The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-12-28

school, and patient. persevering study in his CELL
| he is enabled in the short space of time he has
been with us. to read the first reader. and can
| form all the letters in writing remarkably well.
"Uncle Horace" goes to NickSburg. Miss, and
through the kind permission of the warden, will
take his books south with him as he wants to
cOntiny his studies and am gOin' to 'StOnish dem
niggers down souf wild his eddycashun.'
Keeper DOan. of the engine room is no
praises of "single beSsedness." He hath taken
unto himself a wife, Last Thursday, in the calm
security of a December sunshine our gallant keep
er mOdestly and quietly hied himself to the city
of saltwater. and Immediately proceeded to en-
tangle himself in the blissfu meshes of matri-
mOny. SO quietly and unOstentatious We're the
proceedings that his most intimate friends and
acquaintance around these dggins'' did not
even hear of the occurrence until SUpper-time.
when Steward Benner announced the fact in the
officers DINING room, in company with a box of
elegant cigars. THE MIRROR joins with many
| friends in wishing the happy couple a long
prosperous and happy life. Mr.. and Mrs. DOan
are at home to their many friends. at the st.
| Paul House. in the city.
|
beautiful and artistic pieces of pen work which
| it has ever been fortune to behold. The
drawing was designed and completed by one of
the boys who clerks in the basement office; the
entire work being done in india ink. consists of
an engrossed copy of The Lords Prayer, size
twenty-five by twenty-eight inches. The body of
the drawing is taken up with highly ornamental
lettering. comprising all four texts. with mOdii-
cations. surrounded by al oval border of flowers,
two inches wide, blending with four smaller
OvalS at the top, bottom and sides which con
tans the four scrptural scenes: Christ in the
shadow of the cross. Christ on the Mount. The
Sepulchre, and the Angel of Prayer. The entire
drawing being surrounded by a square border of
| leaves and ferns, about one and one half inches
wide. This beautiful picture was presented to Il
friend of the artists as Il christmas gift and will
no doubt be highly valued and appreciated.
Deputy Warden Lemon speaking of his south
| ern trips says: 1t is quite a novelty to take a
trip to the far south in December. to see the
orange groves laden with their luscious fruit. the
flowers in full bloom. acres of cabbageS and other
garden truck just ready to be gathered for mar
ket everything green and lovely; the colored men,
woman and children working and singing merrily
in the fields. harefooted and happy is quite Il
contrast with the barren Snow-cad hills of our
northern home" In speaking of the famous Old
parish prison. at New Orleans he continued.
''seven or eight prisoners occupy one cell. their
| bedding consist of a couple of pretty tough look
ing blankets and the bare floor; they have large
tank of water in the center of the prison where
all the inmates wash, battle and drink together:
one or two old stubs of brooms are used to sweep
the entire prison. and are tossed from cell
TO another as they are used: no system or ,Sci-
pine is in vogue. and the prisoners do no work"
He speaks very highly Of the courtesy of the
southern people. and says that his only drawback
was in the fact that the only soft drink the pe0-
pie of the south knew anything about is a 'MiSsis-
Sippi cocktail" and white man who don't drink
straight pepper whisley' 'ain't in it at all.