The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-04-28


the prison was presented. Monday. with copy Of
the new Rules and Regulations governing the in
stitution. The new rules do not change the duties
of any employee. but clearly define what they are.
Nv. H. H." of Pine Island, writes to the
Warden requesting to know who it is that sends
copy of THE MIRROR to his Cor her) address,
w. H. H has reason to believe that the sender
is former pupil of his Cor hers) and would like
very much to know for a certainty. The sender is
requested to make himself known to the Warden :.
-Hennepin county placed four of its impaired
citizens with us last week for repairs. Three of
them were sentenced for grand larceny in the
ond degree and one for forgery. Sentences range
from year and months to years and months.
One of the boys is old inhabtant, this being his
third. and we hope last, term. He should be sat.
isied now of the futlity of his efforts to run
counter to the interests of the four or five hun
dred millions of his fellow beings.
We feel our deficiency in the language of art
when we undertake to describe the work of the
prison frescoe artists upon the walls of the print.
ing department. 1t is simply astonishing what an
effect few simplescolors laid with little
tistic taste will have upon the walls of a room
To describe it is beyond the range of humble
pen. The work must be seen to be appreciated,
and as have it we. of course. appreciate it
which is what we wish to have understood. We
will say nothing about the good taste displayed by
the artists in washing their paint brushes in the
Office water bucket.
There is one of our mber who seems to be
very hungry for literary honors. Whenever he
finds anything in THE MIRROR signed by initials
that will in any way fit to his own name he marks
the article, fills out the name. and sends the pa.
per to his friend. Last week he struck a "bonanz'
in the signature, WAY" All he had to do was
to mark the article and make dash in front of
the signature. thus. WAY, and he had it. We
will write the poor fellow an article some day and
put his full name to it, and then he. and not we.
will be taken out and stuffed into the sewer. We
will bet scissors against his gall that he does
not mark this paragraph and send it to his friend.
The foreman of the wagon shop was a very,
very unhappy foreman for few hours one day
last week. He wanted to know the time of day,
and he felt for it, but alas! twas gone. He
thought moment without the aid of his watch
and then hoofed it straight for the engine shop.
There he met with reception that sent his spirits
down to AZ degrees below zero. He returned to
his dominion a sadder but no wiser man. He
thought again. and then he went to see another
man. but with no more encouraging results So
he went on thinking and accusing until he had
visited every suspicious character among his
friends. At last he sought the secluson of his
Office and laid his troubled head upon his desk to
think. He starts-presses his closer to the
top of the desk-"Tck. tick, tick-t He raised
his head also the top of the desk and-beheld
once the cherished face of his faithful watch.
-'Our esteemed contemporary, THE PRISON
MIRROR. in a recent issue. makes light of the oh.
ject we have in view in launching the Prison
Light on the sea of journalism evidently the
scheme has never been tried at the saltwater
Prison. Judging from the number of ex.Stillwater.
ties now sojourning with u.s." Be careful, friend;
you running dangerously near thin ice. Were
the rumor to get abroad in midst that dele.
CATION of Waupun officials were coming to
inspect the saltwater prison some certain day
fear that noticeable number of our folks would
endeavor to spend that day under the house.
However, do not wish to be understood as
"making light" of your undertaking. Your aims
are laudable; we believe in the reforming power
of Christianity, and that a convict can be a
sistent Christian; but we do not believe that
strictly ''religious' prison paper can be made a
staying paper. We are pleased to note the great
improvement of the present number of the Prison
Light over former issues. You will find your des.
tined path by and by If you just keep movin'."