The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-06

DIR. Merrill is accused by the Washington
County Journal of having reported the capture
of a seven pound bass from Pine Tree lake; to
any one knowing Pine Tree lake this sounds IL
belOus.
Mr.. Thomas Cat, first tenor of the Hyacinth
avenue Seranaders, reported for duty on 3rd av.
northwest, Independence day. He promptly
captured marauder and bore him to THAT
bourne whence no mouse "returneth.'
Professor Hoke of the PrOgressire Age was
a visitor to the prison July 4th with his wife and
family. The advocate of advancement showed
his deed as good as his word and cOnverSed freely
with the boys during the recreation hour.
Following is the grade report for the month
of July:
First grade. POI
Second grade. .14O
Ihlrd grade ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The steam hammer in the boiler shop is a
curious hinged biped. Its upper foot is a ham,
mer which thumps from above, its lower foot
reaches into the boiler and acts as acinchng an
vii; between them they cool the ardor of red-hot
bolts in short order.
The genial foreman of machine shop No. 2
has quite a sense of humOr. On recent warm
day, whilst standing in the doorway without
coat. vest or suspenders, he noticed some of the
boys taking a rub down with their red bandanas
whats the matter he queried " is it warm
The MIRROR office was visited on Monday
by Mrs and the Ven. Archdeacon Villiers APP
pleby of st Paul and Rev. A. ID. Stowe of Assem-
sion church, Saltwater They showed an ex-
IRENE and kindly interest in THE MIRROR and
expressed pleasure at the neat and orderly ap-
pearance of the prison at large.
Some of Uncle Sans boys from the South
have never heard of Jenner and of vaccination.
One of them complaining, said to guard. THAT
man up thar in the hOrspital cut me in the arm y
What fOr?" "Why dom know; l spOse he
wanted to mark me so cOuldn' run away
No discharges. Received June % one U. $.
prisoner from Mississippi, violating revenue laws,
years. June 90, one. Cottonwood Co.. abortion,
years; one, Cottonwood Co., indecent assault,
years. July B. one, from U. S. court, st. Paul,
violating postal, laws Is months; one, U. S. court,
st. Paul, passing counterfeit coin, years.
We were sorry to notice that an esteemed
correspondent had lost his suit of gray. Acct
dents will happen in the best regulated families;
and experience teaches that by picking oneself
up and cheerfully toeing the mark for the race
after the coveted distinction it will be best shown
| that accident and not purpose was the cause of
| the fall.
The condition of the third grade has never
been so low as to-day since the inception of the
grade system. 1t was a worthy celebration of
| the Fourth that the enfants perdues," or lost
children, as the French call their bad boys.
should have numbered fewer than ever before.
The Deputy felt especially pleased that Indepen-
dence day should be thus celebrated.
In making our evening calls for contributions
for the paper the editor has very frequently met
with "give me an idea and will write you some
thing Meeting this query he proposes next
week to publish a pot-pOurri on the Worlds
Fair Each contributor will cOnfne himself to
one hundred and fifty words and take the Fair
from any standpoint he chooses. The subject
for the following week will be the silver ques.
ton.
One of our esteemed correspondents has re-
ceived notice from the executive secretary of the
| Chautauqua system of education that his memo
randa for 1928 have shown the very high percent
age of 97.4 of correct answers. This should be
an immense encouragement to those striving
here to improve themselves, since the student in
question had only the merest outline of common
school education and is cOnquering by zeal and
industry.
The following compliment is addressed to our
ShOrn Poet.
| When you write merry jest
| Cut it short;
1t will be too long at best
| Cut it Short
| Space is limited and none to spare;
And our editor don't like to swear,
| Treat your poem like your hair;
Cut it short.