the night Now
anyone intent escaping who would crawl
through that hole would be about as successful as
the kitten is that chases around and around after
its own tail for the old partition is inside of the
new one forming a hallway. and the doors of the
old one have been removed for 10! these many
years. The boss looked at the Deputy minute
and then remarked. well, if there is any blasted
fool in the prison romantic as to prefer raking
his hide off by squeezing through that little ragged
hole rather than to walk out through open
doorway not two feet away, why" The Deputy
had got too far away by this time to hear the fate
that ought to befall the fellow. The hole is
there to vouch for the truth of this story.