The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-11-17
LOCAL. PICKINGS.

Received. 5; discharged, 3.
The cry of the first grade man. Give me
my pants.''
Doctor Hall informs us that the health of his
department is way up in &. That's good news
The vacancy which occurred in the Pieran
Circle by the retirement of three of its members
has been filled by three good men,
Statement of population Nov. IL: Working
for Thresher Co., 149; working for state. 1863: sick
and infirm, 5. Total population. 81.
Tine other day John forgot to put the collars
on the horses. Mem GOH!" said he. 1--WE
forgotten to put the neck-tles on the team
Mr. Richards. who is connected with the
Thresher company, had to leave for New York
last Sunday night on account of the serious ill
ness of his sister.
On the 10th the State Auditor received the
miscellaneous earnings of our prison amounting
to S. 40. of which s., 29l % from the sale
of binding Irvine.
What's the news to-day" we asked of Il
member of the laundry. peace and harmony
is my pass word to-day" he said. Pease and
hominy would strike us better.
Farmer Rose presented the main gate guards
with a new wood box. We recommend it be
given coat of paint and of color that will har
monte with the surroundings.
THAT young man, who carried the name of
one of HOmer's heroes. took his departure last
Tuesday, and is now on his way to the bosom of
his family. Good luck, to you, me boy.
Although our coats can only boast of one
solitary pocket still it is almost large as saddle
bags, and will hold easily all the letters and pa
pers we may wish to carry around with us.
The cause of our being without our electric
light since last Monday night came about
through the burning out of the armature on the
dynamo. Engineer Jones expects to he on deck
again tonight. or tomorrow night.
The two artists. who so tittingy decorated
the barOnial halls where masticate the lls-
cious hash are now engaged i'm painting the cell
doors with the regulation danger signal color
BY Thanksgiving the job will be over if not
sooner.
-" Say. did you know that he is awfully sore
over the bet he lost?' Say. did you - for
heavens sake. gentlemen. we've got $40 sore
head politicians on our books now. and there
are 50 counties to be heard from yet Wow. let
us alone.
That bookings glass in the dining room must
be suffering tOrtures. The artistic touch we see
aprons. is proof sufficient that that mirror is
used quite often. Did you catch on Siegfried's
style q la Berlilese?
THE MIRROR was visited by several of the
students who compose the brass band of the
Alton Seminary. They are splendid looking fel-
lows; and we hope that in the near future they
will pay us another visit: and foot " some fami-
liar airs to the boys.
We are right in the midst of the short days,
and many of us are enjoying half an hour
cat-nap in the morning, and the long. long win
ter evenings to study in. BY the way. read what
is published this week on Winter Reading as
it strikes the nail on the head
Mr.. ThOs. r. Drake, Deputy State Organizer
of the International Typo. Union. and repre-
sentative of the Minneapolis Times. inspected
the beauties of our office last Friday. We we're
gathering sunbeamS at the time on our Main
street, and were deprived of shaking hands with
Brother Drake. Call again.
The prisoners received during the week, end
ing the sixteenth, were from Ramsey county
for burglary in the the third degree. years
the first degree years. Two from Mobiles
eounty-burglary third degree, year, and grand
larceny second degree years eleven months.
The other Sunday, while talking to one of
the boys, We were astOnished to see mouse
dash towards the door and then bounce back in
away that made us believe that the little fellow
was some kind of return-ball in disguise. The
hanluard mOyomopt fOund Out oauSod