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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12
hank Becomes nlayor.

"Great Scott, Hank! what are
you talking about? A mayor for
Cut Bank? What would mayor
have to do in q town with only two
stores, six adobe shacks, two hotels,
twenty-four saloons and one
church ?"
SWELL, Bub, I will tell you. A
mayor could stop these lazy cattle
men from shooting up the town,
riding into stores and hotels, and
put the cabosh on them for buck
ing their bronchos on the side
walks, thus breaking the planks. .
'That part of it is all right,
Hank, but who would want to be
mayor of a fiea-infected bunch Of
sand hills whish you call town.
Nov, Bub, don't you strain that
little 2x0 brain of yours. You
might hurt your intellect. If there
is going to be a mayor in this here
burg, it's me, and with big cap.
u too. TIL run this town and run
itright, even if I'm compelled to
carry q hardware store stuck in my
belt. Now if I could find q chap
who would go around and find out
what the people think about hav-
ing q mayor, and who would do q
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12
TO INMATES.

For the information of new arrivals
and all others desiring TO send The
MIRROR to friends we wish to say that
plying with the following rules: Write
out your own name and register num-
Der and send to this Office with name
and address of person to whom paper is
to be sent. Each paper must be kept
clean and folded in the same manner as
IL is when yOn receive 1t and placed in
your door every Fridry night. All In
mates are requested to comply with this
order whether sending out copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12

A new twenty-five inch drill
press was added to the state repair
shop during the past week.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12

Altho printers ink is very cheap
it has been a very scarce article
around our shop during the past
few weeks. This was due to the
extreme lateness in the arrival of
our supplies for the present quar-
ter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12

A citizen machinist was added
to the state repair force last Mon
day to assist in handling the extra
work connected with the new har-
vesting machines.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12

The month of March has GER
tainly come in with roar, and it
now remains to be seen whether
it departs with the time. honored
docility.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12
little boosting and less knocking

and the whole FIRE department If
I'm elected, see?"
"AIl right, Hank; | reckon You
mean me. I'll take the job. Now
what shall I do Grst?"
"Oh, just start in anywhere and
ask everybody what they think
about having mayor, and if they
think it's 0. K, why just casual
like mention that Hank Wraglin
would be just the man."
Everything went fine at the
Prairie Bell restaurant until Il
mentioned in whisper that Hank
was the man for the job, and then
everybody started to put me out at
once. | met Hank coming down
the street with more sunshine on
than clothes. He looked as tho he
got mixed in the shuttle.
what happened?" asked.
"Oh nothing! Come down to
the shack and stop asking fool
questions"
When we got to the shack, Hank
was boiling mad. 'Now, Bub!"
he yelled, II tried to be mayor by
fair means and they treated me
scandalous. I'm going to be mayor
Of this town by foul means. They
will elect me by unanimous vote
inside of forty Eight hours. Just
watch my smoke"
Well, sir, that night shout ten
o'clock things began to happen.
| saw people taking to the sage
brush in all directions some of
them pretty thin on clothes, too
and when daylight came they COM
menced to straggle in, wanting to
know whether the Piegans OF
Blackfeet were on the warpath.
Hank was hopping around trying
to offer his services. Then he told
me that every place In town had been
robbed, that he had seen the leader
of the band and thought he could
get most of the stuff back. He
went away and about noon he
came driving into town with two
wagons piled nigh with the stuff
which had been carried off. The
first thing he threw off was a bar
Der pole. / almost tainted, for il
still had my rope around it. Wher
Hank got the wagons unloaded
he told them that what the towr
needed was fearless mayor, mar
who could keep an eye on it and
we'll what's the use. The vote fol
mayor was unanimous. The justice
of the peace swore Hank in anc
gave him an Office in the bacl
part of the postofice.
| The next day Hank pinned ,
big tin star on my manly ches
and informed me that I was thu
chief of police. He then told m.
to get out and stop the cowboy
from pulling the town up by tn.
roots and dropping it into tn,
river. l got part way up MAR
street when I saw Tom Moore
bucking his horse on the sidewalk
[ showed him my star and told hin
to evaporate, and he promptly
roped and dragged me thru mut
hole.
/ I went to the mayor and told hin
my troubles. He kicked me ou
| of the Office, and then ordered me-
to go to the Maverick saloon ant
stop the Big F crew from smash
ling the crockery. I came out O
There with tin pail on my heae
and my pockets full of broker
bottles. Ny beautiful badge O
Office was pinned between my
shoulders. / went back to thu
mayors Office to resign and founG
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12

