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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-06-29
The Month Of Roses.

Here is June almost gone; it's coming
was never more welcome in these north
ern latitudes. 1t seems pity that such
a month cannot be twice as long. 1t
has been the pet of the poets. but it is
not spoiled, and is just as full of en-
chantment as ever The secret of this
is that it is the month of both hope and
fruitiOn. For the world at large the
roses bloom, and the host Of spring
flowers. 1t is pity the month is so
short: it is as full of vigor as of beauty,
and the beauty of it is that almost every
man or woman is young, if ever he, or
she were young, in June. The energy
of the year is not yet spent, indeed, the
world is opening on all sides; the school
girl is about to graduate into liberty,
and the young man is painting to kick
or row his way into female alteration
and general notoriety, the world has
not changed in this respect. 1t was so
with the Greeks. June is the knightly
month. On many field of gold and
green the heroes will kick their way in
to fame. No, the world is not decaying
or loosing its juvenility. The motto
still is Love and let the best man win. -
In the light of science and experience
the conceit of man is something curl
Gus; and June is the most blOssOming,
RANT, feminine time of the year. The
month itself is liberal education to
him who is not insensible to beauty and
the strong sweet promise of life. The
streams run clear then, as they do not
in April, the sky view is high and trans
parent, the world seems so large and
fresh and inviting. Even over the city
the sky is benign, and all the country
is heavenly exhibition. May was
sweet and capriciOus. This is the
maidenhood deliciousness Of the year.
If you were to bisect the heart of true
poet, you would find written therein
June. LIBERTY.
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tive; do not be ashamed of your igno-
rance. knowledge belongs to all, and
IN asking for information you are de-
manding that which you really own,
but which is held in trust by another
Who is in duty bound to relenquish the
trust on demand. If we would lift our
selves above the tainted atmosphere of
crime it is necessary to learn while the
opportunity is afforded. 1t is the de-
velopment of the intellect that strength
ems the morals and builds up fallen
characters such as ours. &C.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-06-29
Learn.

There is no place so we'll adapted for
study as we'll conducted prison. With
in the solitude of his cell the convict is
safe from intrusion and free from the
bustling care of the noisy world. He
can pursue his studies undisturbed. A
carefully selected and we'll stocked lib
rary, like that which the inmates of this
institution have access to-, affords a
wide field for self-instructiOn. A we'll
managed night school opens the path
to a greater field of knowledge for the
uneducated. The Pierian Circle lifts
all who wish to secure larger views in
to the higher plains of learning. All
that is necessary is little ambition
and patience to secure an education and
make the time-the laws have taken
from us-fruitful instead of degener-
ating. knowledge is not an intruder,
its'worth has made it so precious that it
must be sought, if it is to be obtained.
knowledge is not always obtained by
study, it is the reward of deligent re-
search, the grist that comes from the
mill of meditation and, even after the
grist is ground out, it is difficult to con-
vert it into nutritious food. By study
ing we can acquire, but it is meditation
that teaches, therefore it is not only
necessary to study, but is also essential
to mediate upon what we have ac-
quired, in order to retain the full pos
session of it. The brain should not be
stuffed with an endless stream of in
formation, or else the faculties will be-
come clOgged and refuse to digest the
matter. Do not hurry; learn what you
study, and study what you learn. I'm
tangle each knot as you encounter it,
do not let any problem, no matter how
small, pass unsOlved. Practice this and
you will be surprised how much the
memory will improve and how sharp
the faculties will become. Be inquisi-
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-06-29
The immigration Question.

