No. 6. DEPARTMENT OK A( JRICITLTURE. 651 



most ovei'Vthinji. W »• will oIisim-nc in I Ik- liisl |il;i<c, tlial imn who 

 ai'j specialists iu all llic [.roressioiis of litr, aic usually tlic cues 

 we consider masters of the situation. In the medical yrofessiOD, 

 there is an expert for the eye and the ear; another for the throat and 

 the lungs; another who gives special atention to surgery; and then 

 we have a fellow in the country districts we call doctor. He car- 

 ries with him a little leather box over our country roads. He 

 used to ride a horse, carry two saddle-bags, and have a little 

 apothecary shop right along with him. He cures everything. He 

 can administer chloroform. He can extract teeth. He can perform 

 surgery. He can formulate a prescription, and fill it at once, for 

 he has the material right at hand. He is the fellow that does a 

 general business. But he does not get very rich at it, and his life 

 is attended with many hardships. 



In the law profession we have the judge of the court. We have 

 the corporation lawyer. We have the real estate lawyer. We have 

 the criminal lawyer. We have the special pleader at the bar, and 

 the office lawyer and counselor. We have the district attorney. 

 Then we have another fellow, we call him ''petafogger." He does 

 a general business. He looks after everyone's affairs. He is at 

 hand iu the jiistice of the peace's ofitlce when the first prosecutions 

 take place; and then he goes into open court, where he can do a 

 general business and spar with all the antagonists he can encounter. 

 But he never gets very high on the roll of fame. He commences as 

 petafogger, and he usually ends his life as one. We have another 

 prominent profession. It is the Gospel ministry. We have spec- 

 ialists to do that sacred work. We have Doctors of Divinity. We 

 have Ph. Ds. We have bishops. Then we have another fellow, 

 they call a local preacher. He does a general business. He 

 preaches a little; perhaps he farms a little; he may trade horses 

 a little. But he has a hard lot of it. He works hard and lives poorly, 

 while on the other hand the D. Ds. the Ph. Ds. and the bishops, 

 are specialists. They have large salaries. They serve popular 

 churches, and immense conferences. They dress in fine apparel and 

 live on the good things in this world, and expect to, in the world 

 which is to come. The profession of teacher runs about in the same 

 sphere. We have the president of the university of learning. We 

 have the president of the college. We have the superintendent of pub- 

 lic schools. We have the principal in our academies and high 

 schools. We have the professors of languages, higher mathematics, 

 music and the arts. These too are specialists, and their business 

 pays. But there is another fellow, partially educated, who does a 

 general business. He is the fellow who has a provisional certificate. 

 He tries to teach a little while in the autumn and winter, and then in 

 the summer he is a book agent. f<Mtili7.er agent or somethinu' of the 



