The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-08-24

covered that "Lifes Mistakes" was copied bodily
without any credit.
The stone cemented pavement in Dollhouse
court is '' a thing of beauty and utility though
it may not not be "a JOY forever" The state
masons are to be congratulated on the neat and
skilful job.
The editor wishes to say to the "Co." if you
see anything in any paper you think would be in
teresting to THE MIRROR copy it, give credit
to the right source and submit it. But do not
forget the credit.
The paint-shop roof. respondent in fresh
coat of whitewash looked down on the dirty
floor. Foreman Plaster tried to square matters,
Tuesday, and prevent hard feelings, by giving
the floor great scrubbing.
John. tine full-booded Sioux, now working in
the blacksmith shop, is showing as great an apti-
tude for Vulcans craft and the hammer as he
did for woodcraft and the scalping knife. Mr..
Emerson says he is a smart fellow.
Deputy Lemon visited our office Monday with
H. M Dugan, Wabasha MIMI, Coburn r.
Burrs. st. Joseph. Mo-. John COnrOy, White Bear,
Herman Van BOstel, Portland, Or.
Geo. S. COngdon, dept. U. S. marshal David
L. Patrick. Arch NJ. Crump. Geo. j. Crump Jr.
and U. S. Marshal Geo. L. Clump all of Fort
Smith, Ark. came up with batch of prisoners
Friday and incidentally paid THE MIRROR
VISIT
The G. A. r. posts and relief corps of the
state hold a reunion at Wildwood to-day. Thurs
day. There are many within our walls both Off
GERS and men, who are with them in spirit though
the too willing flesh is denied the pleasure, owing
to duty's calls.
The state painter has been breaking some
of the Indian bOarders with many syllabed
names to paint our little tOwn-nOt red, which
fine art brought them here, but white. They
did not take kindly to roosting near the ceiling
on narrow plank.
Mr.. James Mcintosh, Minneapolis, paid us
visit Saturday with Usher Kenyon. He ordered
THE MIRROR sent to him for year; though it
was only sixty cent dollar, we accepted it with
thanks and still sitting at the receipt of Gus
tom - looking for more.
AT Sunday dinner the second grade were
melancholic for want of a slice they did not get
and on Sunday night the first grade were melon
collie because of the slice they did get. It's stale
we know; but we were of the cholic and not the
collie brigade. hence these tears.
S. P. Condor, U. s. marshal, and deputies
j. OvertOn and S. H. Baily of Knoxville, Tenn,
brought in three U. S. prisoners Tuesday. Mar
shall Condor. after a careful inspection of the
prison, said it was the cleanest and best con-
structed prison he had ever visited.
Our contributors think the paper a pretty
clean little sheet all round and one of them
proudly says: In the local column of an exchange.
served out for general reading; the name of one
Beer was spelled without capital B. That must
have been "a case of small beer.'
. Officer Carlgren, we are sorry to say. is at
home very sick with typhoid fever. The doctor
says he should have reported sooner but he is
one of those men who will hang on to duty till
hanging on is almost fault. Very many of the
prisoners whom he has helped with kindly en-
cOuragement are hoping for his speedy recovery.
Joseph Turner, one of the Southern prison
ers, was turned loose Tuesday and made his eX-
it crowned with an extremely cowboy hat and
very tenderfOOt clothes. Still recognizing the en-
bodiment of power, he kept his hat off while
talking to the deputy; but upon his departure he
slapped the hat on his head with a reckless dis
regard of the sacred precincts of the dollhouse.
Mr.. Nelson editor of the WashintOn County
Journal escorted through the prison the follow
ing party: j. Y. Laramay and wife, Lake De
Montreville. Mimi; F. c. Church and wife, Dali
las, Tex; Miss Stasia Madden. Chicago; Miss
Luella SOderstrOm, st. Paul and Mrs. Clara Gish.
Saltwater. They paid our office a CHEEKY visit
in passing through.
Aug. 1s, received from Arkansas L. introduce
ing liquor among Indians, 10 months; 2, perjury
years each; 2, larceny and 2years respective
ly; 2, assault, years each; L. presenting false
pension claims, years. Aug. 81, from Tennes-
see. ., violating Pension law, year Is days and
years respectively; 1, rObbing and burning
warehouse Is months.
What can L say that hath not been said I?
For it might appear I'd robbed the dead
Yea, cen the living might Justly claim,
That they had often quOth the same.
And thus you see tits hard to find
A means by which TO speak my mind,
For the words l use were used before
And, the crank will say, must be used no more.
S. w.
The brOOm-cOrn plant, east of the dollhouse
main entrance, is providing an object, botanical
lesson, which may or may not be of value to
science, but most aSsuredly will interest the
"boys." Mr. Bronson foreman of the machine
shops has kept careful record of its growth since
last Thursday. 1t grows half an inch each night
and two inches each day, and this at steady
rate. This shows that the plant rests at night,
as probably all plants do