One of the most important questions
of the day is that of immigration. 1t
has been brought before the public by
the press of every city. In every state of
the Union, columns of editorials have
been written, viewing it from every
standpoint, and in all the varying
phases of it's conditions, but the ques-
tiOn remains in StatW quo. Unrestrict-
ed immigration accords with one broad
idea of individual rights, liberty and
equality. Liberty, that battle cry of de-
mocracy, we say, should not be denied
to any person. Let all who will, come
to America, bright star of opportunity,
land of freedom and democracy. To
restrict immigration seems inconsistent
with our liberal views on all questions
of individual or national interest, in
consistent that we, nation of immi-
grants. should restrict immigration, in
consistent that we, who preach the
"the brotherhood of man. the federation
of the world" so preaching, should
build hedge around our great republic.
Unrestricted immigration, however,
carries with it host of evils; evils
that effect the mental and moral well
fare of society and of the body polite;
evils that destroy the effects of our ed
ucatiOnal institutions; evils that affect
the prosperity of the country, by lower
ing the wage of the worker, and detract
ing from the value of his products.
But far the greater evil is that which
affects the future political welfare of
the nation, which has made America
the dumping ground of the world; af
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-06-29
TERMS. $l.OO per year, in advance.
i6HMS: Six Months so Cents.

fOrding shelter and protection to the
Anarchist. the Socialist, the Italian
Malta and the Chinese Highbinder.
Here on the soil consecrated with hero
ic blood, to liberty, fraternity and equal
lty, these murderOuS fanatics practice
and preserve their destructive princi-
pies. Upon the shores of America are
cast the disorganized elements of Euro
pean society; upon this government is
laid the burden of caring for the pau
perS, the criminals, the mentally, moral
ly and physically diseased of all nations.
Can we, from such material build up
stable government? A nation to
wheather the inrOads of time and
change, 'To stand the heir of all the
ages, in the foremost files Of time?"
There can be but one answer. An en-
phatic no.
How then, shall our social and poll
tical principles those inalienable rights
of every American citiZen-be perpet-
uated? Not by overwhelming the Stur-
dy descendants of the AnglO-SaXOn
race with the uneeaSing waves of fear
driven immigrants, to whose character
and education we show complete indif-
ference. Not by admitting them to
full citizenship, with power to change
laws not understood by them, before
they have become acquainted with the
language and institutions, or, before
they understand that limited liberty is
true liberty. No, not by such methods
will the American people long live un-
der just and equable government
LEONARDUS.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-06-29
First Unfurled.

The ship Bedford, Capt. Moores, be-
longing to Massachusetts,, arrived in the
Downs on Feb. 3, 1888, passed Grave
send the Sd, and was reported at the
custom house on the 9th instant She
was not allowed regular entry until
some consultation had taken place be-
tween the commissioners of customs
and the lords of council on account of
the many acts of parliament in force
against the rebels of America. She was
loaded with 4S7 butts of whale oil,
American built, manned wholly by
American Seamen, wore the rebel cOlors,
and belonged to the island of Nantuck-
ct, in Massachusetts,. This was the first
vessel which had displayed the 13 re-
belliOuS stripes of America in any Brit
ish port.
The stars and stripes had appeared on
British soil before that, however. In
the "Life and Remembrances of Elka-
ma Watson" who was noted philan-
thropist and sturdy patriot of Philadel-
phia, the following incident is related:
1t is of interest, because it is probably
the first authentic painting of the flag.
cat the close of the revolutionary
struggle, having on the occasion of
Lord HOwe'S relief of Gibraltar re-
reived 400 guineas, the result of wag-
er, and the same day dining with COpley,
the painter, he resolved to devote that
sum to portrait of himself. The paint
ing was finished all but the background,
that being reserved by Copley to repre-
sent ship bearing to America the in
stelligence of the acknowledgment of
independence rising sun gliding the
stars and stripes of the new born nation
from her gaff. All was completed save
the flag, which the painter did not es-
TEEN prudent to insert, as his gallery
was constant resort of the royal fami-
ly and nobility. Il dined with the artist
says Watson, 'on the glorious 9Th of
December, 1882, after listening with
him to the speech of the King formally
receiving and recognizing the United
States of America as one of the nations
of the earth. Previous to dining, and
Immediately after our return from the
House of Lords, COpley invited us into
his studio, and then and there, with
bold hand and master touch and Amer
lean heart'-the painter was John Sin
gleton Copley, of Boston, attached.to
the ship the stars and stripes Thus,
while the words of acknowledgment
were still warm from the Kings lips,
the late rebel, but heneeforth free col
ors, were displayed in his own kingdom
and within a few rods of his own
palace. e."-Loa1dOn Political Magazine.
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places of amusement, or at least in
doing away with some of the traps
which they set to ensnare the youth of
our cities, they would be less frequently
called upon to hunt up, imprison, try
before their courts and pass sentence
on these youthful homemade criminals.
AN. UNGRATEFU DISCIPLE.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-06-29
Let Daylight In.

