The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-13
ISSUED BY STATE CONNECTS
FOURTH OF JULY PAPER AT THE STATE PRISON.
The Last Monthly Publication One of Unusual Interest Contents Grave ana Gay and Many Very Patriotic.

convicts in the Connecticut state pris-
 on, Is a Fourth of July number. It is
 printed in colors and its typographical appearance is most attractive. The , heading, motto and initial letters are
 printed in red ink, and the body of the publication is in blue ink. Nearly all of the articles are written by conVlcts and 8 large share of the contents of the current issue is of a ptriotic character. The editor, bright young convict who wishes to take college course after he graduates from Wethersfie1d, blows this patriotic blast about 'Indepen- dence Day." Our great national holi-
 day, commemorative of the declaration of independence of the United States,is
 again with us. How the day freshens
 our memories and takes us back to the
 fireeracker days of our boyhood!
 There were many holidays in that glo-
 rious past, but above them all indepen-
 dence day stood pre-eminent. The
 force of early impression is powerful
 factor in after life, and even though
 we are deprived of liberty, our love of
 country has never abated. Some of
 our boys-rather old boys now-have
 proved that love in the defense of their
 country. No higher tribute can be
 paid America than to say that even the
 inmates of her penal institutions sound her praises"
 The patriotic poem of the issue
 comes from the pen of a Hartford
 county murderer who has been in pris- on since 1873 and who was only eigh-
 teen years old when he was convicted.
 It is entitled "The Stars and Stripes" and the quality of the verse and of the patriotism may be indicated by the opening stanza
 From wild Atlantics sullen roar,
 To where the western ocean laves The golden Californian shore.
 And far across the azure waves,
 Der a thousand isles in distant seas, The Stars and Stripes flash on the
 breeze.
 Another article from the pen of the same prisoner deals with America: Past and Future" It is a column and half long and this is the concluding paragraph: Beginning with the war with Spain, we have entered upon a new epoch in our national history, which has led to the abandonment of old traditions and standards, and the adoption of a new and more enlight- ened and liberal policy. The idea of America for Americans no longer prevails. A broader and more liberal view has superseded the old one and America for the world is to he the watchword."
 Another life convict who killed his man in Middlesex county and who has been in prison a score and two years contributes an article entitled "A Guest at Andersonville in '63." He was private in the Fifty-fourth Mas sachusetts volunteer infantry and draws a pension. He describes in a and interesting man ner bis tough experiences in the An iersonvile prison. He starts out in this way:
 "As a guest at Andersonville during the civil war, I may say that my stay was prolonged somewhat beyond the period that I desired. had my wishes been consulted. In fact their hospital ty was forced upon me despite my ar suments to the contrary When I en- isted I thought that I had fully con- ;idered all the chances of war likely o befal the lot of private soldier, put I must admit that capture by the enemy was not among them. But cap ured I was-as were thousands of ,rave boys who were fighting in the ;ane cause"
 A New Haven forger who is spend- ng term of three years under War len Garvin tells about "Our Populari- y as a Nation" A Holland county ! onvict who is doing six years sen | ence for criminal assault condenseS | nto just a column a summary of "The | Vars of the United States" A New | Haven counterfeter who is putting in l
 couple of years at Wethersfield de- cribes What I Do Not Know of '76." 'his paragraph taken from the middle l f the article indicates the interesting haracter of the contributions
 "The old Puritan was not the jolliest nd most playful of men. He at times unused himself sadly. He found the indians on one side and the witches on he other. He was surrounded with roubles. He had to keep the Indians nder fire, and the witches over it, .et us fancy scene from the Puritan ouse life of century ago Priscilla, ! air of face and rosy of cheek, sits pinning by the open fireplace, while files, her soldier-lov husband, moking, reclines in the old arm chair ear by And the watch dog lies by he polished andirons on the hearth Above the mantel hangs the trusty lusket The drowsy fire casts it's hadows upon the rows of dishes on the upboard shelves, and from the an- tent hallway a high old clock ticks lowly on the stair
 A lawyer who is now spending his 1urth year at the institution is the uthor of an article in Irish dialect en- tied "Mr. O'Rourkes Opinion. An ther humorous piece comes from the en of young Fairfield county fellow ho has served three years of term of fe imprisonment. The title is Why asey Went to the Country" and lerry twinkle runs through the col mn. A New Haven county clergyman, ho is still in the first third of fifteen ears sentence, reviews the Christian ndeavor meetings at the prison dur lg the year.
 Various souibs that cause a convict I: nile appear in the paper. The issue as printed at the climax of the torrid Jcli, a fact which gives point to this lte. '"The song abOut '9 hot time in |