The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-08-26

If you see good thing don't push it
along-especially if it is a bicycle
until you get clear bill of sale.
A. F. Lawrence of La Moure, n. d.,
accompanied by his daughter Lulu,
werei in the city for short visit last week
with Warden Wolfer and family. Mr..
Lawrence is the brother-in-law of
Warden Wolfer.
Warden Wolfer and Messrs. Norrish
and Temple of the Board of Managers
left for New York on Monday night.
They have gone east to purchase addi-
tional machinery for the Irvine plant
and expect to return within week or
ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Holbrook of Wa
SEGA, Mimi, and Fred Bordwell Jr.,
were among the visitors to our brown
stone front on Saturday. Mr.. Holbrook
and wife are relatives of Storekeeper
Bordwell with whom they are visiting.
He accompanied them on their tour of
the prison.
Sister Edward and Sister Dominica,
of the Order of St. Benedict, devoted
to educational work, were interested
callers at our Office on Saturday last.
They were shown through the various
departments of our silent municipality
by Supt. Connolly of the shoe depart.
ment.
Andrew j. Eckstein of New Ulm,
and John c. Thro of Mankato who were
delegates to the G. o. F. convention
held in this city were callers at our
office yesterday accompanied by Drug
gist King, of this city. Both gentle
men are also members of the State
Pharmaceutical association.
With the large crop of golden grain
that will soon be ready for market and
the refrigerated weather that will soon
follow, the farmers of the northwest
will be able to enjoy all the comforts
of KlOndike and the incidental pleas
ures of home without being forced to
camp at Chilkoot Pass where snowballs
are the only cheap diet.
He was a bonnie Scot tied up at
Dyea on his way to Klondike. His
comrades who were waiting to have
their goods toted over Chilkoot Pass
were explaining to him the disadvan-
tages of having to depend on others to
get over the pass A bright idea struck
Scotty. "Hoot mon," he began, eff a
'chiel Good pass it, why nae max it big
enoo fir mon to pass it, instid O.
gangin' DER it?'
Labor Day which comes on Sept. 9th
this year will be fittingly celebrated in
prison. A good program is being pre-
pared for the day. In our next issue
we will publish the order of proceed
ings. From what is already known we
may state that the chapel exercises will
be unusually interesting, and that all
regular holiday privileges will be ex-
tended.
An Austrian inventor has recently
patented musical bicycle. The note
grinder is attached to the pedals and
promises to be veritable representa-
ton of the legendary nursery dame
with ''rings on her fingers and bells on
her toes" There are two stops to the
Instrument when you jump off,
the other when you fall off. In time
the inventor expects to improve on
these crude stops.
The fifth excursion under the aus
pieces of the Minneapolis Journal
passed through the prison Saturday
afternoon, and, if appearances were
any indication, all seemed to be enjoy
ing themselves hugely. There were
somewhat in the neighborhood of 700
of the excursionists passed through the
prison. The Journal seems to have
struck telling lead in these popular
excursions.
Charles Gordon Newman, editor and
proprietor of the Daily and Weekly
Commercial, of Pine Bluff, Ark, was
a recent visitor to the prison accompa-
MED by L. S. Hewitt and L. G. Searles
of this city. Mr.. Newman, who is a
thoroughly courteous gentleman with
the true chivalric hospitality of the
South, is on pleasure trip to our