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4th of July 1916 JUL -6 1916
Ended our days of stn fe. Yet. at the sound of fife, All thro' our folds ne\r life Starts up afresh. !lear \Ye the battle's roar, See \\·e the bullets pour: \\'e're on the fields once more, Leading our men.
\c'e \rere th~ first to hear, \\'hen the reveille drear Broke o•1 the startled ear. ( )ver the camp. Then at the front \\"e stood. And every soldier would Spill his last drop of blood. To hold us there. \Ve heard the soldier pray ''Speed thou the right, this day," As to the deadly fray F ~>arless he went. We sa\\' the loving tears Shed for a comrade clear As on his grassy bier A hero lay. Tho' dim our once bright bars, All rent with stains diHI scars. Tho' pale our silver stars Honor us still. So let our memory stay, As now at rest are they ~ling-led the blue and gray Peace over a II. DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE REFORMATORY, "WITH MALifE TOWARD NONE AND CHARilY F~ AU" VIJLUME 3 CHESHIRE, CONN., jULY 1, 1916 NUMBER 6
T'le beneficial p<~rt the library t:lays in and understandin~ of cffaits v. ]- i< h been perfected and will shortly go into this institution is sorrething which c;: n w1s en irely foreign to them prior to the use. A reading ro::>m, well supplied wi~h not be lost sight of. Many young men time when they had access to the tead daily p3.pcrs, educational and vocational e:1ter th ~ Reformatory with a very small ing room. m l.{Eine3, is c::>nn=~=d with the library. kn"wledge of worldly affairs; that is, they Thanks to our Superintenrlent we now H ere the inmates, in return for good be know very little of things out.,;ide of the h:we a library of which any penal institu havior, have the p:-ivilege of spending an n ::1rrow sphere of their home surround tion could b::! po ..d. Tne li 'xary is lo hour in the evening, enjoying a good in5>. w:1ic:1likely have been op;Josite to cat:d on the s ec:md fl.::>or of the Adminis- b::>::>k, their home towa paper, or a favor congE-nial. and ite magazine they have had or a sociable I i t t I e oppor game of ch6ck tunity to read ers or domi good L THE CHRONICLE Friendship is a spiritual posession to be Everybody And Everything Bosses And cared for in a material world. Who Frightens Everybody Else ISSUED MONTHLY AT THE would violate the sacredness of so great CONNECTICUT REFORMATORY a trust? Who would give the wound that CHESHIRE, CONN. would never heal? We would not receive This is a simpl~ picture. them; why give them? Emerson's broad The boy says "Scat!" and the cat goes. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ---- 50 CENTS PER YEAR. minded spirit of freedom and tolerance The lady hammers a typewriter vin- shows itself nowhere with greater force dictively, full of rage at the "boss" who than in his description of a friend: "A puffs his smoke, proud of the fact that BOARD OF DIRECTORS friend is a person with whom I may be he bosses his typewriter. Hon. Morris W. Seymour, President, Bridgeport sincere. Before him I may think aloud. The boss' wife bosses him. Hon. Chas. Hopkins Clark, Vice Pres. Hartford I am arrived at last in the presence of a The boss' wife's baby bosses her. and Hon. John P. Elton, Secretary, Waterbury man so real and equal that I may drop that is the end of the picture all very Hon.E. Kent Hubbard, Treasurer, Middletown even those undermost garments of dis simple. Hon. Anaon T. McCook, Hartford simulation, courtesy, and second-thought Life as we see it is a succession of which men never put off, and may deal controls of bosses and of frighteuings. RESIDENT OFFICIALS with him with the simplicity and whole The ligh'n.ngstarts the avalanche down Chas. H. Johnson, Su1-1erintendent ness with which one chemical atom meets the mountain side. The avalanche fright Charles E. Linscott, Deputy Superintendent another." Friendship draws from us wh~ t ens the elephant He dashes through the Thomas E. Kane. Asst. Deputy, there is of the hest within; for in friend jungle and frightens the buffalo. The F. C. H. Carder, Clerk ship there is religion. Its existence de buffalo frightens the wart hog. And w Miss M. L. Mohr, Asst. Clerk mands no explanation, for it explains it it goes all the way dvwn to the big beetle William R. Miller, M.D. Medical Director self. Samuel Rogers tells us that through in the grass. He is frightened by a small Rev. Claude G. Beardslee, Protes~ant Chaplain out life he continued to make new friends, snake, tears up a little ant's nest in his Rev. Lawrence A. Guinan, Catholic Chaplain that he might not be alone in the even fright and ruins a family home. Henry B. Carter, Parole Agent ing of his life. Learning the worth and Everything has something below it, Miss Ethel M. Shepard, Social Worker. cheer of kindred l:eings, he could not step something weaker that can be controlled. out from life without their helpful pres The question is: What is at the very bottom, and above all, what is at the top? THE CHRONICLE is published regularly the 1st of each ence. month at the Connecticut Reformatory, and is edited, con We shall not find all your friends What, exactly, is back of the lightning tributed to and printPd by the inmates. Its object is to en among those of our calling. Why should and the avalanche, back of the sun which courage moral and intellectual improvement among the in we? "Some seem to make a man a friend, moves our planet, back of the unknown mates, to devote its energies along lines calculated to lead re_ or try to do so, because he lives near, be force that carries the sun, back of the creant ones back to usefulness in society; to acqu::int the pub cause he is in the same busine~s, travels whole mystery that our little minds con lic with our true status, and to dispel the prejudice which exists on the same line of railway, or for some against those who have paid the penalty of their transgres· template through the telescope and mi sions. other trivial reason. There cannot be a croscope. greater mistake. If our friendsare badly And what are we, little human beings? Address all communications intended for this paper to THE chosen, they will eventually drag us down, Where do we get the power that enables CHRONICLE. Connecticut Reformatory, Cheshire, Conn. if well, they will ra,ise us up." us to weigh the sun, calculate the jour Friendship violated is nobility rlefilEd, neys of the co :nets, foretell eclipses, unite robbed and plundered. But the state the Atlantic ocean with the Pacific ocean Rooney Editor ment loses force, for one cannot imagine and perpetuate our race on the planet, All un3igned articles contribute:! by the editor. friendship cutting the figure of a high i:1 spite of our occasional wars and mur wayman. dering of each other? If you saw a colony of ants on the out er edge of a great driving wheel com i!!llllllllnll !IIIIHLIIIIIIOIIIIIII illlllll>llllll,lllllll l!lllllillllllll lllllll ill llll l lllll lll llll ll:'ll lllll ll ll~~ mitting suicide and committing murder, ~ ~ : :. E D I T 0 R I A L There are a good many things about you should say: "Wait a minute, you :.1 human nature nobody understands- not will soon drop off the wheel anyhow." lm:illllnll lllllll llll llllll ll'l'lllll llll lllilllllll lllllll"illllll':llllllll llllll, IIIII II' IIIIIIII IUIIII IIIlft even T. R., or the spieler in front of the We tiny creatures on this great driving "Seeing Hades" concession at Coney lsi wheel, the earth, are busy committing "An AmericaP paper," quotes the most land. It is the part of wisdom to 9tudy murder wholesale, and ~uicide rEt ail, our fellow beings and beingesses [par whereas, if we only just wait a minute, famous of British publishers, "has an ticularly the latter] up to a certain point we drop off the wheel soon enough. nounced that Germany can have peace and when we di~cover that we are in What was the begining of it all and only by abandoning Belgium, France, Ser over our heads, let us turn for the shore why? And what will be the end, and bia, and Poland and Russia, indemnifying and yell for life savers. what is it all about? those countries and making reparation for In other words, let us peacefully ac There must be some excellent reason losses sustained thnmgh her submarine cept all sympathies of human nature that in it all. It cannot be, as a