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to a perfect performance of these duties, so 
much nearer are we to mental and spiritual 
perfection. 
St. Johnsville, N. Y. 
Do Good. —Thousands of men breathe, 
move and live—pass off the stage of life, and 
are heard of no more. Why ? They do not 
a particle of good in the world, and none 
were blessed by them, none could point to 
them as the instrument of their redemption ; 
not a word they spoke could be recalled, and 
they perished; their light went out in dark¬ 
ness, and they were not remembered more 
than the insect of yesterday. Will you thus 
live and die, oh man immortal 1 ? Live for 
something. Do good, and leave behind you 
a monument of virtue that the storm of time 
can never destroy. Write your name in 
kindness, love, and mercy on the hearts of 
thousands who come in contact with you 
year by year ; you will never be forgotten. 
No, your name, your deeds, will be as legi¬ 
ble on the hearts you leave behind, as the 
stars on the brow of evening. Good deeds 
will shine as the stars of heaven. 
“WHIPPING JACKETS.” 
We often recall many little incidents that 
occurred during the first summer we passed 
at the “district school;” but nothing made 
a more lasting impression of the superior 
wisdom and sagacity of our “ school marm,” 
than her method of punishing boys, and even 
girls, who were caught quarrelling or dis¬ 
puting. The culprits, each supplied with a 
good beech whip, were arraigned upon the 
floor before the whole school, and compel¬ 
led to finish their quarrel by giving each 
other a sound dressing. We then thought, 
however, and still think the “ adjustment” 
hardly fair, for either of the forced duellists 
who failed to use his whip with sufficient 
vigor was sure to get a double dose, as the 
“ school marm” always assisted the more 
active of the two, by dealing an extra blow 
to the one who slackened his efforts either 
from inability, or from kindness to his an¬ 
tagonist. We have since then often heard 
of a case of “ whipping jackets,” between 
two boys of a larger growth, where there 
was no unjust interference from the third 
party. The story runs thus : 
An editor “ out West” published an arti¬ 
cle derogatory to the character of two vil¬ 
lage rowdies, who were unknown to each 
other, but both of whom resolved to horse¬ 
whip the offending knight of the quill. So 
while seated in his “ sanctum,” one of them, 
to whom he was personally unknown, called, 
having in his hand a regular “ black snake,” 
and inquired for the editor. Thinking dis¬ 
cretion the better part of valor, he informed 
him that he would step out and send the edi¬ 
tor in. Closing the door behind him, he 
met upon the stairs bully No. 2, (fully armed 
like No. 1,) and to his inquiry for the editor, 
he was directed to find him in the sanctum. 
It only needs to be added that through a 
crack in the partition the real editor enjoyed 
the novel sight of seeing the two worthies 
administer to each other a sounder flogging 
than they had probably ever received while 
under the tutelage of “ our school marm.” 
Having exhausted their strength, they both 
left, each fully satisfied that he had given 
the offending editor his just due.— [Ed. 
THAT “ PKOEESSOKSHIP.” 
From the many recent letters addressed 
to “ Prof. Judd,” and the liberty taken with 
our name in the exchanges, it appears to 
have “ got round ” that we were recently 
titled by a “ chartered ” Society of Connec¬ 
ticut farmers. The “ Professor ” handle has 
often been appended to our name during 
several years past by educated men and 
sundry associations (with how much justice 
it is not for us to decide,) but we have uni¬ 
formly persisted in thinking that the good old 
title of Mr. was sufficiently distinctive. 
But we fear we shall have to “ succumb,” 
after reading the closing part of the follow¬ 
ing extract from an editorial report of the 
Litchfield County Agricultural Society’s An¬ 
nual gathering. The Homestead is the 
Official Agricultural Journal of Connecticut. 
( From, the Homestead of Sept. 25th, 1856.) 
“ The Annual Address by Orange Judd, 
Esq., Editor of the American Agriculturist, 
was listened to by an attentive and delighted 
audience. Mr. Judd gave a plain and prac¬ 
tical exposition of the principles of vegetable 
physiology, showing the necessity of thor¬ 
ough and deep tillage to obtain the best re¬ 
sults in agriculture. The cultivation of fruit 
and other topics occupied a brief space, and 
we hope all will put in practice some of the 
practical labors which were detailed. We 
regret our inability to report in full this ex¬ 
cellent address or an abstract of it. Mr. 