Rev. G. Wahlund, of North
Branch, Mimi, one of the men,
bers of the State Board of Visitors,
was a visitor at this institution
Tuesday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12

The occupant of 500 would like
to exchange the Cosmopolitan,
Everybody's and Munsey's maya
zines for others.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12
Calflperin9 llJitb justice.

in Chicago recently man was
convicted Of the crime of murder
in the 6ret degree, largely upon
the testimony of one individual.
Later that individual asserted that
his testimony was essentially false,
and that he had beeh drilled to
testify as he did by police officer
and prosecuting attorney. Ac-
cording to his story the evil
dence was not, in its pure form,
sufficient to convict. The officers
of the law taught him how to
round it out and bolster it up so
that when it was given to the jury
lit was sufficient to bring verdict
of guilty.
This incident points out great
evil that exists in criminal proceed
ure, and one that seems to be
growing. 1t may be that this wit
ness is lying now, and that he told
the truth OH the trial. Yet his
present story is given probability
by the we'll. known fact that too Of
ten policemen and prosecuting at
torneys are more anxious to make
good records by procuring convic-
tons titan they are to see full JUS
tice done. They may believe hon.
testify enough that their victims are
guilty.-it seems easy for officers
of the law to hold that belief-but
they have no right to manufacture
evidence to convince the jury of
the prisoners guilt. Yet it is done,
very frequently, particularly IN
the trial Of petty offenders before
municipal courts.
i The modern attitude toward the
criminal is not one of hate, but of
! sympathy; the aim Is not 30 much
to punish and push the guilty
down the incline towards the
depths, but to redeem them and
make useful citizens out of them.
}, The attitude of the average po-
, lice officer is Numerically opposed
, to this. His object, when he ar
{ rests man, is to see that he is
, convicted. 1t helps out his rec
ord" If he gets the idea that q
{ man will bear watching, it is only
! a question of time before he finds
occasion to arrest that man, and
, having arrested him he wants him
! convicted. This oppressive atti-
tude of the police toward occa-
+ sional offenders, or toward mere
: harmless loafers, does much to
| force their victims into lives of
, crime. Once man has been con-
victed and jailed, his pride is gone
4 and his willingness to engage in
I'd crime is increased.
u This should not be understood
: as decrying the police officers zeal
) to do HE duty. 1t is his duty to
3 protect society, and to appreheDd
> those who threaten it's peace or it's
, property. Yet he does not fulfil
3 that duty when he arbitrarily con-
spires with his fellows to fasten
, evidence of crime upon a man
, whom the police desire to have
! put out of the way. Too often, by
this practice, men who are merely
! thoughtless and idle, and who
81 could be tempted into becoming
; Industrious citizens, are lailroaded
/ into Jail, taught to hate society be-
cause of its injustice, and turned
into active and aggressive enemies
/ of the public safety.
Il 1t is wrong to arrest an innocent
man, it's worse to prosecute him
, with knowledge Of his innocence,
} and it is awful to convict him. To
/ do it with perjured testimony is a
crime far greater than the offanao
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12

Mr.. F. A.. Whittier, superin-
tendent of the state training school
at Red Wing, was visitor at the
prison Tuesday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12

Captain French, of the night
crew, was absent last Friday even
ing on account of sickness IN his
family.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12

Supt. Casey returned during the
latter part of last week from a bust
ness trip to Milwaukee and Chi
cagO.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12
LOCAL NEWS.