humorist cyn we can crowd into our already crowded ically remarks, "that life, marriage and activities." system, and when we find ~hat_ 'Ve are the alphabet are alike, in one thing, you Does any sane man imagine for one mo. coming to the complex and mtncate and hwe to go through so much to learn so ment that Germany would conce What is C'lurag~. CrJme as a Disease. Sacrifice Hits The (~asiest conception of courage, sc-ys There is a strong indication that the IN LIFE'S BIG LEAGUE. Harpers Weekly, is the readinEfS to thinking public is considering a change A sacrifice hit is good baseball. Given quarrel. Men refrain frcm fa) ing that from the present unsatisfactory jury sys a man on first base, say the batter lays Christ was a coward, but they talk as if tem of trial of criminal cases to a more down a slow, teasing bunt. It takes the he were. If Washington had not :r;os up to date and scientific way of handling third baseman all h)s time to get to it sessed military fame. no doubt cowardice the same. In a recent article in one of and throw it to fin:t in time to nip the would have been chaq~ed when he defied the leadin.g periodicals, Dr. Victor C. b1tter. But when the play is over the the public, the House of Represenativcs, Vaughn, Dean of the Medical Scho~. runner on first is safe on second, where anj h s advisers, using his own will to University of Michigan, expresses his a good, clean hit will score his run. The keep peace with Great Britain. There view on the subject in which he says· sacrifice hit is one of the biggest headiest are idiots who speak of President Wilson " What would you think of a doctor' things in baseball. But it retires the as cow::>rdly. Whatever else about him wh0 would send a patient to a hospital batter at first. All he 2cts is a notation may be arguable, that part is not. No for one, ten or twenty-five years without on the score sheet. The other man scores body able and willing to think can fail to m~::lical attention from him or any other the run. realize that the key of his nature is cour doctor? Baseball iiln't the only game where the age. Courage marked his course at "Then why should judges send men to score stands on a sacrifice. When you Princeton. It led him as Governor of prison forfro n one to fifty years and see a •voman wearing a 2-year-old hat New Jersey. Courage is needed to sit immediately fee! at liberty to wash their while her daughter goes faicly well cloth tight while the audible minority of the hands of the whole thing? The criminal is ed to school, remember that girl is being public has its brief spasms, and while a si<:k man, the prison is his hospital and advanced a base by a sacrifice hit. political opponents and jingoes rave. th~ judge who sentences him is his physi When father stays home from a vacation What Courage would it have taken to cian. A judge has no more right to hold trip which he needs badly in order that war with Mexico or Germany? To have himself unaccoumable for a criminal's some new comfort can be added to the done so without being convinced of recovery than has a physician a right to home or that the boy can graduate with it's necessity would merely h;:tve requir send a patient to a hospital for a certain his class, or for half a hundred otht-r ed abdication of the President's estab l~ngth of tim~. and then completely ne reasons, he lays down a bunt which ad lished principles and of his £t n~e of ·what glect him. vances the boy toward the ch ~- ~- ~ - RECOLLECTIONS BY THE EDITOR - ~ The clamour and excitement of military we \.VOtJld be assigned to our re pective regi realty sail away my honey boy;" we pus]·_ ism going on in this institution, bring to ments. Of course \\·e were in great excite ed away from the shores of Frisco, and my mind recollections and sets me a longing lilent and delighted \Yith the pro. peels of a sailed out through the Golden Gate. \Ve for the never forgotten past, for the days long journey. l' n ti 1 Aug-ust 1 5. the clay of \\ere quite crowded for room, but the 2nd when I wore the uniformofthe C'. S. Army. our departure, \\'e \\'ere kept busy clra\\'ing Infantry was to leave us at Honolulu, which From the number of questions I have been clothing and equipment from the quarter was seven days away. This time l spent asked about the army and the discussions, I master. in g-etting acquainted and listening to the have had concerning- it. I find there are very Early on the morning of Aug-nst 15, we various tales and stories that are always to few of those who haven )t seen ervice. •vho embarked on the government boat. Gen. lJ ~ heard where-ever soldiers gather. have the least idea about it. You hear a :Me. Dowell. 11·hich landed us at the Penn l'he we at her was delightful, and the sea great many say that the army is this or that, sylvania Station in jersey I\· here \\'e started calm: few were sea-sick, and the majority who really do not know what they are talk on our long journey which \\as to last some seemed to be enjoying the trip, \\'e dock ing about. Of course, the army is no place of us 34 days. \ \ 'e left on the one-thirty ed at I Tonolulu on the 12th of Sept. where for\\ illie·the rough soldier might hurt him, train that afternoon, which was tu take us \\'e \\·ere welcomed by a native band, and and there is a iittle work you'll be called all the way to San Francisco. the venders with their pineapples and var to do in your turn, and you must live up After two days uf delightful and surpri - ious fruits, [\\'hO alway meet incoming to the reg-ulations and eli cipline set f<..rth. ing sights we arrived in Chicag-o. \\'here \\e ships.] But taking all in all. you'll find that l ' nc1e left the train for the first time to walk a The deck was crowded with men all eager Sammy is a pretty good boss and one who 'JI bout a bit, to relieve our cramped and stiffen to g-et ashore. But the Second Infantry treat you right, and easy to get a Jon{!' with. ed 1i m bs. From there I\ e proceeded on our \I as to g-o ashore first. and proceed to if you try . Of course thtre are some \l'hO way over the Unrling-ton Divi~ion throug-h their quarters. I noticed a crowd gather cannot get along in the army--nor anywhere everal states 1\·hich brought awe inspiring ed at the starboard rail and I stole over to else for that matter, and they are the kind sights which would take up totJ much space see \\·hat the excitement was, and found some that set the rum or around that the army is to mention. After coasting through the Des of the men amusing themselves by throw just I ike a prison and that you are treated ert of C'tah and winding· our way through ing ·oins into the water where the little like slaves. You will generally find that the Grand Canyon of the Rocky ~fountains, native boy · and girls would clive after them. they have been kicked out of the service the morning of the sixth clay brought us I amused myself at this for awhile but not with a dishonorable discharge. Y ou have into beautiful California with its abundaflt being a millionaire, 1 wa soon forced to heard these expressions. try to rem em her vineyards and orange groves bent over with abandon it for ale s costly amusement. On who you he.-ard them from, generally some fruit. It was a beautiful sight to see: the the port side the men were using baskets pool or bar room loungers, is it not so? g-round was yellow with ripe f: uit that had with a rope attached to them. to haul up the You will find ·he army as everything else falten. At eyery stop we would flock from fruit they had purcha eel from the venclns. in life, what you make it. the cars like a pack of kiddies just out of At last the call s unded to go a hore. In the month of July, in 1910. I applied school and rush to the fences for the oran- IIonolulu, which is often called the para for inlistment at the army recrniting tation ges. elise of the earth, with all its interesting at Albany,).;. Y. Having little trouble pass On the evening- of the 7th, ,,·e arrived at ights, ha!> been already t'e.