While so much is being said and writ
ten on the redemption of convicts,
would it not be appropriate to say a
word on the means of reducing crimin-
al tendencies? The old saying, "Pre-
vention by protection, rather than cure
after destruction" should, most assur-
edly, have some weight on this subject.
1t is well-knOwn fact that the major
ity of those who figure as criminals in
our police courts are young in years; it
is also noticeable that large portion of
the number owe the circumstances of
their being there, directly or indirectly,
to the drink habit Howis the drink
habit formed? On entering many sa-
loon q use the word in it's more refined p
sense, and make no reference whatever
to SO-called diveS) one of the first sights
to greet ones eyes is bevy of boys,
ranging in age from fifteen to twenty,
engaged in a game of pool for cigars.
The younger ones are brought there by
older companions, and no doubt the
first visit is attended with shrinking at
the surroundings; but this is not for
long. By inSensible degrees the youth
full vOtary becomes familiarized with
vice and callOuS to it's approach: and
within a short time he is as corrupt as
his associates. Later we see our young
man, the companion of gamblers, and
the more open publicity of the saloon
ordinary is forsaken for the well fur
nished bOx-stalls in the rear. There the
language is no less blasphemous and
obscene, though the surroundings may
be more elegant. Oaths and curses in
terlard his every sentence, and the only
use he ever makes of the Almighty is
the enforcing of language by His name
and the customary homage of Sunday
clean shirt. Is it then to be wondered
at that our young men go aStray and
soon find their way into the criminal
courts. "The easy descent to hell says
Virgil truly. The youths home train
ing may be all that could be desired; the
seeds have been carefully SOWn by fond
parents, but at the very period when
the most aSsiduous cultivation, is re-
quired the rank weeds of evil associa-
tiOn are growing up alongside, and
choking the tender plant. To cure this
there are great many changes our
municipal governments might intro
duce for the betterment of cities, and
the protection of youthful morals.
Our municipal governments are GER
tainly not doing their best for the COM
munity when they allow saloon keepers
to hold out to youth, as yet innocent,
the seductions of pool, billiards and dice,
or to maintain resorts of i'll fame inside
their quasi-respectable places of busi-
ness. Why not, if their occupation is
honest and respectable, remove those
screens from the front and those boxes
from the rear? Their business being
legitimate, why not let the people see it
in operation? Another pitfall which
the municipality either ignores or per-
mlts Is the make believe candy store so
pientlfuily scattered throughout the
city, and which does prove so potent in
the downfall of feminine youth.
If the powers that be would devote
more energy to the roofing out of these
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-02-22
Heavy Telescope MOuntings.

The Yerkes telescope will have an
object glass of forty inches clear aper-
ture, and the total length of the tube,
with its accessories, will not be less
than seventy-6ve feet. The instru-
ment complete will have the enormous
weight of sixty tons. The polar axis,
which carries the entire weight of the
tube and it's attachments, will weigh
five tons. The driving clock, which is
to automatically move this immense
tube with motion corresponding TO
the exact apparent motion of the star
being observed, will weigh one ton.
The weight of the column supporting
the mechanism of the telescope will
not be less than thirty tons. The in
strument will be provided with all the
complicated motions which are neces.
sary on such a large telescope. The
machinery affording this variety of
movement can be operated by the hand
of the astronomer or by electric motors,
at the will of the observer. The cleo
trio motors are governed by a small
switchboard, which can be placed on
the operators table or in another con-
venient position. In design and gen
eral construction the Yerkes will be
very similar TO the Lick, although it
will be twenty-five per cent more pow
erful than that instrument. Cleveland
Leader
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-02-22
Grim But Effective.