Mass was held in the prison
chapel early last Sunday morning.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12

The following example was sent
in during the week. Can you
work it? II have yet to serve
twice as many months, before Imay
claim parole. as was my whole
sentence in years; but had my
sentence been forty per cent shorter,
l would have been paroled four
monthsago,. WHAT'S mysentenceY'
"Ben" has lengthy article on
the front page of this issue in
which he endeavors to explain
several of the reasons why we have
panics. He delves into mythology.
ancient and modern times, and
then deals with our own period.
We leave it to our readers whether
he has explained the -cause of
panics. s =
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12
CT URCH NOTICE.

Service in the Prison Chapel at nine
O'Clock every Sunday morning. Pro-
testant and Catholic service every
alternate Sunday. Rev. s. j. Ken
needy, and Rev. FIR. COrcOran chap
lains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12
Chapel Service.

The following is the program of
the service held in the chapel, Sun
day, March 9Th, Father Corcoran
officiating:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12

The Toledo police Judge who
has sentenced himself to term of
one day in the workhouse in order
to discover how the many men he
has sent there live will realize
what his sentences mean, after the
experience. In some European
countries. every Judge is compelled
to spend q week in prison. prepar-
atory to service on the bench.
LIE Sueur { MIMI News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-29
GUARD SECRETS OF GIBRALTAR.
British Allow Little Sightseeing on
Famous Island Fortress.

In spite of the fact that Gibraltar
has been held by the British for 200
years the native population Of to-day
Is unquestionably Spanish in appear
ance, customs and language. Our
walks through the town convinced US
of this fact, for everywhere we heard
men, women and children talking
Spanish. It Is this element that forms
an overwhelming majority of the
civilian population. The garrison,
which a few years ago numbered some
1000 troops. now numbers but 1000,
Improved guns and projectiles making
the lesser number equally efficient
The amount Of sightseeing permitted
to foreigners and to visiting Britishers
has undergone marked change, for
not so many years ago the tourist WAS
free to walk pretty well over the rock.
Gradually this was prevented; but
still 1t was always possible to go
through several Of the famous gal.
leries. Now even that privilege has
been withdrawn, and only British sub.
iects are allowed to enter the within.
the-rock batteries, which after all 10
not much consolation to them, as they
are shown only one Of the many gal.
leries, and that deserted one, so far
as guns are concerned.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-29
NORTH BENNINGTON

Miss Agnes Green of Troy spent
Sunday in town.
Mrs. J. ID. Atwood of Brooklyn is
visiting Mrs. Fl. S. yelling.
Miss f. NJ. Ranney of New York is
visiting her brother, F. ID. Ranney.
Percy Russell IL taking a few days
outing, visiting friends In Hoosick
Falls.
Mrs. A. ]. Mckay of Brooklyn is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. George
b. yelling.
Fred Johnson who has been confin
ed TO the house for several days with
sore eyes is somewhat better.
Misses Margaret Ryan and Mary
Gibney of Bennington are spending q
few days with Miss Elizabeth Pow
ers.
Miss Julia Hanley who has beer
ON q vacation for the past four weeks
returned last evening to resume hel
duties at the II. T. Cushman Mfg. Co
Wednesday Mrs. II. H. Darling as
sisted by Mrs. George Braid and Mrs
Alfred Hunt gave a trolley ride ant
picnic to seven children In honor o
Helen Darlings seventh birthday. Tn,
birthday cake was ornamented will
seven candles. All had fine time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-29

LYON sALE-2l-acre farm. two miles from
il village. 5 acres meadow, 10 acres pas
ture Groom house newly painted; Isxf2 barn.
beautiful view. Apply TO the owner, Antoine
Fisher, or lockwood & Howe. Price si0Co. 40
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of tho Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers


Rev. John ]. Cullion was In Man
chester over Sunday.
Frank Heath Of Elm street left
this morning for visit IN Manches-
ter
Carroll Niles Is visiting his brother
Bernie In Schenectady for several
days.
Arthur Magee of Dewey street has
signed as catcher for the SALISBURY
Eagles.
Mrs. Eugene c. Packard OF Union
street has returned from a visit In
Cambridge.
Miss Nettie Bulge OF Hoosick Falls
was guest of Mrs. NJ. l.. Brownell
Saturday.
Mrs. Mary j. Brownell returned
Friday from visit to her son, Bernie
in Schenectady,
Drill n. h. o. =. team will meet at
o'clock Tuesday evening In N. IL.
0. p. hall Please be prompt.
| MT. ana MIS-. Leo GleTce ana son
Edward of Webb street have gone to
Fairlee, VT, TO spend the summer.
Clarence Wood, OF Washington st.
who was kicked by horse few
days ago, has now fully recovered
and resumed his duties.
The number of strangers who Wis
tied the monument Sunday was one OF
the largest of any this year. Touring
autos were In evidence everywhere
Yesterday.
The chairman of the entertain
ment committee, No. 1877, n. H. o. p
would like to meet all members OF
the committee Tuesday evening In
n. T. o. p hall to discuss plans for
entertainment TO be held on July 4
Otis o. Cakes who has been EN-
ployed for some time on the milk
wagon ot>the Fillmore farms. has re
signed his position in that capacity
He has bought out William Robin
sons route and expects to get his
business started by the first of next
week.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-29
LOST AND FOUND

FOUND On pleasant street, q suit Of mons
8 clothes Owner may have same by prov
ing property and paying Tor this advertisement.
Il. W. Cummings, 625 Main street. 9h6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

IN, Casey of Hoosick Falls was
the guest OF John Cronin OF the Amer
lean house over Sunday.
Ryan, Fitzgerald & Co. have built
n fine wire fence around the Nc
Laughlin Inn on Main street.
Miss Catherine Patterson OF North
Adams was a guest OF the Misses Ry-
an OF Gage street over Sunday.
The Walker block ON Main street
Is nearing completion and will be
ready for occupancy In few days.
Miss Mary Loughlin has returned
for the summer from Arlington where
she has been teaching during the past
school year
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reed and family
OF Manchester are guests this week
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Taylor Of
Lincoln street.
The marriage OF Elijah Howard and
Miss Sarah Little will be solemnizcd
In the old st. Francis de Sales church
at $3.50 this afternoon.
President Thomas OF Middlebury
college one Of the principal speakers
at the rededication exercises of the
Second Congregational church Sun
day, returned TO Middlebury this
morning
Miss Melissa Morse. who has rooms
with Mrs. Welles and daughter In the
Kelso house on Main street, leaves
next week to live with her brother
and sister, DR.. and Mrs. II. l.. Good
all Of Pottsville, Pa,
According to the almanacs the an
nual eclipse of the sun took place
Sunday, visible as a partial eclipse II
the United States. II is said to have
been plainly visible about noon will
the aid of smoked glass.
Word has been received here from
Fired S. Harmon stating that his wifi
who was recently so dangerously II
In a hospital I'm Newark, n. Y, ha
now passed the crisis and Is improy
Ing as well as can be expected.
For Saturday, July 4th special ex
cursion tickets will be sold between
all stations In Vermont and New Yorl
states on the Rutland railroad at tn
rate of one fare and third for roun'
trip tickets. Tickets will be good &c
ing July Bird and returning till Jul,
9Th.
Rev. A. ]. Barron and Rev. c. Z
Provost left today for Burlington &
attend the celebration OF the COLDER
jubilee of the ordination to tn
priesthood OF Rt Rev. Mgr. j. NJ
Cloarec, vicar general Of the diocese
Father Cloarec was pastor of 81
Francis de Sales church In this tow
from January 1859 until August 1S6
and during that time opened the frs
parochial school here in the bast
ment of the old church.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-29

LOB sALE-Parlor organ In irstciass con.
4 dItion. Call at 2O3 South 81. 7eu
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-29
FOR SALE