>cribed, so 1 shall ing the nece,;sary examination, I was sent Oakland. alifornia, \\·here \l·e boarded the not endeavor t do so. From there we to the training station at Fort locum,~ Gm·e1 nn~ fnt ferry, \\'hich took us to the proceeded on our \\ ay to Guam, and from Y., where (under the old regulations period) Counsel Quarters on Angel Island, where there to i\1anila, where we arrived Oct. 3rd. I inlisted for three years in the Cavalry. we had to wait five days for the departure ~fanila is the metropolis of the Philippine \Vhile at Fort Slocum, thngs looked a if of the g-overnment transport Logan. \Ve Islands, and nowhere do I think the time I had surely made a wrong move. 1f 1 had found on arriving at Angel Island that \Ye could be more agreeably spent. The native left the service then, I would have told you were the last of the several detachments quarters. the old Spanish walls of Fort San m o re than some others have. and would sent out from the Yarious training stations Diego the many plazas anrl parks, are have pictured it in your mind as a place of throughout the country. At Angel Island sights that would take a book to describe slavery or a prison. Jlut Thad not yet realty we stocked necessities to last u for the fulty . Ancient and modern T\1ani la will al seen the army nor knew any more about it voyage, and on the m orning of September ways be a mecca for tran:lers and sight than you do now. After 30 days of hard sth amid the farewelt of waving- handker seers. drilling a:nidst the barking and stinging chiefs and flags of the thon ands who had \\'e were divided up between the several remarks of the drill s~rgeant, with about gathered to watch us depart, and two mass regiments and I found that myself and one-hundred others, I \\aS notified to get ed military bands, playing: ''Cood Bye about fifty others were assigned to the 2nd ready and proceed to ~[anila, P. I., where Little Girl, Good Hye:'' and "Must you Continued on page 9 THE CHRONICLE ---~--~~~--~=~=-~--~===------~ THE CRUISE OF THE DART CONTINUED FROM LAST ISSUE I took the helm and put for the wreck and we decided to try i.t out the day fol began ringing the fog bell we had on as we afterwards found out that it was. lowing. board. In about an hours time we came aloog CHAPTER VII. In about a shake of a lamb's tail they side and went aboard. Just as we thought At the break of day the next mornin~ they came tumbling onto the deck. she was derelict. The decks were loaded we were on board the wreck and getting "We swam all the way around the is with lumber, and we suppooed that the things ready for the trial. I stayed in land, and saw a house in the middle of hold also contained lumber. We did not the Dart and brought her around to the it. After dinner we are going ashore to stop to consider this though, but anxious bow of the Mary Ann. Sam threw me see if we can't get some pie and cake," ly looked for water. a line and I made it fast to the Dart and they said as they sat down to dinner. There were four barrels of it near the bore away for Boston. True to their word, as soon as they captains cabin and sixmore by the crew's The wind was fairly briak and blowing finished dinner they went ashore and I quarters. Our supply of water was now along our stern. Therefore we made washed the dishes. In about an hour, assured. quite good time. they returned with a dozen fresh made In the captain's quarters we found books, After six days sailing, we anchored off doughnuts and a blue- berry pie. charts, sextant and quadrant. These Boston harbor and went ashore after a "The lady up there says that she will Joe grabbed eagerly, for he understood tug to tow the derelict in. When this bake us four pies and a couple of cakes, navigation fairly well, a supply of excel was done, we hunted up a reliable lawyer if we can wait until tomorrow," Sam lent tobacco, and best of all, plenty of and sought his advice. said as he bit into a doughnut. "Shall we provisions, and the bill of lading fO'r the "How much salvage do you intend to wait,." he asked. lumber which was to be unloaded at New claim?" he asked, when we had told him "Shall we wait! Well, rather. Fresh London. our story. bread and cakes will taste fine." "Why not try to fix up this wreck and We told him that we intended to hold The afternoon was passed playing pi get it ashore and claim salvage on it?" out for four percent easily. As f.ate nochle. The stakes being a doughnut a said Joe, would have it, we received twelve per game. By three o'clock I had a pile of "By the powers! You said a mouth cent. This amounted toaboutfour hun doughnuts in front of me that threatened full that time Joe;" Sam and I exclaimed. dred dollars. Our expenses were one indigestion if I didn't go easy on them. "What time is it fellows?" Joe asked hundred dollars including the lawyers Joe went ashore about four o'clock to presently as he spread a chart of the fee. Don't you think we did well by tell the lady we would wait for the pie Atlantic on the captain's table. bringing the wreck into Boston? and cake. He also bought another doz "] ust a quarter of twelve," I answered. Our legal business kept us in Boston en doughnuts while he was there. "What are you going to do, take an a week, and we were only too glad to have "Whose turn is it to get supper?" I observation?'' it over with, so we could start for home. asked as my stomach began to complain. '.'Yes, let me know the minute it is We renewed our supply of provisions "Mine, I think, Bob," came from sam. twelve o'clock and I'll take a squint at and left Boston early on Sunday morn "What are yot.J going to give us?" Joe the sun and find out where we are.'' ing. asked. At precisely twelve o'clock, Joe went "How would a good clam chowder go, "Clam-chowder, warmed over, bread on deck and t0ok observations. Then fellows?" I asked when we came to an and cocoa. Will that satisfy you?" he did some figuring, monkeyed around chor in the shelter of a small island a "I suppose it will have to." the chart for a while, and finally gave bout five miles from Boston. "Don't grumble about your feed, or the us his calculations. "You've hit the nail on the head, Bob. cook will strike." "We are about a hundred miles from Shall we dig the clams?" ''If you don't get a move on you and the nearest shore," he said, and that "Yes, go ashore in the tender and get get supper, I'll strike too. But in a dif shore is BOiiton. We can put in there as many as possible. If you get some ferent 'Vay." and telegraph to the owners of the vessel big enough we'll have them fried tomor "Whose afraid!" Sam said laughingly and claim salvage. I see by the papers row morning." as he picked up the cannon, and pointed that the cargo is worth eight thousand Sam and Joe went ashore to see what it in my direction. dollars, and yve can easily claim four they could find in the shape of bivalves. Joe grabbed the cannon and I grabbed percent. That wiil amount to about three They took the pail with them and re Sam. Between the two of us, Joe and I, hundred and twenty dollars" turned about an hour later with it full of we got Sam on deck and threw him over We went to work immediately to fix all sized clams. In the mean time I peeled board He struggled a little, and then up the wreck. On the deck we found a the potatoes and onions necessary. When began to sink. I noticed he acted queer spare top-mast. This we fastened to the Sam and Joe had opened a sufficient ly and kicking off my shoes, I plunged in stump of the main mast of the Mary Ann quantity, I put the chowder over w cook. to see what was the matter. I groped and upon finding some spare sails in the Sam and Joe decided to take a dip in the around the bottom, for it was shollow hold, we rigged a big bat's wing sail . ocean. They were still in the water there, and ·found Sam all cramped up in Our work was compl~ted the next day when I set the table and to call them I Continued on page 8 . 6 THE CHRONICLE ALL-STAR RECORD All-Stars 5 Gramatrics 8 All-Stars 13 Mohawks 10 All-Stars 9 Cheshire 5 All-Stars 20 Cheshire 10 All-Stars 9 W'bury Brass 0 (forfe1.iled) MOHAWKS -vs- ALL-STARS The box score; Ail-Stars A.B. R. H. P.O. A. E. On Saturday June 3rd, the Mohawks of All-Stars Crowley c. 5 3 2 9 2 1 Southington were defeated by the ALL Players AB R H PO A E E . .tfarlow 1. f. 6 5 5 2 0 {) STAR team of the Conn. Reformatory at Crowley C. 4 1 1 9 2 v Graham r. f. 6 3 4 1 1 0 A. Harlow 3b. 5 3 3 2 3 1 Cheshire, in a 10 inning game. The All E. Harlow L. F. 4 2 2 2 0 0 LGongo 22bb. 1 0 0 0 0 3 Stars are a fast little team and look for Graham R. F. 4 1 1 0 u 0 aura · . 