Down in the Kennebec valley there
lives gentleman of the old school in a
handsome old homestead that stands
mile or more from the nearest village
and railroad station. The gentleman is
Of convivial turn of mind, and for
long time found it necessary to go to
Portland at frequent intervals-sOme-
times as often as two or three times
week. From every one of the Jour-
neys he returned on the latest train.
AS he was not in the least in condi-
ton to walk home, it was necessary every
night for the local stable keeper to har-
ness horse and take him home. This
went on until the livery-stable keeper
resolved that the man must be remon-
strated with. Therefore, the gentleman
having arrived one night from Portland
at the usual hour, and in the usual con-
dition, the livery.stable keeper turned to
his passenger and remarked shrewdly
Look here, Squirrel If you don't quit
this kind o. business pretty soon,
there'll be singin' down to your house
some day, and you won't hear word
of it," Something about this admoni.
tion-the grim picturesqueness of it,
perhaps-caused it to sink into the
mans mind, and he left off his trips
TO Portland for some time. - Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
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his Infamous priest, he expressed the
confident hope that they should "meet
again in the joys Of paradise"
As time went on, there we're many
legends about this monster, but none
more fearful than the reality. One of
these represents the devil as changing
the beard of de Retz 10 a dark blue, as
q punishment for his deeds. Nearly
two hundred years after the nobleman
expiated his crimes, Frenchman
named Perrault became interested in
old legends, particularly in those which
had sprung from this bitter root. He
collected them, aud the result is our
story Of Blue Beard. Perrault had
family of children who liked to gather
about their fathers full story-bag, and
it is said that of all the treasures they
found there, Blue Beard pleased them
best.
We hardly recognize Blue Beard the
murderer of wives, in de Retz the muir
derer of children. But things got
strangely twisted in the days when
nothing could be printed, aud hardly
anything written down. There was no
way of preserving story but to tell it
from mouth, each narrator coloring it
little with his own paints. The diff
ference between the origin and end
Of legends, reminds one of the game of
Scandal" A sentence is whispered
from one to another around in circle.
When the last member repeats the sem
tence as he heard it, and the first mem.
Der gives it as he started it, the compar-
ison is more striking for difference than
for resemblance. The story of de Retz's
life is almost too dreadful to read, but
it is good for us 10 take rambe occa-
sionally through the old barbarous
times, that we may learn to realize that
our own are better.
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A WITTY Priests Reply.

What diverting scene was that when
a certain witty Irish priest was invited
to breakfast by Mr.. g., then in
power, to meet strange gathering of
"thinkers,n advanced and others, to
whom, in his quiet but none the less
effective style, he addressed his pleas
ant rallyings. Of sudden, the great
man, with one of those curious turns TO
which he is partial, amid all the laugh
ter became grave and preternaturally
solemn. Lowering his voice into con-
spiracy tones, as though big with some
coming revelation, he said mystic
riously: "What will you say to this,
Father H., when l tell you that on my
last visit to Italy saw on the door of
the church Of st. Agnese, ETC., table
of indulgences, and actually saw writ
ten up there remission of 1000 years
of punishment on payment of one
franc?" Every one bent forward to
listen. True, there was no apropOs,
but here the divine was likely to be
"cornered" With that intensity of
tone which is characteristic of the emf
nent statesman he went on: "Yes,
Father H., saw it with my own eyes.
A thousand years for single francl
What do you say to that?" "What do
1 sayP" said the padre gsily; "why l
say it was dirt cheapl What more
would you want for your money!" The
roar Of laughter at this unexpected sally
may be imagined. But the comic con-
trast was the face of the great man, who
still continued solemn. For him it was
too serious thing for TESTING. He
would liked to have renewed the sub
ject, but that was impossible Gentle
mans Magazine.
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ancient history aud modern languages;
those wrinkles came because the girls
had not time to share the car,s and
worries of everyday life. That Sigh
comes because the mother feels neg
lected and lonely while the poor ex-
hausted girls are making up for lost
Sleep" "No WONDER" said tho Angel
of Death, $50 many mothers call me.
This is, indeed, sad-loving, industri-
Gus girls giving their mothers to my
care as soon as selfish, wicked onesl |"
"Ah, the hours are so crowded." said
Life YEARLY. "Girls who are cultured
or take an active part in life, have no
time to take care Of the mother who
spent so much time in bringing them
up."-Rurdl Neu Yorker.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-02-22
Il YnIALmALL,s ESTATE.

