The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-08-29

ME Dear" (song hit) seems to have
lost its popularity during the last
week or so.
Rumor had it that Apache was in
our midst, but up to the present
time (1:30 p. m. } we have not been
able to locate him.
Deputy Warden Sullivan is act
ing as deputy during Deputy War
den Backland' absence. Mr.. Back
land is enjoying ten day leave of
absence.
A fellow does not have to look
long in order to find trouble, said a
laddie buck who recently returned
from the place where tooth picks
are not in vogue.
The painter met with serious
accident Friday morning last. He
cut his hand severely while opening
bale of hemp. 1t required seven
stitches to sew up the incision.
We are given to understand that
the champion checker player of cot
five is now the ex-champion. Old
man McA., put the kibosh on him
three straight. How about it Frank?
Ex-doughyboy says that the fell
low who stands up in front of pill
ing machine six days out of posi-
BILE seven does all the standing up
for his country that he cares for.
Bob Henderson is down at the
state fair grounds attending to the
state Irvine and farm machinery ex-
hibit. Ever since Bob has had
charge of this exhibit, the sales have
been on the increase.
10 10 is working overtime on
that ping pong outfit, Brother Gay
hoppin. Everyone to his liking, but
really, Gayhoppin prize fight is not
near SO brutal as some football games
| have witnessed or taken part in.
Mr.. Editor:-Did not an inmate
of this institution write the poem,
A Five Year Man?" noticed this
poem in a certain magazine of re-
cent date and the editor failed to give
the author credit, j. e., he did not
place the authors name at the begin
ming or end of the poem.
The kitchen crew were forced to
extend themselves Sunday morning.
Johnnie NJ, and the painter have
been welding the whitewash and
paint brushes quite freely in this
department during the past two days.
The job is an excellent one. Change
please.
c., the day fireman. returned from
the %. P. hospital recently. He
put in several days there but could
net bear the thought of remaining
away from work so long and then
too, he was always wondering if
Steward Doyle had killed his three
pet cats or not.
Brigham Jr is rapidly becoming
an expert hasher. Of course e
spills little hot soup on the diners
now and then, but the people who
patronize our dining room are of a
very forgiving nature and so natur-
ally overlook a good many little
things like spilling soup down a co..
rless, shirt, etc.
l see by recent issue of The
Mirror that a new member by the
rather musical name of Bango has
been added to the staff of Mirror
contributors. Bango and Bingo,
sounds like good old 100000 days,
when the announcer got up and de-
clared that Bango and Bingo, Eur
opean cyclists, brought to this dear
old U. S. A. at an enormous expense
would endeavor to entertain the
audience for twenty minutes.
\ California paper came out with
scare head which read something
like this: j. Olson badly bitten
by shark while swimming near Long
Beach. j. j. wonders why the pa
per made 50 much ado about small
matter like that. Did you ever stop
to notice that millions of people are
being bitten by sharks every day in
the week remarked J. j., and still
the papers hardly mention the fact.
Why it was just recently, he con-
tinued, that man who seldom even
goes near the water, was bitten by