3 1 2 3 1 1 ward to a good season. The box score A. Harlow 3. B. 4 fJ 0 1 2 1 Lisko c. f. 5 0 1 1 1 0 follows; Longo 2. B. 4 2 2 3 0 0 Choval'lic s. s. 4 2 2 8 1 1 Lisko C. F. 4 1 2 4 I 0 Kumpis lb. 6 1 1 7 0 1 All-Stars Lee p. 4 2 1 0 2 0 Players AB R H PO A E Chovanic S. S. 4 0 0 3 0 1 Longo 2. B. 6 2 3 2 2 2 Kumpis 1. B. 4 1 2 5 0 2 Total 44 20 21 25 11 8 Crowley C. 6 3 3 9 1 0 Lee P. 3 1 1 0 0 1 Cheshire A.B. R. H. P.O. A. E. Kumpis 1. B. 6 2 1 3 0 0 Wright P. 1 0 0 0 0 0 Durand l.f. c. f. 6 2 2 2 0 0 A. Harlow 3. B. 6 4 2 2 2 0 Total 37 9 11 ·n !:> !:> McFarland p. l.f. 5 2 2 1 4 0 Graham R. F. 5 0 3 1 0 1 Cheshire Haywood p. l,f. 5 1 3 2 0 0 Players AB R H PO A E E({an p. c. l.f. 4 1 0 5 3 1 E. Harlow L. F. 5 2 5 2 0 1 Metzler r. f. 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lisko C. F. 5 0 1 3 0 0 N unn C. 4 0 0 5 3 0 Nunn c. 2 1 0 3 0 0 Chovanic S. S. 5 0 2 3 2 1 Haywood P. 4 0 0 0 2 1 Borel1b. 5 1 2 9 0 0 Lee P. 1 0 0 3 0 0 Borel 1. B. 4 0 0 12 0 1 Gode c.f. 5 1 2 0 0 0 Wright P. 4 0 1 2 1 1 Felske 2. B. 4 0 0 0 1 0 Felske 2b. 5 2 0 0 0 0 McFarland .S. 3 2 1 3 3 0 Tripp 3b. 5 0 1 1 2 0 Total 49 13 24 30 8 6 Tripp 3. B. 4 2 3 1 2 0 Total 43 10 14 23 9 2 Mohawks Egan L. F. 4 1 1 0 0 0 Score by innings Players AB· R H PO A E Durand C. F. 4 0 2 1 0 0 Cheshire 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 Reeves 2. B. 6 2 2 3 1 1 Metzler R. F. 3 0 0 2 0 0 All-Stars 2 1 3 5 0 1 0 8 x 20 Burk S. S. 6 2 2 3 1 1 Total 34 5 7 24 11 2 Summary; Home runs, A. Harlow. Hartford 3. B. 5 1 0 2 1 0 Score by Innings Three base hits; E. Harlow. Two base Keltonic C. 5 1 1 7 0 1 All-Stars 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 x 9 hits; Gaura, Haywood [3]. Stolen Lases Aspinall L. F. 5 1 1 1 0 0 Cheshire 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 E. Harlow[ 4], Chopanic[3], Munn[2], Lee: Kavanaugh 1. B. 5 1 0 4 0 2 Summary Graham, Lisko, Tnpp. Base on balls;off Riler R. F. 3 1 0 2 1 0 Two base hits; Lee, Lisko 2, Longo, Lee, 4. Egan, 3. Haywood 0. Struck out Waggie R. F. 2 1 0 1 0 0 Tripp, Egan. Three base hits; E. Har by Lee, 6. Egan, 1. Haywood 4. Donahue C. F. 3 0 0 1 0 0 low, Graham. Stolen bases; Longo 2, Lis Moran C. F. 2 0 1 1 0 0 ko, Tripp, Haywood. Base on balls; off BATTING·---- AVERAGE. Carson P. 4 0 0 3 1 0 Wright 1. Lee: 1. Struck out by Wright G. A.B. R. H. P.O. A. E. P.C. Total 46 10 9 20 5 5 3, by Lee 7, by Haywood 7. Hit by Pit E. Harlow 4 18 9 12 12 0 1 .667 Graham 4 18 6 10 2 1 2 .555 Scor~ by Innings cher; by Lee, [Haywood.] Crowley 4 19 7 9 35 7 1 .474 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The C:1eshire team crossed bats with Lon~o 4 15 5 7 7 4 5 .467 Mohawks 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 the All-Stars, for a return game June 17. A. Harlow 4 18 7 8 10 8 3 .444 All-stars 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 3 13 Chovanic 4 15 2 5 8 5 3 .333 T~ game opened after a heavy shower. Summary Lisko 4 18 6 6 9 2 0 .333 The diam nd was more like an irrigated Home runs; E . Harlow. Three basehits; Kump~ 4 16 4 4 15 0 3 .250 field. Features of the -game were sur Wright 1 4 0 1 2 1 1 .250 A. Harlow, Graham; Two base hits; A. prising, occuring unexpectedly. Lee 4 11 3 2 3 3 2 .182 Harlow, Aspinall, E. Harlow, Graham 2. A. H 1rlo·n·s h).n= run, th~ first inmate Stolen bases; Longo 2 E. Harlow 2 ---·-----FIELDING AVERAGE. in twJ S:!B)ns to put the b:::lll over the Base on balls; off Lee 2 Wright 2 Carson G P.O. A. E. P. C. fence. E. Harlow's 3 bagger which tallied 2. Struck out by Lee 3, Wright 7, Carson Lisko, c. f. 4 9 2 0 1.000 three runs. A freak play the best yet of 5. Hits off Lee 2, Wright 4, Carson 24. Crowley, c. 4 35 7 1 .977 its kind, was put over by Chovanic's A. Harlow, l.f. 4 12 0 1 .927 grounder which bounded off the 2nd base E .Harlow, 3b 4 10 8 3 .883 ---··----- Kumpis, lb. 4 15 0 3 .583 ALL-STARS -vs- CHESHIRE five yards into the short stop's mitt and was thrown out at first base. This Chovanic, s.s. 4 8 5 3 .831 In a fast game the All-Stars vanquish Lee, p. 4 3 3 1 .750 ed the Cheshire Town Team by a score gam3 w:~.s witnessed by the largest crowd Wright, p. 1 2 2 1 ,750 of 9-5. The batting of E. Harlow yet, and Mr. & Mrs. Johnson were enthus Longo, 2b. 4 7 4 5 .788 and Graham, featured the game. astic fans through out the game. Graham, r. f. 4 2 1 2 .600 THE CHRONJCll 7 ------:::-=----:=--==------=-=--==-=-:=------======-=-=- ALL-STARS SCHEDULE FOR Jl.JL Y July 1st. All-Stars vs Elk.::, lLOCCAlL NOTJE§ Waterbt:ry. " 8 " " vs Wallingford. Since the first session of the Board of Instead of the band practicing two " 15 " " vs Glee Club, Parole hundreds have been paroled and nights a week as it formerly did Mr New Haven. no doubt many of them were popular, but Durancl, the bandmaster, is no~ her~ every " 22 " " vs !Jl-Stars I b~lieve it will be safe to say th?t there day, and is makingfast progress. The Meriden. has never been an inmate who has left so difference in the playing is noticeable. " 29 " " VS Wallingford. many frioods behind as the dll-aruund Besides the band rehearsal for an hour ~ood fellow, our Ex-Editor, Sam Mendai. and a half every morning, he takes charge War with Mexico is a subjeCt of much Here's luck Sammy, we all miss you and of the orchestra, which has the same discussion all over the country at the wish you success in the land of the free, amount of practice every afternocn present time, and it is but natural that When Gos!iiip begins to relate scme THE lVOVIES it should strike this Institution. Cat:tain scandal in your presence say to him, Htmr y B. Carter commander of Co .A. 2nd "Come, let us go to that person and see June 6th, the noted dramatic person Reg. C. N. G. aud military instruCtor of if the story is true!" It never fails to work. ality ''H)bert Bosworth" in "Colorada" this institution and Hubert Rigney Cor (Summary) a five reel drama, based upon the re poral Co. A. 2nd Reg. C. N. G. Asst. mil markable story by "Augustus Thomas.' Dayton, Alias "Skinny", is back in the "The Town that tried to come back " itary instructor here have both bnn call print shop, and has taken the place left ed to the colors. At the present time a comedy in one reel. ' vacant by Schultz who is now working on June 7th, "The Lure of the Widow," a Captain Carter is at Niantic doing re the Colebrook road. cruiting duty, having failed much to his one reei comedy, with the Hearst Selig regret, to pass the neces ary physical We are also glad to announce the re Pictorial Review,,. in one reel. "Blow for examinationll. The C::tptain has been turn of our excellent compositor Beards Blow," a powerful drama in two reels. in the militia 33 years and has an en ly, who is back on the job looking fine "All Stuck Up," a comedy." viable record as a National :? uardsmar'. after his long illness. June 13th. "Lonesom~ness," a romat)c Corporal Rigney is \"''ith hii regiments Thinking over our own faults makes us drama with, "Myrtle Gonzales, Fred which is on _its way to ~ :ogales, Ariz. talk less about other people's. Church and Vall Pall.'' "Live Wires and Love Sparks," a delightful comedy, in MAIL FOR SOLDIERS· There are now 22 men employed on the three reels. With "Billie Richie," on the Adj. Gen. Cole informs the ··American" C:>lebrook road. Wont we look sick when job every moment. "A Toyland Mys that mail for members of compatnies they each return with a bank-roll large tery," a wondel'ful dramatic novelty. A. G and H, and the Waterbury medical enough to choke an elephant. June 14th. "Cutting down Expenses," detachment should now be addressed to Tn= barber shop force has been aug a comedy. "Hearst-Selig Pictorial Week Nogales, Ariz. m~ 1tej by the arrival of Rushall. All we ly.'' "Brown's Summer Boardars," a com The correct form is: John Doe, second could hear after his debut was, "Some edy. Connecticut Infantry, Co· A, Nogales, Barber.'' June 20th. "Little Billy's School Days,'' Ariz. His haircuts speak for themselves. a one reel comedy, with the talented child actor, "Billy Jacobs, ·• and "Fatty W.:>n:ler if Uncle Sammy will remem Vose.' · "Brigadier Gerard,'' in five reels, PRISON REFO~M ber the Cheshire Infantry if he is ever in vVe demand that the modern principle of featuring "Lewis Walker," supported by ne:d? All he's got to do is to w;ay the