The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-06-22

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sleeve and pointed to one of the "boys" who
was addressing wrappers.
No one would think to look at the Chief En-
gineer of the laundry department. who tips the
scales at 225 pounds, that he was at one time a
sprint runner, but we overheard him telling a
cOmrade last holiday that at the battle of Bulls
RIM he did a hundred yards in 91a, with big
Virgnian a close second.
Prisoners discharged during the week; ..
Received; June 16, from Mississippi. one. volat-
ing pOstOfice laws, two years. June II, Pope Co.,
one, grand larceny second degree, eighteen
months; Ramsey Co., grand larceny second de-
gree. two years. June 10, Stearns Co., one, car
nal knowledge, ten years.
Last week the state shoemaker accidentally
cut a deep cash in the first finger of his right
hand, and the next day, finding that the wound
was not healing he took needle and thread and put
six stitches in the cut and. although he had to do
the sewing left-handed, we doubt if a physician
could have done better job.
In the Massachusetts reformatory at Concord
is one man who, if he serves his maximum term,
will remain in the reformatOry until the year 49,
14-one until 1911-One until 19O3-one until 49,
Ozone until iceland one until 1890; 1913 may
remain until 1885, 3O5 until 1897 81 until 1885, $50
until 1895, 1853 until 1884, while 35 will leave during
the present year.
Guard COlligan was excused from duty last
Thursday afternoon to attend the wedding of
Walter W. Baldwin and Miss Drussilla Smithson
The silken bonds which unite the happy couple
was tied by the Rev. j. L. banner, at the Presby-
terrain church in this city. The maids of honor
were the Misses Cara and Dora Smithson, Mary
Fairbarn, and Ruby and Laura Colligan, the two
latter being daughters of Mr.. M. C. Colligan
Mrs. William Hall. wife of Captain Hail. ac-
cOmpanied by her youngest daughter Ruth. start
ed on journey to Chicago and the East last
Wednesday. Mrs. Hall will stop in Chicago a
few days to visit daughter residing in that city,
and will then visit relatives in Maine. Mrs. Hall
left her old home in Maine about thirty years ago,
and is now going back for visit for the first
time during that period. She expects to be alb
| sent between two and three months.
1t is seldom that we have to chronicle a
"scrap" in our peaceful community but one oc-
| CURED in the cellar last week between an owl
and a cat that was lively enough to satisfy the
most eXacting patron of the fiStic arena. Tommy
made rush at the owl as if he intended to finish
his antagonist in one round, but the owl got in
an upper cut that made Tommy look dazed He
quickly rallied, made another rush, and for a
few minutes fur and feathers filled the air. The
owl finally succeeded in pniOnng Tommy to
the floor and would have made short work of
him had not his yells brought one of the "boys -
to the rescue.
| Deputy Warden Lemon and wife were among
the number of invited guests that accompanied
the city officials of saltwater on junketing trip
to Duluth last Thursday. At West Superior
they were met by brass band and carriages
and royalty entertained by the citizens. Mr.
Lemon reports that he enjoyed his outing i'm
mensely, the only thing to disturb his mind being
a telegram sent by some joker which read
"WOlfer has escaped. Come home at once
While in Duluth we'll dressd. gentlemanly ap-
pearing fellow accOsted the deputy who turned
out to be one of the men discharged from here
several months ago. He has a good situation
and says he had no trouble whatever in finding
| employment, which is welcome and encouraging
news to these who will ere long 90 out to fight
the battle of life.
We CLEAN from an exchange that one of the
large factories in ST. Paul has mOckng bird whis-
tic of such power that its piercing notes penetrate
every part of the city. The one thing necessary
to round out and complete the perfect happiness
of our lives here is a mocking-bird whistle
What could exceed the tranquil enjoyment of
| being gently aroused from our morning slumbers
by the sweet notes of the mocking- bird whistle
suggestive of the orange groves and balmy breeZ-
es of the sunny south? And on Sunday mornings
| when the mind is free from the harassng cares
and perpleXities of life; when the whirr-r-r of the
binder Irvine machinery is stilled and the steam
| hammer is at reSt-what ecstacy it would be to
| lie at ease upon our downy excelsior mattresses
and have waited to our half-awakened senses the
| enhancing strains of the steam mOcking-b bird
whistle!
| -" The man is fool who will work. is an ex
preston we sometimes hear in prison. just So
the man who will work for others when he
might work for himself is fool That man is
who will work in prison under the surveil-
lance of a taskmaster, live on coarse food, have
choice as to the texture or cut of his garments:
| be compelled to 60 to bed at night when he
doesn't want to, and get up in the morning when
others want him to, be kept in his cell all the long,
| lonesome Sundays with no other cOmpanionship
but his own wretched thoughts. Any man who
would prefer to work for ten cents a day and live
thus, when he could work as free man for a
dollar day. have his garments cut after the lat
est fashion plate, HE away to some cool lake on