The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-06-15

During the past week the following subscrib-
ers have testified their appreciation of our hum
BILE efforts, and contributed coin of the realm to
THE MIRRORS exchequer: Mr.. c. Henry. st.
Paul; Mr.. Olaf Grondahl, Red Wing; Messrs.
apolis; Mrs. c. B. Carey, Lafayette, Ore. Mr.. G.
A. Gatz, Mayer, Mimi. and Messrs. j. r. Van
Avera, A. E. Mosier. G. Freeman J.. Steinburg
and w. B. Elliott of Marquette, Mich.
One of the members of the prison Chautau-
qua Circle being asked to report on ancient
Greece, arose and said: LAS 'brevity is the soul
of wit will frankly admit that my knowledge
of ancient grease is only such as could be de-
rived from an intimate acquaintance with cheap
clearinghouse BUTTER
Prisoners discharged during the week: June
Z, one; June 9, one; June 10, one; June -, one.
Paroled: June 10, one. Received June Z, Polk
Co., one, assault, years. June 8, Polk Co., two,
grand larceny. years each; lie Sueur Co., one,
selling mortgaged property, months. June 10,
Stearns Co., one, forgery 1st degree, years.
If our columns this week show the least bit
of wobbly gait, or the cold types seem to speak
with certain thickness of utterance, we trust
our readers will not, as frequently happens,
charge it uncharitably to the editors bibulOus
habits. The fact is, one of our typos paid
visit to the dentist early in the week, and re-
turned to his position at the case with only
cOrpOrals guard left of the incisOrs cuspids. BIZ
cuspids and mOlars he once possessed. AS
consequence, his frantic efforts at enunciatOn
sound like an ildetined cross between native
Choctaw and the vilest of low-Dutch, and we
fear his modots loquendi may have unconsciously
crept into the types he set.
Last Tuesday our old friend, Indian John,''
was delighted by a visit from his grandfather
and uncle from the Mile Laos reservation.
They had walked all the way from the reserva-
ton, camping out at night. and arrived here foot
sore and hungry. Deputy Warden Lemon kindly
ordereda bountiful breakfast of bread, meat and
coffee, and pressed I'VE scribe" into service to
wait upon the distinguished visitors, which duty
was not performed with our usual grace of man.
ner owing to the surprise and admiration we
felt at witnessing the celebrity with which they
filled an aching vOid.'' John - is very proud
of his relatives, and delights to tell of the Won
derful deeds of vaOr performed by his grand
| father, now in his seventy-eighth year, when he
participated in the great battle between the
| Chippewa and Sioux Indians, which was fought
on the ground where the prison is now located
We predict a bright and prosperous future
for our boss barber when the day comes for him
that he may have the whole world for his field of
action. 1t is not that he is such an adept in the
use of the razor and scissors-for we have known
others equally as prOficient-but it is his manner
that will insure success. The sweet, reaSsuring
smile that adOrns his handsome countenance
makes one forget the pain he infiicts as he
scrapes off beard and cutcle; and instead of ris-
ing up in your anger and shifting him to the
earth when he slices off the lobe of your ear
your resentment quickly vanishes as he muir
murs in a half-apolOgetic tone: "Ah, did cut
you? l fear this razor is too sharp for perfect
safety-I'll try another" We bear you no NAL
ice, J-mie, and though our once fair and
rounded cheeks are scanned and Scared by your
hands, you have our love wherever you may 60
and your victims our sympathy.