word the famous beauty of the stage, "Madge prison reform be applied in our LFederal and we're with him. penal system. Titherage." vVe favor such .vork for prisoners that Quit your growling, fellows. Look at June 27th. "The Wells-Fargo Expre6s sh;tll g-ive them training in remunerative the "bite." Co." "The Sham Reality," '"Mutual An occupations, so that they m lY ma e an DJ you intend to reform? The invita imaled weekly," "Her Wedding Day," hon st livi g whe.l from pris.m tion is open to you to express your views "Why Mrs. Kentworth Lied," a two reel and setting apart his wag"'s to be paid to his in these columns as to how you intend to drama. "£orne Honeymoon," featuring, J :pendent family or t be reserved for do it. It may be the means o.f helping "Matt Moore," "Howard Crampton,'' and hi own use upon elea e; the liberal 3omeone else less fortunate than yourself "Neal Burns." extension of the principles of the federal to reform. If you are sincere, write. If June 28th. "A Fast Town," a one reel parole Ia",·· with dee HgaHl Lc th to tbe your plans are feasible but you th)nk that comedy. "The Selig Tribune." "The welfare of the prisoner and the interesrs because of your poor writing, your article. Sculptors Model," a wonderful drama in of society; the adoption of the probation will not be accepted, write anyway, and two reels, featuring ''Vivian Reed." system; e pecially in the case of first we will help you out. THE CHANGING POPULATION. offenders not convicted of serious crirr.es. A man who practices hypocri.sy is his Hariford Courant. Number of Inmates : 239 oNn worsi enemy. Last Register Number-: 535 The people who boast that they can't be After an absence of about a year, we Paroled during the Month: 22 flattered are the sarr;e people who flatter are glad to welcome back Mr. Rob't I ves Discharged: 1 themselves that they never tcast. who has returned again to take up his Received during the Month: 13 duties as guard. Mr. Ives was an offi First Grade: 233 No person has ever vet done big things cer here when the Institution first open Second Grade: 6 without doing the little things first. ed. Third Grade: 0 8 THE CHRONICLE THE CRUISE OF THE DART i ng and took them up to her. car had treated us better than some Continued from page 5. "Why they are fine. How do you get people would, so we invited him to go for a knot. Then I saw the reason why he them so ft;~ky and white?" a sail with us during the afternoon. had acted so queerly when he hit the "I don't know how it is," I said, "but We left Northport about ninr o'clock water. He was all heated up by the here's the recipe I use,'' I said handing the next morning, hc;ading directly a scuffle and the sudden plunge, aided by her a clipping out of a newspaper. cross the sound for home. the stuff he had eaten during the after "Here are your doughnuts," she said, We entered Cos Cob harbor about four noon, gave him a cramp. coming out of the house with a big bag o'clock in the afternoon and received a I took hold of his hair and dragged of them. There were five dozen of them hearty welcome from our parents and him to the surface. Joe threw a line and in ?l\. friends when we went home. I ma::le it fast around Sam's body. Then I thanked her and offered to pay for During the evening as Joe, Sam and I we hauled him on deck. them, but she woukln't have it. were sitting in my work shop, we figured We worked over him a good ten min "Wait just a minute and I'll give you up our expenses and what we had utes before he carr.e teo. ""hich he did the recipe for those doughnuts," sh€ made. Our expenses had amounted to suddenly. Jumping up he began pound said. ''I'm glad of that, as we all like thirty-five dollnrs and the lawyers fee ing the air in all directions. I immed them immensely." I replied, thanking of fifty made eighty-five. When we add iately grabbed him and gave him a gocd her. ed up our intake, we found that we had shaking. I went on board and we started on our $1,310, deducting the eighty-five we had "What's the matter with you?" I asked. way. We did not make another stop a gain of $1,225 or about four hundred ''Nothing that I know of. Is SUPJ::er until we reached Greenport. Here we and eight dollars apiece. It was some ready r" he a~ ked locking arour:d in a intended to stay about a week to see if profitable trip. Eh Boys? dazed fashion. any boats from Cos Cob came there. End. "Not quite, but it will be as soon as There were none there however. Joe can get it." CHAPTER VIII THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS. When we had explained to him what Early one Monday morning we set out The Parole Law occupies A unique had happened he declared that he would along the Long Island coast on our way position in prison legislation. It bids do no more fooling on board. This vow home. We made no stops on the way to loud for a reformation: intelligent in its was soon forgoaen though. In fact no Northport, and anchored in the bay about concep; sane, human, rational and attention was paid to the incident, except nine o'clock in the evening. As we need strong in its claims and position. at the moment. e:i supplies for breakfast, we went ashore It seeks to inspire in man a desire to Joe had supper ready in a few minutes to purchase them. do good, and encourages him to do so. and we sat down to eat our long delayed We explored the town and when we Instead of giving a man definite long meal. felt tired we made for the Dart. sentence, it places him between the mini That evening we went ashore for a I arJse about six o'clock and decided mum and maximum of an indefinite sen stroll and did not return until about ten to try my luck fvr clams as the other tence, and says to him, your stay in pri~on o'clock. fellows were not yet awake. Taking the depends upon yourself. Here is the open Sam got breakfast the next morning clam hoe and pail I went ashore in the gate to freedom. Show yourself a man, and it was some breakfast , belit:ve me. tender. that you are capable and able to make an W ~ had fried clams, biscuits, doughnuts The clams were very plentiful, and it honest living and by your good behavior, and coffee. I was res]:omible for the was not long before I had half a pail full. while in prison, that you stand for indus biscuits. for Sam did not dare try his Most of them were about the right size try, order, a. just appreciation of the help luck for fear that we would band him for frying eo I gave them a good wash offered you' and that you never will come the same treatment that I gave Joe. ing, opened them and rolled them in crack back to pris0n. Then these prison doors That is, hit him ove1 the head with them. er dust preparatory to frying them. After will quickly open for you; your home That afternoon Joe and I went ashore I had burnt myself in several places dur lo::>ms up before you, your wife and chil leaving Sam to get supper. We walked ing the operation. I set the table and dren happy in your rescue; you, strong in up to the farm house and bought some called the other two fellows, who would fruitful experience, can start life anew. flour, lard, and milk, besides the cake hav~ slept until noon if I had let them. But if you care n0thing for home, or free and pies. The lady also gave us a coL pie They got up and immediately plunged dom-only want to be out for a few days of loaves of bret.d. overboard to get the sleep out of their for a change and then back to prison for a ''How do you gentlemen manage for eyes. They soon had enough of that, shelter--then we will keev you here and fre-sh iJread :·' she asked. though, for the water was like ice. save the State of Connecticut further ex ''Oh, you know we have the only origi Joe appeared first shivering as though pense. nal biscuit maker in the shape of thi~ h~ wauld fall apart, Sam came up finally Viewed from any standpoint, this Pa young man," Joe answered. lodking fine. He seems to be able to role Bill is a friend to every man who 'Til wa;!er that they are some biscuits.'' keep comf0rtable in any kind of water. ''I'll tell you what I'll do," I said, ''I'll wants to live an honest, industrious and After breakfast we went ashore ac.d clean life; a strong arm for the weak; a make some to night and bring them up hired an automobile for the rest of the nerve for the fearful and wavering; in tomorrow morning." morning. The ride was magnificent over spiration for the struggling and hope for •· If they weigh less than a quarter the good roads, but of course the country every one. A bill modeled along the lines of a pound ar;iece, I'll give ) ou all the roads were not so good. I had my camera of the infinite law, with a soul seeking to doughnuts you can carry away with you," along and took several pictures on the save. she offered. trip. We returned at twelve o'clock I made some biscuits the next morn- feeling very hungry. The driver of the Tha Observer. THE CHRONICLE 9 them. Behind the larger stones they had "Live to Learn" RECOLLECTIONS placed board filled with nails to a point, There is much in the saying, ''We live to Continued from page 4 had covered all but tlw nails ()ver with learn." Some live to learn much, some dirt so that it was impossible for any one live long and learn little. Much learning Cavalry at Jolo, eight hundred milesaway. to get behind one of them to fire upon us. may be had from hooks, much more from We left :Vhnila Oct. 8th on the U. S. Trans A slight incline had been made and logs had men. Could a man at twenty have the p rt vV arren. 