U,OR sALE-Bisycle IN fine condition. coas-
n ter brake. cushion post. SIS 0o. Also hue
phaston. or exchange for light top buggy. hp
ply at 206 Pleasant st. VIII
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-29
HOOS FALLS WON
Beat Nationals of Cohoes In Fast and
Close Game

Hoosick Falls, June 29.-Five hun
dred baseball enthusiasts saw a real
article of the national game at the
grounds of the Hoosick Falls Athletic
association, Sunday afternoon when
the Hoosick Falls team defeated the
Nationals Of Cohoes by score of |
to 0. Eastman, the Indian captain Of
the North Adams team, pitched for
Hoosick Falls and Killeen of Troy,
the former Bennington pitcher was in
the points for the visitors. 1t was a
a pitchers battle, each allowing but
four hits. Eastman struck out six
men and Killeen two. The score fol-
lows:
Hoosick Falls 10000 900 IL
Nationals 90 20 0 0 10
Batteries for Hoosick Falls, East
man and Mulcahey; for Nationals, Xii
leen and Roberts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-29
Another Ono Of Thar,

Mrs. Nagget--Really. she's the
worst gossip In the neighborhood.
Why, heard this morning that She
Mr.. Nagget-Come, now! don't try
70 beat her at her own game.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-29
CONTRACTORS AND BvILpsRs

TANKS SILK, contractor and builder. Also
j repairing, rebuilding and shop work Shop
UniOAstreet,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-29
TEN
AND
WOnEN
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whom the kidneys are out of order or diseased
For pleasing result, use DR.. Kllmer's swamp
Root. the great kidney remedy. AT druggists.
Sample bottle BY mail free, olso pamphlet
Address, DR.. Kimer & Co.. Binghamton. N. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-29

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At sboye prices. Orders BY mail or tele-
phone will receive prompt attention. Benn,ng-
tor orders delivered once each week. II. b.
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Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-08-02

rooms. Not content with this Billy also
took to doping" and the drug stores got
their share of the coin for the poisoning
brain of men. Reduced to poverty his
wife and child on the verge of starvation,
Billy vamoOsed. and in little while was
located at Moline, ILL.,, by Sam Small, an
other fake evangelist, who Immediately set
about to look after him. This is not
strange for fakirs have an affinity for each
other. The result is that Williams is to
be placed in some sanitarium to be treated
for his vicious habits, at the expense OF
believing christian folks, while Mrs. Will
liams announces her intention of returning
to the stage to earn bread for herself and
child
Now let us suppose that Billy had re-
manned mere minstrel and had never
espoused the cause of Jesus and him cruci-
fed. What would have happened to him
under the circumstances? There would
have been no Sam Small to protect him.
Some blue-coated representative of the law
would have pounced upon Billy and he
would have found himself involved in legal
meshes trying to explain his conduct to
some judicial dgnitary. His love for liquor
could not be pleaded as a defense. His
abandonment of wife and child because Of
an unnatural appetite would not save him
from legal punishment. Being a preacher
things appear different to the majority of
those whose duty it is to dispense Justice
and for this reason Billy will get a sena-
OH instead OF roast. Great is the power
of religion.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-08-02

If Jesus be the meat and drink of life,
as the preachers claim 1t is evident that
one Billy Williams, an alleged minstrel
evangelist who recently disappeared from
Des Moines, Iowa, leaving his wife and child
penniless, believed it wise thing to secure
and pu. away a large quantity of the
liquid" Jesus, and to accelerate it's stimu-
lating influences by the additional use of
drugs and opiates.
Realizing the splendid graft that lay in
notion that by playing the evangelist and
using his talents as professional minstrel,
he could, with the combined games, play
"a good graft and cake in the coin. Success
jdawned upon him for a season. But he
could not stand prosperity. His love for
ardent spirits led to excessive drinking,
and the money taken from foolish women
and ignorant children, went to the bar