II SIA TE UF NFtNUN T. " itsnInlfOn Dl9tnOt1
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier in and for
said District, the Sd day of February a. D. 1888
Murray A. Kent, Administrator Of the estate
OF Lydia j. Hail. late of Montpelier, In said District
deceased, makes application to said Court, with
the consent aud appreciation in writing Of the heirs
of said deceased residing In the state of Vermont
for license to sell all Of the real estate of said de
ceased situated In Montpelier. IN said District,
to wit House and lot Kent street In the village Of
Montpelier representing that the sale thereof would
be beneficial tOthe heirs of said deceased aud those
inter ested in her estate In or der to convert said
real estate Into money. NheTeupOn, 10 is
ordered by said Court That said application be
referred to session thereof to be held the Pro
bate ONCE. In said Montpelier. on the 23d day OF
February, A. d. 1895. for hearing and decision
thereon and 1t Ia further ordered that all persons
interested be notified hereof by publication OF notice
of saio application and order thereon three veeks
successVely in the Vermont WatchDs0n SldteJosrnc
newspaper published at Montpelier, in this state.
and which circulates In the neighbOrhood of those
Interested, before said time of hearing that they
may appear at said time and place and, IL they SEQ
cause. object thereto. BY the Court.-Attest,
$685. HIRAM CARLETON, Judge,
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Central Vermont Railroad.
Commencing Jan. "a, lssa.

7rutRs Going South and East nil Leavs Mont
pelier as folOtoS.
9:O0A. M MAIL for Fitchburg Boston, sprtne.
field, New London and New York.
1880 T., M. FAST TRAIN, for Boston via Low.
ell and New York via Springfield.
5:SS i. NJ PASSENGER. for MITE SS ssoh RIVE,
Junction and Windsor.
HI2;4O A, NJ. EXPRESS. for Boston via Lowell
and all points In New England New York and South.
Trains Geing North and West.
1850 4. NJ. EXPRESS, for Montreal. OgdenA
burg and the West.
8:23 A. NJ. ACCOMMODATION, to St ALBANIA
Burlington and Rutland Troy and New York,
1000 A. M PASSENGER. for Burlington, ST,
Adams, RichtOrd, Rouees Point and St Johns max.
connections for Troy, Albany and New York
1898 i. NJ. PASSENGER. fer Burlington, 50
Adams, Montreal Ogdensburg and the West.
ing Car to Chicago.
Through tickets TO Chicago snd all points West Tor
sale 81 the principal stations.
Suburban Train Service
Leave Montpelier stt3lS, 1900 s;l5. lO,10. A. NJ
gam, $3.50, b.N, $3.50 p. NJ Arrive at Barre
twenty i've minutes after leaving tine.
Leave Barre At t5s5, sos A Nj. l9:OO l2;tS 400,
G4e, 1870, sls, ?, N. Arrive at Montpelier. twenty
3:S0P Pm.
Daily, Sundays included. SUNDAYS only.
All PASSENGER trains will stop ut the Phone Wosss
co take or leave pasaeneera when signsllsd.
X. w. THOMPSON, Agent
w BALDWIN, Heneral SupsrtnSsuAeRk
w CUMMINGS. General Passenger AgsnA
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timol" cried the other. "Whst do
they do with all the time l am letting
them have2" "well," replied the
Angel of Life, I" / keep their hands and
hearts full. Tney are affectionate
daughters, much admired for their good
works; but they do not know that they
are letting the one they love most slip
from my arms into yours. Those gray
hairs came from overwork, and anxiety
to save extra money for the music and
French lessons. Those pale cheeks
faded while the girls were painting
roses on velvet or satin" The dark
angel frowned. "Youug ladies must
be accomplished now" explained the
other. "Those eyes grew dim sewing
for the girls, to give them time to study