0 ur first port was Zambo been placed at the top covered over with sand knowledge he had to live forty years to wvngo, where a detachment left us to join bags. There had not been an upri ing in gain, what a "·onclerful career he could shape the 23d Infantry, stationed there. The three weeks. and things were going along for himself. welcome at ZambO\Yango and Iloilo was nicely ; but one can never tell whtn they Do you know that there is nothing with much the same as that at llonolulu and are going on the \\·ar path, for their actions in the range of possibilities that a man can :i\Ianila. On the 19th of Oct., we at last are much the same as our American Indians not achieve. if he will ? arrived at the end of our long journey which were a few years back. The knowledge a man has at forty can hac! taken us 34 days of traveling and where On the nighc of D~c.23. with some others be your at twenty. if you wi ll but learn. in we had covered about eight thousand I was standing by the stable tent, smokmg Learn to know that right will prevail. four hundred miles. At Jolo the 2nd Cav and talking, when call to quarters sou!1ded, Look about you, observe the men who alry band welcomed us, and led us to our \Ve immediately broke up and tarted to spent thirty. forty, and fifty years in learn quarters. J olo, I believe, is the smallest our respective tents, but before most of us ing- that it is now too late. Ask some of walled city in the world. it has only seven were able to reach there a volley of shot. them to tell you of the things they learned streets and cover one hundred acres of broke out from the direction of A Troops that you, who are twenty, may also learn. ground !>urrounded by a wa ll some twenty tents. ()wing to the incline, as the camp Every man has his own flestiny within feet in height. As you can readily imagine is situated on a hill. the bullet sailed himself. The thing- a sane man can con it did not take us long to see all that there harmlessly over our heads. As the orders reive of, that thing he can do. wa to be een, but everything was inter called for, we grabbed our rifles and belts T he po\\·er to accomplish lies with him esting and new to our eyes. and were on the firi ng line in Jess time self. In the back ground stands Mount Budd time than it takes to tell, and soon return. The fact that he can conceive himself hue where the U. S. Troops had the hard eel their vol.ey. A & B Troops were not doing it is a positive proof of his ability. fight in 1906 with the ;\[oros. Jolo holds faring so well; the fighting lasted for about Live as nature dir~ cts. Evc>ry act against the one native survivor of the battle, a little three hours and then suddenly ceased. \\'e nature has its retributive sequence. girl, at this time, about eleven years old, were sent to our tent ' one by one unti I If you muddle your brain with whiskey who bears a scar from the top of her head, there were only a few left besides the sen you are going against nature. If you are to her chin, which she .eceived from a Bolo tries. l n the morning, \\·e formed a skinn- a drug fiend and continue to remain so, soon cut. \\' ith the rest of the Casuals, I was i h line with orders to look for cartridges, you will be imbecile. assigned to a Drill Sergeant who ''turned" to see the kind of ammunition they were T hat is the price you pay nature. Nature me for duty in time to join my troo[J, which using. \Ve found all sorts of m akes and always demands and receives payment for with A. B. and C. Troops was to relieve calibre and about fifty dead which we had transgressions against her laws. It is na I. K. L. and ~I. Tr0ops from guarding the some of the natives bury. Of our own men tural to be honest; nature's laws are honest; more civilized and friendly 1Ioros from there were only three ki lled and nine obev them and you prosper; ignore them attack by the others from the !tills, headed wounded: several horses were killed al o, and- vou fail. "Honesty is the best policy;" by Data Dodde. but J do not remember the number; and to just as it reads; no other way can be under The government, as "e ];now. has been say a word for the American soldier. stood. Can you realize the advantage you trying to civilize :i\Joros in Luzon since the only grumble of dissatisfa..:tion l heard have ifyouare hone t? vVhenthieve need 1 g8, and have had an exc1tmg time was about the bullet holes in the tent which a treasurer they seek an honest man. doing so; at this time they \\·ere building let the rain in upon them. After two years Every man wants a certain amount of roads with the help of :he Philipinos and of Campaigns. much the same as this one, this \\·oriel's goods and many have no friendly Moros: but the others objected to which would take to much space to men scruples as to the means employed in get this and were attacking those at work, which tion we were relieved by the eight Ca\·alry ting them. made it necessary to have a guard there to and again embarked the Transport Logan l\Ien do not realize until too late that there protect them. I & K Troops came in first which wa'> to ta'e u; ln:k t 1 ~Ianila: and are other things to be had, more precious leaving L & M to guard the road until we from there by the way of Nagasaki. sailed than money. The respect of your fellow arrived, so as to not leave ] olo unprotected to Honolulu: and from there to San Fran men, the satisfaction of having striven hon by our departure. On arrival at Set Lake cisco: and from San Francisco to Fort Bliss estly to achieve your purpose and the con (Tin Can Camp) we fount! that everything El Paso, Texas: where we paroled the border tentment that i yours through the know wa!' in g-oo 1 shape and little for us to do until I left the sen·ice with the best feeling ledge. that you have done unto men as you in the line of fortification. Tin an Camp towards Uncle Sammy, and nothing to kick would have them do unto you: these are the was so called on account of the tin cans of about. thing·s that count. \Vhen you take leave various sorts and sizes hung on rhe barbed from here to get a new grip on yourself, wire which enclose the cam:J. The wires \Ve communicate happiness to others, not remember some of the things you learned were about six inches apart. In the cans often by great acts of devotion and self-sac whi le here. !(now that you cannot change were placed lirtlt stones and pebbles so that rifire, but by the absence of fault-finding ar.d the reason of things to Sblit your own pur when the fe•1ce was touched at any point pose. According to the laws of God set censure, by being ready to sympathize with you could hear the rattle like a bell all vourself a tasK; strive honestly for its ac around it. In front of this was placed en their notions and feeling, instead of forcing complishment antl you will be surprised at tanglement made by driving stakes in the them to sympathize with ours. the wonderful progress you will m ake. ground, and winding ba I ing wire between Exchange. The Corrector. 