The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-11-23
LOCAL. PICKINGS.

-Dschared two.
Population. .439
The voice of the buzz saw is again heard in
the ThreSher Co.'S shop.
The wary muskrat has so far eluded the
vigilance of the state rat catcher.
When man continues in the third grade he
makes quite marked appearance.
Patch work is now in active operation in the
Thresher setting-up shop and wagon shop.
Its quite too late to mend" as the man said
who was patching his pants when the lights
went out.
Received two: Nov. IS. from Mobiles Co.
grand larceny End degree, years months and
year respectively.
The construction gang were covering up the
prison water supply pipes for the winter last
Saturday on top of the west bluff.
Arthur Pitry, of New Ulm, was shown
through our office last Thursday by Editor Mel
son of the Washington Co. Journal.
The state ratcatcher has set a double-end
bOX-trap for the muskrat abiding in the north
wall drain. He has great expectations.
-They have made hole in the sandrock big
enough to admit of Slim jim working in it. He
'allOws" it is no soft snap he has got onto.
Millions to whom Christ's teachings means
nothing don't know that He has told men truly.
that sin is thing of the thought not deed.
He who to himself is law.
Has in his brain some twist or flaw.
To warp intelligence. till dark.
Grim hate of man bedms the vital spark.
Chewing the cud is wiser, and often times
much healthier, than chewing the rag The
one is conducive to digestion the other to quite
congestion.
Mr.. ROwen, one of our subscribers. has
taken charge of the boiler shop with four citi-
zens to assist in instructng. They began opera
lions Monday.
The state cabnetmaker has just finished an
elegant mirror picture frame. Its design. car
wing and putting together are a credit to any
handicraftsman.
The Omnibus for Nov. Both will be Thanks
giving, its object or a story: Dec. 18th Self Love-
Dec 18th Vagrancy its causes; Dec. 21st The At
traction of Verse.
One of the prisoners suggests that when a
piece is cut out of the paper that the other side
be left, as it often takes very much of the paper
to clip both sides out.
The course of the spring along the northeast
wall is being protected by boards and will be
course from being blocked.
1t was not the regulation arbOr day Satur-
day. but quite a handsome tree was planted
north east of the solitary, and another on the
lawn north of the dollhouse.
The mules kick is the kick direct; but I'M
less you have the staying qualities of the mule
the kick direct don't always pay 1t is apt to
land the Directing hOOf in he hole.
Mr.. F. McHugh of st. Paul and Mr.. Chas
Soldering of the Penny Press. Minneapolis, gave
office a visit and left subscriptions for THE
MIRROR evidences of goodwill.
We thought the Chinaman had the monopo-
ly of working plane towards himself. but a pris-
Oner in one of the shops the other day worked
towards as well as away from himself.
The state steam boss has worked out quite a
scheme to make the electric light dynamo act
better. He has run cold air shaft to pour its
cooling blast directly onto the generator
Our Chinese bOarderS may take heart for
their lost pigtails. The state blacksmith is quite
expert at making them; he was turning them
out at about forty to the hour for the Irvine shop
There are some who may not know that in
the estimation of the wise king Solomon there
were six denominations: A proud look a lying
tongue an heart that deviSeth wicked magma
tions "a schemer), false witness. and he that
soweth discOrd. Thieves, burglars ETC., were not
abOmnable.
The editor was startled the other night by a
large rat running across his feet whilst talking
at door in the dollhouse. Trix explains that