The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
OLD PRISON NOTES
Uncle Johns Savings

No drill last Sunday on account of bad
weather.
Mrs, McCurdy was visitor at the old
prison last Saturday.
Guard Thompson had charge of the kit
chen crew Saturday.
Oneabig car load of binders and mowers
were shipped last Saturday morning out
west.
Rev. John Mccoy, chaplain of the new
prison escorted several friends through
the institution last Wednesday.
Man wants so little here below, and
gets it if he can, but woman ask
for even less, she only wants the man.
The Board of Control held its monthly
meeting at the old prison last Monday,
and granted interviews to several in
mates.
Guard Husting was kept very busy
with the big motor truck for the last few
days hauling goods from the depot for the
institution.
Guard Tally with his crew of men are
working overtime in the Blacksmith shop.
1t will take some time before they catch
up with the work.
About 80 students from the state agri-
culture school from Minneapolis, were
escorted through the prison last Saturday
IN charge of our deputy
Four hogshead of pure leaf tobacco
were received at the old prison last Mon
day weighing about 1900 pounds EACH
This will keep Hugo going for awhile.
The new prison population got sur
prise this week, 16 men were transferred
to that institution The population is
now beyond the 500 mark, and it will
never see the 1879 mark again
The Board of Parole held its monthly
meeting in the Board room last Friday
and considered a good many applications
for parole, out of which they granted,
IL paroles and 5 conditional discharges
Very liberal indeed, for such short
month.
Next Sunday, February 22nd will be
our second quarterly meeting of the Chau-
tauqua circle. A first class program has
been prepared, and we hope, our editor
will be present at this meeting. 1t will
pay him to do so, as he could then give it
his special attention.
The president of the Chautauqua circle
has been in communication with the
Board of Control for sometime in regard
of buying small library of literary books
for that organization only, and it is graft
flying to know that the whole board
is supporting the movements of the circle.
The board has kindly asked Miss Carey,
state librarian, to assist the president in
the selection of said books. Miss Carey
will be down in a few days to aid the
president in selecting the books. Now,
boys, it is up to us to show the Board of
Control our appreciation by building up
a circle second to none in the country.
We can do it. Who is willing to help in
this great movement. Now, don't raise
your hands all at once, that will do, Mr..
Pendennis has the floor!
Lincolns birthday was observed at the
old prison in the usual way The inmates
were treated with a moving picture show,
which was indeed good. But you have
seen the same, and could Judge for your
self, with the exception that the orchestra
played through the entire show, which
feature you had not. After the show the
men spent several hours in the cell house
corridors talking about old times, shaking
hands with old friends and making new
ones, enjoyed ourselves as good as we pos
sibly could. At 11:3O o'clock we were
treated to good dinner and the afternoon
we spent in our rooms, thinking over all
we had heard and seen, and SO passed the
day in good fellowship and good har-
mOny.