The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-05-25

Naive PROPOSAL" in which. after discussing %
proposition made by some other paper that the
State might engage the cOnNicts in macadamiZing
the roads of the State. the writer dismsses it as
ridiculous, if not mischevO1s. The chain
gang would he necessity under this plan, and
the demOralizing effects upon cur community
from witnessing large bodies OF criminals at
work openly are objections Which the moral
instincts of our great state would clearly rec
OgniZe.''
OF course, the idea of the hour of release &C.
cupies their thought largely, and here it is i'm
possible not to feel that they meet The gravest
question with philOsOphic courage. s. Every one
OF us knows what an ex-convict means. ard what
we must perforce expect when we miuslo again
with society," and jOstle up against those whom
we know and by whom we are known. The
steathy glance, the significant, wondering. sus-
picious looks we shall encounter and must ex""ct;
and the close scrutiny with which every act and
motion will be regarded. It will be torture. it
will be CALLING and it will take more than Il pow
erful will to bow meekly to the burden, but we
must do it. or else go somewhere where we can
not be known, at least for a tme-not until We
have proven by our straightforward, honest.
clean lives, that we are bent on once MOI doing
our duty to ourselves and our nei"hbor." In the
same spirit is Il paragraph which discOurages
the thought of escape from the consequences OF
ones actions by way OF death with the dailnC-
less words: I'VE shake our fist at al tie ghosts
of our departed tragedies and say. We are
worth two of YOU We are alive. We have al
the chances of the future in our fayOr.''
There is naturally a little bitterness in some of
these articles. The only wonder is that there is
not more. The moderation III the NEST bitter is
the thing that surprises. THE worst men arc
not those inside of the prison. but outside of it..
They are those who have been in like manner
guilty, but who have known how to hide their
tracks. They are the men who have been equal
ly sllful in GefraudiDg and dishonesty. but have
known how to put the money where il would DO
the most good. "What perpleXes me most
another writes, after referring to the enlbezzlc
ments OF some state official, lis to discover q
reason why the law and the people stend so
much time and money fishing for ininnCWS like
myself when the waters are 50 plcntiiu!iy stocked
with whales. The papers had no Kid love
names for my crime; was a THE and ha.i GEM
mitted larceny in the first degree. This news
has taken a large amount of concet ont of my
Sef-eXatatiOn as thief, and feel very much as
| though belonged to that class known as hen
| roOSt robbers. Yes, feel small. terribly small;
! I believe am not cut out for successful thiel.
and am going to give up the business. | never
did make it pay There is a touch of lUmOr in
this which is not missed elsewhere in the paper.
For example: IAN exchange says that tie Pres
ident has taken to pedestrian exercise once
mOIe. That's what we are DESTROYS OF see
ing published about ourselves Again: A feI-
low in prison gets terribly behind the times.
We have never heard ra-r;,-boom-de-ay."
| tlattb alln rf
the prisoners lot, and that the beautiful law Of
cOmpenSations is always at work. if we look for it.
A fitting quotation with which to close is the
prophetic Outburst of one who looks before and
after and signs for what is not. "Sone day,
when all the Doodle aldermen and heightened
swnders are dead or in prison; when there are
no more mOnOpOlies to raise the price Of living
and lower the price of wages when the preachers
stop preaching against opening the Worlds Fair
on Sunday and turn their attention to helping
| the poor; some day, too. when men think less
about making money and more about each other
then we shall have fewer SecOnd-timerS, and
| the lawyers will have to turn school teachers"
SO may it be!-WILL B. WILDER, in Fame.
Warden Wolfer and the prison man
agement feel highly elated over the
many excellent encOmiumS which the
| UluulIlg CW1lc PAM, dIlu us pIOuuCG
are receiving from the state press. Near
ly every paper in the state has had
something to say regarding the Irvine,
and the notices have all been favorable.
Every farmer in the state is anXiou" to
see the industry prosper, and by taking
a hold of the matter in this way the
newspaper men of the state are not only
assisting the farmers, but themselves
in an indirect way. The Irvine speaks
for itself, and when once introduced
into a farming community, will gain
favor over any Irvine manufactured by
the trust, not so much because of it's
cheapness, but because of it's superior
quality, and the fact that it is manu-
featured by state institution. No
orders have been received yet, but the
| Warden is confident that every pound
of Irvine available will be disposed Of.
Samples of the Irvine may be seen at
this Office or can be had by addressing
the Warden. = Washington County
Journal.
Philosophy is the art and law of life,
and it teaches us what to do in all cas-
es, and, like good marksmen, to hit the