Judd showed himself a practical man, whose 
practice is governed by sound theory. On 
being introduced to the audience, the Presi 
dent, Mr. Robbins Battell, gave him the title 
Professor; this was disclaimed by Mr. Judd, 
who preferred the more modest title of Mr. 
or at most of Farmer. But at the close of 
the address the audience seemed to think 
that though Mr. .Tudd did not profess a right 
to the title when he entered, at least he 
should have a right to it when he went away, 
for, upon motion of one of their members, 
in consideration of the instruction given in 
the address and in the columns of the Agri¬ 
culturist, the title of Professor, with the 
guarantee of all the rights, honors, etc., per¬ 
taining thereto, was unanimously awarded 
him, and the usual vote of thanks was 
passed. Professor Judd must accept the title 
and honors, or Litchfield County Farmers will 
have reason to feel the slight. And, pray tell, 
what corporation has a better right or more 
complete power to confer such a title ?” 
Virtue. —The creations of the sculptor 
may molder into dust; the wealth of the 
bard may wither ; the throne of conquerors 
may be shivered by an opposing power into 
atoms; the fame of the warrior may no 
longer be hymned by the recording min¬ 
strels, the hopes may be disappointed, but 
that which hallows the cottage and sheds a 
glory around the palace— virtue— shall 
never decay. It is written on the pillars of 
Heaven, and reflected down to earth. 
The Agricultural Exhibitions.— These 
are progressing finely. No one will of course 
ask us to publish descriptive reports. Should 
we undertake to do so a hundred pages 
would not suffice. On page 297, will be found 
a list of the times and places of those yet 
to be held. The four most prominent ex¬ 
hibitions hereabouts, are those of the Nation¬ 
al Agricultural Society at Philadelphia, the 
cattle Show of the American Institute in 
this city, the New-York State Exhibition at 
Watertown, and the Connecticut State show 
at New-Haven. The official announce¬ 
ments of the arrangements for the first three 
appear on page 308. We are sure they 
will all be very good. 
New Jersey Marl.— We see by our ad¬ 
vertising columns that arrangements are 
made for furnishing other parts of the coun¬ 
try with this fertilizer which has done so 
much to improve the soils of Monmouth 
County, N. J. It is of course yet to be 
settled by experiment, whether it will pay to 
carry the article to a great distance, but we 
hope much from it. 
About the Pictures.— We are planning 
for a considerable number of valuable and 
interesting illustrative cuts in our next vol¬ 
ume, and shall have a few in the remaining 
two numbers of this, if we get those of a 
right character We have on hand hundreds 
of cuts of implements, animals, &c., but can 
not spare space for any but those really in¬ 
structive or at least pleasing. 
A. S. W., Dover, N. H.—Better give the 
Willow and Dioscorea a “ wide berth” until 
they promise more favorably than now. 
Apples, or the small fruits, are safer invest¬ 
ments. See August number.— Ed. 
DECEASED, September 1st or 2d, in 
Kansapolis, (formerly Whitfield City,) Kan¬ 
sas Territory, Mr. OZIAS JUDD, formerly 
of Lockport, N. Y., (father of the Editor of 
this paper.) 
Imperfect intelligence of the above event 
reached us on the 20th ult. Painful circum¬ 
stances connected with the time, place, and 
manner of death, have much disturbed our 
recent labors. We have also thrown upon 
us, as an elder member of a large family, an 
unusual amount of care and responsibility. 
We therefore beg the indulgence of several 
correspondents whose letters must remain 
unanswered for the present; and we also 
ask our readers to overlook any deficiency 
in this number. Several articles in prepa¬ 
ration, on trees, fruits, &c., appropriate to 
the work of this month, have been neces¬ 
sarily deferred until the next issue. 
CROWDED AGAIN. 
Our Advertising friends have crowded us into narrow 
quarters again with their favors. The only trouble is, 
that they come in unexpectedly at so late a date, that we 
have no time to enlarge the size of the paper. Our readers, 
however, will find much useful intelligence in these col¬ 
umns, and they will do well to look through the whole. 
As the business season is nearly over, we presume we 
shall not have to apologize again. 
There is one interesting feature in our advertisements, 