10 THE CHRONICLE THE MAN WHO FAILS The man who fails is the sort of chap. \\'ho is ahvays looking around for a nap; WEEP AND YOU Who neg-lects hi. work to reg-arC: the clock Who never misses a chance to knock. WEEP ALONE He is grouchy and slow when work begins. When it's time to quit he jokes and grin!>. "\Vhv do vou carry that umbrella little He's alway as busy as can be, " -A Y, Pa.'' inquired young ylvester boy?,. ; ked ~he passer-hy curiously. "It's \\'hen he think. the bos is around to see. , nodgra;;., "\\·hat's a te. t ca~e?" not raining and the sun is not shining." ''A test case, my son.'' repled the senior ''1 kuow,'' said the youth. "but when it He believe. that a ''pull" is the only way Snodg-rass, •· is a case brought into court to rains Pa \\ants it and when the sun shines By which he can ever draw a big~er pay; decide whether there' enough in it to just Ma wants it, and this is the only :~;r:da Ancl he sulks ancl growls when he sees his plan ify lawyers in working- up more cases of weadwr I can git ter use it at all.'' l ' pget by the "push'' of another man. the same ki11d." \\'omen's Cape He's on the job when he draws his pay: ''\\'OULD ye do something for a poor CAPE of Good Hope-. wee i ·teen. That done, he soldiers hi . time away; old sailor?" inquired the eedy wanderer at Cape Flattery-Twenty. \\'hile the nu·n who tackle their jobs \\'ith \·im the gate. Cape L')okout-Twenty-five. Keep pu. hing- and climbing- ahead of him. "L'oor old . ailor?'' said the lady at work 'ape Fear-Thirty. OYer the washtub. Cape Farewell-Forty. For the man who fails has himself to blame. " Yessum. 1 folk)\\ed the water for sixteen l f he wastes his chances and misses his aim years.'' DCHL'\(; a lesson on elementary compo· 1 fe'cl win. if he'd use his hands all'l wits: " \\'ell.'' said tht. worker n she resumed her sition a little girl read the following- as her The man \\'ho fails is the man who quits. labors. "you ccrrainl.\ d m't look as if yo·~ effort: Once a Penny and a Dollar met in ExrhangP caug-ht up with it." a man's pocket. The Dollar turned uo its nose at the penny, and said . cornfulh·· "DO:\''T "\\'hy, T am worth nne hundrrd of vot1." Mothers Dream. you think a girl should marry an economical man?'' a~ked .\Iadge. . "Yes." said the Penny."but even at Boy. your mother's dreaming ''Oh, I suppose so." answered Dolly. "but that I am a good hit better than vou are. There's a picture pure ancl bright. 1 tell you it's awful being- engag-ed to one.'' I g-o every Sunday to church and Sunrlav That g-laddens all her homely tasks. school both. and you never get to either .\t morning- noon ancl nig-ht; ".\[()THER,'' asked Tommy." is it cor one. " A picture there is blended. rect tC• say you 'water a horse' when he is All the beauty born of hope; "Charles." . aid tlw teacher, "do yon thirsty?" A vie\\ that takes the whole of lif knm\· the call"~'" nf the Revnl11tinn:-~rv \\' ar?" " Y cs. my dear," aid his mother. \\'ithin its lo\'rly scope. Charles lnoked inte,-e,.tedh· at his instructor ·• \\'ell, then,'' aid Tommy, picking up a and reolied. a" if carryinrr on a social ron· . he's dreaming. fondiy dreaming-, saucer." I'm g-oing- to milk the cat.'. ver. at ion: ·' :\' o. do ~ · ou ?" ()f the happy fu ture when I ler boy shall stand with the equal of "OH. \\' ILLLE. \\"illie!'' exclaimed the THE profess r 1\' 1" P'(T)l~inincr to hi cl::t!"S II is g-randest feiiO\\' men· mother, . hocked and grieYed: ·• how often of \'nung- women the theorv of the complete Her boy who. e heart g-oodness have I told you not to play \\·ith that rrnewal of the hocl\' "''en· "~'V!'n years. She hacllal>orecl to imbue. naughty ] ohnson boy!" "Thus. ~1iss Adam" ." he said to a vpn· prPt . hall he in her declining- years \\'illie. \\ ho \\'as in a reg-rettable state of dis tv yn11ng- \\'Oman . "in ~;evPn years you J1 ,v; ller lover proud and true. order. 1\·ith a badly bruised face. ]Q( ked at no long-er be 1\tiss Adam'>." his mother in utter disg-ust. She's g-ro\\'ing old, and her cheek. have lost The young- ladv cast down her eyes de "'1 a\\', "I1e sa1c.. I '' d o 1 look as thoug-h I had The blush and bloom of spring; i' mur lv a. she renlied: been play in' \\'it h anybody?" '' \\'ell 1 sincerely hope that I shall not." Hut. nh, her heart is proud Because her son shall be a king-- THE ayerage man' ann is thirty inche '' YES." ronfessed J <1ck. ·· \\hen she was Shall be a king of noble deeds, long: the average woman's wai tis thirty in not lookinv T kissed l1er." \ \ ' ith g-oodne. crowned, and own ches around. "\\'hat did she do'" asked his friend curi The hearts of all hi fellow men, How \l·onderful are thy works, 0 Kature! nPslv. And she shall share his throne. " Ref11serl to look at me for the rest of 1 Boy. your mother's dreaming-- the evening." "vVhat is your name, little boy?" inquir- There's u pictu.e pure and brig-ht, ed the kindergardner r)f her new pupil. That g-laddens all her homely ta ks, "T Cr\'\''Tstaylong-,''said tbel'hairman "I don't know." still more bashfullv. At morning-, noon and nig-ht; nf the committee from the colored rh,rrh. "\\'ell \\hat does your father call .vou?" •• T inst came to see if yo' wouldn' join de A view that takes the whole ·•r don't knm\ ,''still more bashfuliv. micsion band." Of life within its lovely . cope: .. Hm\· does your mother call you .when " T'o' de lan' . akes. honey." replied the ol<1 () h•)y, beware! you must not ma1 the griddle cakes are done?" mammy, "doan' come to me! I can't e\·en That mother'!' dream and hope. " ' he don't call n e," beamfd the new play a mouf-organ." Ex,·hrmgr. pupil; "T'm there already." THE CHRONJCLI!. 11 SPORTS OF ALL SORTS Bennie Kauff isn't swinging well enough It is probable that the Freshman race o During the last ten years in baseball every to land in the select .300 hatting circle. the Rowing Association regatto will be team in the National and American leagues, Speaker and Daubert are still kings. fought out between Syracuse and Cornell with the exceptions o'f the Nf"w York Giants with the odds favoring the former. If Ten and the Philadelphia Athletics, has had Tommy Hughes is the fifth Boston Nat Eyck's men do win, it will be the first time two or more managers. Ten years ago ional League play~r to hurl a no-hit, no-run any ere\\' outside of Courtney's Cornell John McGraw was managing the Giants game. The others have been Stivetts, crews have made a clean sweep of all the and Connie Mack ·was leading the Athlet Willis, Pfeffer and George Davis. events. Cornell accomplished this feat five ics. These two men are still piloting times, in 1902, 1903, 1909, 1910 and I9T2. those teams and bid fair to do so for many Jim Clarkin, the Hartford owner, says years to come. Beer was beaten by Stein in a pitching that the pitching in the Eastern league is duel a few days ago on the coast, and on The baseball fans of Brooklyn have start the finest he has ever seen in ten years the same afternoon Budweiser finished in ed a movement for Sunday ball in that city. experience as a baseball magnate. The the rur!;:. Thousand of petitions have been placed in league sure has a crack collection of artil circulation asking citizens to sign and de lerymen. "Jim must have his little joke," Benny Kauff was caught off first base clare in favor of playing the national game says the New Haven Register. three times in a game the other clay. Ben on the Sabbath. The object of these peti ny reminds us of Ty Cobb--when he's walk tions is to secure the pas·sage of a bill legal The Brooklyn Robins are going to try ing to the ::>late. izing the Sunday game throughout the state out a pitcher named \;V urm of St. Fr :mcis or a local option vote. These petitions will college, Anotl:er case of the early bird. George Harper, Texas rookie, who beat be submitted to the Representatives in Sam Crawford out of a regular job in the the Legislature and then forwarded to There must be something in the climate Detroit outfiP.ld, is a game bird. In a re Governor Vv hitman. of Philadelphia that attracts short-stops. cent game he tried to slide into first base ----- George Mogridge, the star young lefr Bancroft of the Phillies \\'as the sensation of and was injured. He limped out to right hancler of the Yankee pitching staff, has the National League last season and it now field, and after a hard run caught a long fly. been cent to Youngstown Ohio by Mana looks as if Witt of the Athletics is the in Though it hurt him Harper never whi;1- pered. The following clay under an X-ray g r Do ;ov;IJ1 t! consult I :onesetter Reese. field wonder of th ~ seaso11. dis arm has never futly recovered since he examination it wat cliscnv~red that Harper hurt it five o~ six weeks ago. He may be 1\' ew York fam I~ a' e now had the oppor had raced and caught a fly with hi!