The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-03
CONNECTS BRIGHT PAPER.
Connecticut State Prison Paper Full
 of Whimsicalities.

| ord, the paper published at the l Connecticut State Prison, was dis
 tributed to the convicts Sunday. It is Fourth of July number, and it is
 printed in red, white and blue. Many
 Of the articles refer to Independence day. One of the convicts, life prisoner,
 writes a poem on The Glorious Fourth" Another one writes these rather striking verses, entitled "The
 Mystery"
 A fair, sweet rose bloomed in a prison cell
 Ever it leaned to the close barred pane
 And yearned and died, unsatisfied, For a touch of the sun and rain.
 The pale lips of the inmate kissed it, dead,
 And tEe slow tears stung his hand;
 But how he, too, it's secret knew:
 An, who but brother may under stand?
 The flower that died, the heart that mourned,
 Were each of Gods great scheme,
 And we who knew not how twas planned
 Can only judge them as they seem. The editor discusses the Fourth of
 July in a couple of articles. Another editorial is entitled, "True Courage"
 and is as follows:
 "There is no quality the convict so much needs to cultivate as courage. True courage will help him to pass his prison life with credit to himself and make his relations with the officials sat-
 isfactory both to them and to himself. The lack of courage to face lffe's prob
 lems and by courage we mean, of course, moral courage, is attested by the very fact of our being here. If we need ed this quality when we had the respect and confidence of the communities in
 which we lived, how much more shall we need it when we go out tainted with the shadow of a crime? When you were boy did you ever fly kite? You know how every ad- verse wind made the kite rise higher and higher, and soar more proudly. It is thus with courage. If we have the courage to stand by the truth. to refuse to do any unmanly thing, then the ad- verse winds of criticism suspicion and socrn will but aid us to rise. It might almost be said courage is truth, and truth courage. All liars are towards, and all towards are liars.
 "It may not be possible for many of
 us to accomplish great things, but we
 can all, if we will, have the respect of
 every one whose respect is worth hay ing, and that simply by demonstrating that we can be depended upon to speak and act the truth under all conditions and circumstances. -+~es~ 's5''@-'-2'''e
 The contributed articles cover a wide
 range of topics from summer vacation | in the Maine woods to a voyage in the Arctic ocean. The corn-fed philosopher, | who is a life convict from Fairfield
 county, contributes his customary col umn of fun. Here is a specimen of his
 philosophy:
 "A man who shutters naturally fa-
 vors free speech. Never trust truss
 until a trust trusts you. Beer fills many a bottle and the bottle many bier It is what man pays, not what he owes, that keeps him poor. The an-
 cients said Atlas supported the world
 on his shoulders, but neglected to state who supported Atlas. We presume he
 married a rich wife, A few of the squibs that eniven the local page are as follows: "The opportunity of a life time is sell
 dom labeled.
 Most men may find their hoodoo by looking in the morror.
 George Washington never went fish, ing. We presume his veracity was g. handicap.
 Speaking of automobiles, Uncle John says the reason the majority of us are here is that we were dreaming too much l of automobiles when we ought to have
 been pushing wheelbarrow.
 officer Bulkeley, who has access to our sanctum and the files thereof, was
 much interested in that portion of an article on In the Maine Woods, pub lished in this issue, which pertains to the photographing of the large fish. Passing through the storeroom recently
 we saw him, assisted by the Bertiion
 operator, MT. Officer, trying to photo- graph three ounce 'alewive' in such a
 way as to make it look like a nine pound shad.
 Officer Madden says that if Benjamin Franklin wanted to study electricity he should have had tower on the prison wall. He could then have dispensed with his kite The officer says he has been run over by fire engine and has
 been propelled through the air by a
 mules motive power. but he never be- fore tackled anything like the electric
 bolt that knocked him out of the tower
 during the shower on the afternoon of
 June 16. In fact, it will always keep him guessing as to whether he or the l lightning was out first" FACTORIES TO SHUT DOWN. Sarna Will T1oSo for Two Dave 0ver