t allow an officer to strike a man,
but he must be punished by the solitary or ball and chain at the
discretion of the warden, who found it needful to use no little
precaution as to the length of the former, "for too great severity in
that tended to insanity on the part of the punished."

In letting the prisoners on contract, the State furnishes the shop to
the contractor rent free, also the motive power, shafting and belting,
keeping these in repair.

In managing the prisoners, each officer has his assigned position and
duty, and everything is conducted with a precision closely approximating
that of a military character.

The south door to the chapel, spoken of, opens to the female part in the
south wing and to the pass-way down two nights of stairs and out of
doors.

BILL OF FARE

_At New Hampshire State Prison._

SUNDAY:
_Breakfast_--Baked beans, brown bread, and coffee.
_Supper_--Rice pudding, brown bread, and coffee.

MONDAY:
_Breakfast_--Flour bread, brown bread, and coffee.
_Dinner_--Corned beef, vegetables, and brown bread.
_Supper_--Flour bread, molasses, and coffee.

TUESDAY:
_Breakfast_--Corned beef, warm brown bread, and coffee.
_Dinner_--Codfish, potatoes, butter gravy, and brown bread.
_Supper_--Flour bread, molasses, and coffee.

WEDNESDAY:
_Breakfast_--Fish hash, brown bread, and coffee.
_Dinner_--Fresh beef soup with vegetables, and brown bread.
_Supper_--Flour bread, molasses, and coffee.

THURSDAY:
_Breakfast_--Meat hash, brown bread, and coffee.
_Dinner_--Stewed peas with pork, and brown bread.
_Supper_--Flour bread, molasses, and coffee.

FRIDAY:
_Breakfast_--Meat hash, warm brown bread, and coffee.
_Dinner_--Baked fresh fish or chowder, potatoes, and brown bread.
_Supper_--Flour broad, molasses, and coffee.

SATURDAY:
_Breakfast_--Meat hash, brown bread, and coffee.
_Dinner_--Fresh beef soup with vegetables, and brown bread.
_Supper_--Flour bread, molasses, and coffee.

11. _General remarks upon the prisoners._ When entering my service here,
the prison had more inmates than cells. Eight were females. The
community was reaping a sad harvest from the demoralizing effects of the
late war. Six or eight were U. S. prisoners.

All treated me with due respect. The most were easily approached, free
in conversation, readily giving account of themselves, admitting their
crimes and the justice of their sentences, which probably they w