> 1ight GUl'·Jf the g.lme fn· :"'"' 0 +ime. tunity to see all th~ \Vestern teams in both leg broken. He will be out of the game leagues. It has ueen made plain to rooters for at least three weeks. Manager McGraw 01 rhe Giants has sign in that city that the baseball strength in tel 1Iike Doolan, former Philly star infidel. Chet \Vaite and Eddie Swander, two for the major organizations does not lie\\ lnlly er and later of the Chicago Feels and Cubs. mer Connecticut League players, are going in the East. Judging from their work at Mike was recently released by Manager to play in the City League in Springfield, the Polo Grounds, the Cubs are the strong Tinker of the Cubs and :\'lcGraw picked Mass. Swander played in the old New est of the Westerners in the National League him up to fortify his team in case uf injury England League, and in the old Connecti Then would come Cincinnati, Pittsburg to Art Fletcher. Hitherto, the Giants have cut League which later changed its name and St. Louis in the order named. had no extra shortstop, and Doolan is to the Eastern Association. counted on to be a valuable understudy to Fletcher. If it is true that a team is no McGraw started his career with the Giants Tinker has at last put together a team trongerthan its substitutes, the Giants have in r903. Under him, the New Yorkers won that commands respect. It has shown a fine chance to cop this year's bunting. the National League pennant in 1904 and great hitting strength, splendid fielding and For outfield subs McGraw can call upon in r9os, also the world's title in 1905. They good pitching. Cincinnati is a good ball Rou ch, ex-Fed star, and George Kelly, who club but needs another pitcher or two to lost the \Tational League Championship in can also play the initial bag with credit. make it a pennant possibility. Pittsburg tgoS because of Merkle's famous ''boner," In Brainard, Hunter and Doolan, together and St. Louis are fair teams but both need and they finished third in !909. In 1910. with Bill :McKechnie who is now the regu building up in various weak spots. the G;ants finished second, and they were lar third sacker because of Lobert's injury first in I9II, 1912 and 1913. They lost the McGraw's inner works are well fortified in world's series with the Philadelphia in TQI r, Ban Johnson's league is strong in the case of injury to any of the regulars. west. Cleveland looked strong when it lost to the Boston Red Sox in T9I2. and in was at the Polo Grounds, Detroit showed 1913 were again beaten by the Athletics Surely the (;iants of today are not the the need of more g-ood pitchers, and Chic for the big honors. In 1914 the Giants were Giants of old. Time was, when Christy ago and St. Louis are both travelling far nosed out in the pennant fight by the Braves Mathewson was announced as the twirler of below their estimated ability. after the latter had made a whirl wind finish. the afternoon, the New York fans could In I9IS, for the first time since McGraw sit back confident of seeing a wonderful ex took hold of the club, they finished in the hibition of batting and fielclin2' behind the There are at least five teams 111 either cellar. It is a coincidence that in the same old master. Wednesday not a single one Of league which have yet a good chance for year Mack's Athletics finished a bad last. Chicago's four runs were earned, Matty the pennant. Brooklyn and Cleveland are walked only one man and allowed €ight one the favorites, and the only signs of cracking The Chicago Americans have purchased base hits, yet the Giants behind him gleaned they have shown is the cracking of pennant Third Baseman Von Kolnitz from the just one single and bobbled five times. hopes of other teams. Cincinnati :t\ ationals Great is the change in clan of McGraw. 1.:3 THE CHRONICLE OUR LIBRARY CAMPAIGN W. G. Vaughn, New Haven, A. W. Hutch MAKING DECISIONS Continued from page 1 inson, Andover, Conn. Box 15, Water cut, and the result was beyond our fond bury, Conn. Wm. B. Glover Fairfield From the time we are old enough to est hopes. Up to the time of writing Mrs.]. H. Brewster, ]. ]. P~ard, Hart know rignt from wrong we are compell June 20, we have received 1,286 books, ford Conn. Mrs. A. B, Carpenter, Willi ed.to make decisions; to say "yes"tosome thmgs and "no" to c•~hers. In fact all life and over 12,000 magazines and more are mautic, Conn. Mn:. L. C. Case, Terry ville, Conn. Mrs. E. T. Clark, Torrington, consi~ts in yielding to good impul~es and continuously being rece)ved daily. Most resistmg tl-..e bad. No man ever succeed of the books are very excellant reading Conn. Mr. C. C. Gardner, Newport, R. I, ed unless he learned this lcrsson. We can for the boys, consisting of fiction, biogra Mrs. M. Boylan, Naugatuck, Conn. F. P. neyer form a charact~r, acquire property phy, history, travel, poetry, religion, phil Robinson, Librarian, Buck Library, Port gam knowledge, provide foc old age take ~are ot those ~ependc-nt upon us, ..x'get a osophy, vocational, etc. It is hardly pos land, Conn. Miss A. G. Stanley. New Britain, Conn. B. R. Singleton, Water JOb .w.orth while until we leam to make sible for us to express our gratitude in d~cJsiOns: And the me•il who draw the words, suffice it to say that we are uury, Conn. Mrs. H. F. Lynd, Litchfield, brg salanes are th<:!se who can passjudg deeply thankful. There are times, more Conn. Mrs. George H. Stone, Hartford, ?11-ent, and are w!llmg to stand by the or less often, when we believe that the Conn. Mrs. Lee Lyon, Phoenixville, Conn. Judgments they make. It is the easiest thing in the world to outside world has completely forgotten A. C. Edwards, Bridgeport, Conn. Mrs. Pauline Manteufel, W allirgfcrd, Cc.r;n. take i.he line of least resistance and to us or else chosen to ignore us. It is n:.Jt a do the easy thing. If a man would acquire very pleasant feeling to have, bringing Clara A. Pease, Hartford, Conn. A. D. an education he must forego pleasures with it a touch of cynicism. It can easily Worthington, Hartford, Conn. Stewart for a.time. If he would get and keep a o~ imagined, therefore, that we are more Sicker, Woonsocket, R. I. Mrs. Harry good JOb, he must deoy hims·elf indul gen~es that do not tend in the right di than ready to appreciate any manifesta Andrews, Norwich, Conn.].]. Danahy, J\orwich, Conn. Dr. E. 0. 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If we stay at home we know that sunghine and happiness into the lives of Winsted, Conn. Miss Pillney, Water we wont spen.d ::my money. If we go to the the boys at Cheshire. It is the message bury, Conn. Mr~. Chas. Newbury, Plants thea.tre we will spend a certain amount; ville, Conn. Mrs. F. C. Raymond, New but rf we go to the club, or out with the of good cheer from the outside to inside. crowd, we an~ nor certain where we will The following is a list of our friends Canaan, Conn. Otis Library, No£wich, go, or what we will do, and being with the who have contributed the different books Conn. New Canaan Reading Room and crowd Wf:' must do as the crowd d0€s. and magazines: Library Corporation New Canaan, Conn. The result is bound to be a breaking down S. 0. Seymour, Litchfield, Conn. G. H. Mrs. W. A. Williams, Hartford, Conn. of the resolution to save. Mrs. W. R. f.llen, Hartford, Ccnn. Mrs. The habit of consistently saying "no'' Benham, Waterbury, Conn. South Nor can only be acquired when a man has an walk Public: Library, South Norwalk, H. F. Crandall, New Haven, Conn. J'vlrs. ambition. a goal, and an incentive. If Conn. E. Ricker, Mystic, Conn. Mrs. H. W. W. Latham, Newton, Conn. he would own a home, acquire a business. E. Hamilton, Bloomfield, Conn. G. E. Only those who have witneE~s ed the gpt a ~ood job, be a .man among men, Clnd Cowles, Waterbury, Conn. Mrs. W. F. light in the eyes of a boy whm he ~ees have a m'lster pac:ston. the imroetus will a book, the contents of which p~rt icular be with him ~te Chronicle Press