The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-05-05

they may derive from the paper to the w. c. T. U.
of Morris who generously furnished the dollars.
Mr.. w. E. Foran. who has been at the head of
the Collection Department for Minnesota and the
Dakotas for the Thresher company, left last week
for Grand Forks, N. D.. where he will resume the
company's work where he left off year ago..
May good luck attend the good man. THE MIR
ROR will keep him posted on prison affairs.
The Board of Managers will hold their May
meeting on the 9th inst and so far as the in
mates of the prison concerned. this will prob.
ably be the most important meeting they have
held. AS we understand it. they will establish a
system for grading the men. which will shortly
bring about great changes in the methods of dis
cipline. All the boys deeply interested in the
prospective changes.
Says the saltwater G zette of Monday:
Fears are entertain ed in reference to the loca-
ton and my sterous movements of Frank Ii. Hall,
hospital steward at the prison. He's been acting
queer for several days and Saturday disappeared
altogether Some people think that the fact of a
marriage license being issued in st. Paul. few
days ago. bearing the names of F. H. Hall and
Mrs. Emma Cilley. that Frank has gone and got
married or something
We are soon to have first class bath house.
The work of fitting it up is progressing rapidly.
Eighteen double compartments-one for DRESSING
the other for bathing--with outer and dividing
doors. will be placed in the new part. and soon
as these are ready for use four or five compart.
ments will be fitted up in the old part. Each
compartment will be fitted with spray and
hot and cold water pipes so that each bather can
regulate the temperature to suit himself. We
ought to have a brass band to celebrate the open
ing.
Hospital Steward +. H. Hall and Mrs. Emma
Cilley were married at the First Baptist church,
st. Paul, last Saturday Rev. DR.. Butrick perform
ing the ceremony. Well, well-who would have
thought Frank Hall would go off and do that!
Mighty sly. Nevertheless every one says to every
one else that he did wise and commendable, but
above all, surprising thing. The passing words
are who'd thought it," Congratulations for
the happy couple were the order of the day when
the news spread through the prison Tuesday. and
now THE MIRROR begs to add its and those of
every inmate of the institution.
There was one.half the element for incip-
lent foreign war in the Company's tin shop one
day last week. Felix left his dinner pail there
for repairs. Though somewhat rumpled and
barred of tin by its twelve years of constant
ice. the recollection of the many feasts of maca.
roni that he had scooped from its bottom made it
dear to his Italian heart. The timer kindly made
the needed repairs and left the pail sitting on the
work bench for the owner. He came he smiled;
he lifted up his pail; he looked down into it; held
it aloft and looked up through it, he looked this
way then that way; then he threw back his head.
little to one side, and then-but what Numbered
forth from the heaving bosom of the son of sunny
Italy is not translatable into pure English. Some
one bad dropped an inch and half cold chisel
through the bottom of that macaroni can. Who
perpetrated the outrage will perhaps never be
known and it is best so. but is said that several
citizen employ s of the boiler shop passed that
way during the day.
The fat man who engineers the washing ma.
chimes and the lean m an who manages the soap
factory put their heads together the other day
and concocted scheme whereby all the rats
within the walled city, were to be gathered to
their fathers. They got a soap barrel, took the
head of another barrel and balanced it on pivots
about one foot down inside of the soap barrel.
Then they filled the barrel about one quarter full
of water On each side of the balancing trap door
piece of meat was nailed. They left the internal
machine in the soap house and retired to watch
for developments. Pres emily an old thief came
out OF hiding. cautiously approached the destroyer
and after precautionary feint two, drop.
ped down for free lunch. He didn't stop to eat,
but by superrat spring saved himself from a
watery grave. The fat mans account of what
next happened is attest ted by the lean man. He
says that on hearing squeakng noise in the soap
| factory he went to look again. and this time saw
two rats perched upon the chime OF the barrel.
looking down at the bait. Presently one went
around to the bait on the other side; then to his
| establishment, they both dropped onto the trap
door at the same time. one on either slde and
after little lettering they balanced the board
and set to gnawing the meat. He was so aston.
| ished that he could not suppress an exclamation,
at which the thieves took fright and sprang stimuli.
| taneously out of the barrel and scampered away.
We believe his story for three hours after the re.
markable incident is said to have occurred, his
| eyes were still sticking out half an inch.
Said an Ala mother: Never would
L call boy of mine Alias if l had hun
dred to name. Men by that name is allus
| cutting up caperS. Here's Alias TOmpSOn,
AL las Williams lias tho NiUht HouI> oil