The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-15

a kindly feeling for the "old timers whom he
during his regime
y. A Nelson. OF the Washington Co. Journal
ran in to see THE MIRROR printer boys yester-
day. Nick had just returned from pleasant
visit to his father and old friends at Cyrus, Mimi.
and he looked AS bright as the elusive silver dol |
lar that poor editors hustle for in this world.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Hardy. of Minneapolis. !
were visiting at the home of Engineer Jones
rounds of the prison on the 9th, and THE
MIRROR acknowledges a pleasant call. Mr..
Hardy is a member of the Minneapolis Flee
trical Engineering Co.
Mrs. C. w. Davies. of Little Falls. Wis, mem
Der of the w. C. T. L. who held services in the
prison chapel on Sunday. remained a guest over
night of Warden and Mrs. Wolfer. On Monday
Mrs. Davies. in company with Mrs. Wolfer and
Master Charles Wolfer. visited THE MIRROR
office.
W. S. Emory. of Grand Rapids. Mich. paid
our Office visit on the 9th. and when he had
glanced at a copy of THE MIRROR he lost no
time in ordering his name entered on sub
seription book, which proves that Mr.. Emory
does not deny himself any of the good things of
this life.
alderman Burke F, O'Brien, wife and daughter.
of Minneapolis. and Mr.. Ralph Eldridge. of
Clarion. Iowa. were escorted through the various
departments of the prison by Asst Deputy
Glennon on the 18th. While in our office Mr..
O'Brien remarked on the many changes he OBJ
served in the prison since his previous visit a
number of years ago.
"Uncle Mike the hospital florist and bird
fancier. is also chiropodist of considerable
SKILL We recently consented to let him per-
form an operation for the removal of our sur
plus corn crop and we can testify that he did
his work thOrOughly-utterly regardless of our
appeals for mercy and apparently oblivious of
the pain he inflicted.
We will gamble a years subscription to the
official paper of Washington county that if there
is an exhibition of the Irvine industry at the
state fair. manned by trusty prisoners. that it
will be the greatest attraction ever on exhibition
at state fair in Minnesota. man with con-
vict's suit on will attract more attention than all
the blooded stock or big pumpkins ever raised
in Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
John G. Cover. night dollhouse watch, escorted
his wife and Mrs. Chas. Hawley. of Wis.
through the prison on the 9TH Mrs. Cover has
been a resident of saltwater forty-twO years.
and her husband has been employed at the
prison twelve years. but this was her first
visit to this or any other prison. Neither had
her friend Mrs. Hawley. ever before seen the
| inside of a prison. and these ladies' found much
to interest them. their preconceived ideas of a
penal institution being entirely different from
that which they found it to be-
For the information of the new arrivals who
| come here from week TO week we wish to say, if
ycu want to send THE MIRROR to relatives or
friends. you will be allowed the privilege by
complying with the following rule: Send to this
office your name. register and cell numbers. also
full address of the person to whom you desire to
have THE MIRROR sent. Do not write address.
cell number or any other matter on your paper;
keep them perfectly clean and place them in your
cell door every Friday evening. Those who do
not send THE MIRROR away will confer favor
by sending them to this office.
The Board of Prison Managers met on the
Sth. and after transacting routine business
| granted paroles to the following applicants
Michael Dugan. Freeborn county; James
OLaughlin, Wright county; John Smith
Kittson county; William O'Day. Murray county;
Edward johnson. Otter Tail county; Alfred
Swanson, Ramsey county; George Weber
Itasca county. and Thomas Gordon, Goodhue
county. The matter of placing automatic
sprinklers in the shops as safeguard against
fire and also reducing the rate of insurance. was
taken under consideration but not definitely
acted Oh.
| Last week. as Supt. Connolly escorted a
family party of friends on a sightseeing tour OF
the prison. little siX-year-old got interested in
a wooden clock which hangs in our office. The
little fellows sister. few years older than
himself. was trying to explain to him the
mechanism of the clock in such language as
would be ineligible to his youthful mind. and
in reply to a question said that the clock haG
Wheels I'VE all have Wheels" sententOusly
said the chubby little fellow. and the appro
priateneSs of the remark, coming from one Of
his tender years. brought an amused smile t
the lips of his elders.
With notice appearing in each issue of oul
paper for the information of the inmates wht
desire to send their copy of THE MIRROR t
relatives or friends. yet daily receive in
complete addresses. For example. JOIN
Pocahontas Smith sends lis a slip bearing hi
name. register and cell numbers, and leaves III
in ignorance as to whom he wants the pape
sent. When he learns that his friend is not re
ceiving the paper he will be surprised at thu
EDITORS lack of business sagacity because w
are unable to guess at the name of the particu
lar Richard Roe or John Doe to whom h
wanted the paper sent.
The clerk in the twine factory evidently think
that he is 'playing in luck" nowadays. In
recent issue of THE MIRROR we mentioned tn
fact of his having found. in bale of hemp
, fsh-hook which he is keeping for tn
nleaSant memories it aMOke. On Tuesday hi