The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-08-10

of Baltimore, Nd, and Albert Garvin. chief of
police st. Paul, gave us pleasant call Thursday
accompanied by the warden.
The prison is good place enough to learn
firm quick. step and resolute habit. You'll want
both to catch up with the world when you quit
this; She is moving right along.
The Thresher Co. is making a plain engine
to order for an outside party. 1t is the first
made in four years, as the company makes moth
ing but fractions for its own use.
Let Imprisonment act as the refner's fire to
purge the drOSS from the gold of our natures.
There may not be bonanza, but there is "pay
dirt " in most of us if worked right.
Sheriff Marty of Washington county ceebrat-
ed his seth birthday and was surprised by the
of handsome gold badge from
number of his admiring friends, August
The state carpenter will shortly fit up the
old safe room in the dollhouse tower with shelves
for the storage of all good clothing desired to be
preserved by immigrants for their emigration.
The prison library has received from Mother
Jerome, lady superior of the Sisters of Mercy of
Independence, Mo-, 1.-THE Disappearance of John
and 1.-The Correct Thing for
Catholic
Between the EDITORS bad penmanship and
our devils Observation-Disclosures Mr.. Tools name
got pied round. Mr.. NJ. D. ToOf is editor of the
North West Workman not Mr. M. ID. Foot, as in
our suse of Aug. 3rd.
AT the first start of the leaps Off rule it
was funny to see one of the liberty men walk into
the dollhouse with his cap on, go few steps,
make wild snatch for the offensive head gear
and look around for an invitation to tea.
The accident in the foundry comes strangely
swift upon the editors remark last Saturday
that some of the men seemed to handle their
ladies careessy. The fact is men become con-
Indifferent to danger by familiarity.
Received. IA: From st. Louis Co., Aug. 3, one,
assault 2nd degree, years. From Alabama, Aug.
s. six. conspiracy, years EACH From State re-
formatory by transfer, Aug. 8, seven, grand lar
ceny 1st and 2nd degree, and burglary 3rd de-
gree, refOrmatory sentences.
The Misses Kitty and Abbie Jordan, Ottum-
wa Ia Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Cole. the Misses Eunico
and Mary McMchael, Dr. Cowing of st. Joseph's
hospital and Mr.. M. C. Helion of the G. w. r. r.
all of st. Paul paid us pleasant visit, under the
wardens escort, last Friday.
The papers received by prisoners from THE
MIRROR office will sometimes be marked with
several numbers. These must not be changed;
but each prisoner will cross out his own number
on receipt of the paper, and put it into the eX-
change box as soon as read.
Mr. Edwin Dunn. of the board of managers
paid us visit in company with Miss Harriet E.
Stevens of the Aston memorial school of New
York city, and Miss C. A. FOrman of New York.
The ladies expressed deep interest in THE MIR
int no yoft no
A blaze was discovered at P. NJ Wednes-
day. in the foundry in some rubbish back of the
cupola. The state fire department boys under
thd command of the deputy quickly got the
state hose-cart to the scene of action and had
the fire under control when the city department
arrived. No damage was done.
The head cook has an idea or two above
hashes and soups. He had tooth extracted the
other day; he whitfield out wooden plug and
put it in the excavation till he could file deputy
tooth out of toothbrush handle. When this was
accomplished he drew the plug and planted the
deputy and bedad its dom Elegant work and so
it isl
One of THE MIRROR correspondents is i'm
bued with ambition-not one ambition but two.
To be a lawyer he is studying law under direction
Mich, to help THE MIRROR along he is taking
course of journalism, from the same institutions
he means to be well armed to face the world
when he gets Out-a sort of combination of the
law and the prophets.
In search of an easy fit for his feet the state
painter crawled up into the attic over the store
room. He got a fit but it was not as easy one
as he looked for. Seeing nice shoe prOtrudng
from the lumber he laid hold it resisted, he
pulled; gradually an elegant stockinged leg
emerged To his dilated and enlarged eyes,
rounded with horror it seemed an age in deve-
oping. 1t was artificial, probably a relic of ex-
warden StOrdOck who it seems needed two
Be Not Envious.
One vice we ought all avoid during
this our temporary seclusion is the in
stituting of invidious comparisons be-
tween our own circumstances and al
loted labor and those of more favored
or fortunate brother. While 1 must
toll with hammer or sledge during the
ten slOw-craWling hours of tOrrid