The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-09-14

The state blacksmith is quite jack of all
trades. The printing office spittoons the editors
ink bottle, and new-fangled sprinkler to the
hose-pipe, all attest his skill this week.
One of THE MIRROR boys whilst thinking
of his best girl addressed a letter Minn instead
of Miss. When called to order for his mistake he
said, II didn't altogether Miss it anyhow
The grades up to date stand as follows:
FIRST grade. 24
Second grade. 2O3
Third grade. ........... ..................1 Is
Cleanliness is catching; the other day one of
the prisoners gave his water jar an unusual burn
ishing. Its respondent glory caught the eyes of
many of his neighbors who forthwith went and
did likewise.
Another irOnburning accident occurred in
the foundry Saturday. The foreman in the found
ry should see that every precautiOn is exercised
Fortunately nothing very serious has happened;
but it might
Mr.. Sutton didn't get off on the light-search-
ing trip we sent him on. The company demand
ed his services up around Grand Forks, where,
if he did not shoot any, he had plenty of prairie
chickens to eat.
The blacksmith shop has been in the thrOes
of thorough cleaning and whtewashing during
the past week. Cleaning off the beams was job
the average small boy would have delighted in
they were so dirty.
The StOre-rOOm clerk knows what it is to be
sworn at in seven different languages. He trod
on the laundry cats tail, going to his bath Satur-
day, and jumped about six feet when the other
end was heard from.
1t would be we'll for the men working in the
foundry to. remember that molten iron often
gives off very suffocating fumes; for this reason
it is best to keep their heads turned away from
the ladies when carrying the iron.
ANY man receiving paper from THE MIR
ROR office who changes any of the numbers
marked thereon or neglects to put them in the
exchange box promptly, will be cut off our ex-
change list. We claim the right to control our
exchanges.
The steady recovery of John Kelly, so badly
burned on the foot six weeks ago, is quite re-
markable. There is every appearance now of a
new skin rapidly forming over the entire burned
surface, which was the whole foot and half way
up the shin.
Deputy Lemon, wife and daughter, with Mrs.
Seymour and Miss Jones, daughter of Engineer
Jones, have gone on two weeks holiday to
Chicago. Assistant Deputy Glennon will dis
pense lemonade to those requiring that beverage
of an afternoon.
The smell of roasted elephant is not usual
even in far away Africa, but yet one of our
cranky brethren has detected it in his cell lately,
and Thursday evening made a terrible fuss over
taking the sleeping draught prescribed to rest
his weary sleepless brain.
Acting Captain Anderson of the night-watch
says there are more good things than are gener-
ally suspected about THE MIRROR Office. He
had to borrow pair of tOngs the other night to
set his official time-piece which had run behind.
We live and learn new uses for many discarded
trif1e.
in answer to HE Kicks" we beg leave to
say that the passengers in the omnibus are absO-
lutely exempt from criticism. In it all sorts of
our community conforming to the regulations,
may take free ride. A mans opinions are sa-
cred within its precincts. Kickers must get into
the bus with the crowd.
1t would be we'll for the appearance of the
dollhouse if male visitors were made to leave
their guilds at the outer gate. Some chewers
have habit of squirting tobacco juice every
where; recent visitor left his mark every thirty
feet or so along the dollhouse and galleries, and
four times on the library floor as he sauntered
through.
Officer Barrett lost sound tooth Saturday,
the tooth sharp having laid hold of the wrong
one. The incident called to mind similar oc-
currence which befell the editor years ago in In
dia. On demonstrating with the apothecary for
his bunder, the ruthless villain calmly said:
well, open your mouth and I'll take out the
bad One''
THE MIRROR force is now printing some
rules and regulations fny explaining the parole
and grading systems. These, when finished,
somewhere about our next issue, will be pasted
in the library catalogues which will be taken
from the cells for that purpose. The prisoners
are therefore advised to have good list of books
on their library slips to last while the catalogues
are being handled.
"A. A. w. says: THAT blessed song service
in the chapel Sunday morning was very inspiring
indeed, and cannot fail to do good. When God
has given to man or woman the talent to sing,
and that talent is cOnsecrated to Him, and en-
plOyed without Ostentation or affectation, it be-
comes one of the most impressive and irresisti-
BILE agencies to glorify God in the salvation OF
men that the world can produce.
The editor is not the idiot to maintain fault
when satisfied he is wrong. He will manfuly
confess his fault and apologize. Last week with