The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-08-23
MpROEESSOR D


OF learned men, who filed the high seats
in the universities, and implied world
ofcrudilionand many accomplishments
Professors, for the most part, were gen
llcmcn ofg"eat refinement Of manners,
accustomed to the best society, and
welcomed ~ men of most agreeable
manners, and capacity for ailording sol
ld and rational entertainment 1t is
dillicult to distinguish, in this graccIcss
time, between the legion Of pcrsonagcs
whose names are published with this
prefix, until the character Of their bus
mess is known, We were informed "A |
day on two since that Prolrssor--
would enter the eager Of certain wild
animals in u travelling menagcric and
were really at II loss to know whether
the astounding announcement was creG-
iblc. 1t might possibly be that some
learned thelogian, dcSrous Of practical
ly;iIustrating 'DNnicI in the Lions Den
had vcnturcd on this singular and
startling method, Or, perhaps, some
other learned professor, devoted to the
advancement Of learning, bad chosen
this occasion to study the habits Of
| wild animals for the benefit Of his col
Icgc, but our doubts were diSsipatcd by
reading that he was the successor Of
Van Amburgh, the caravan man.
4 man may be Il professor by simply
protesting an art trade. In this sense,
every physician, attorney, clergyman,
mechanic or hacklcg, is n professor and
the mcnagcrie man was, therefore, lit
orally correct when he ambitously APP
propriutcd the title. The word has not,
until II very recent time been applied to
amy other than one who teaches i'll Il
seminary Of learning, and Professor
Ayassiz would not wish to be clusscd
with "Plolcssor' -----, who bangs u
tame lion and cuffs y sicLly tiger about
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Professor; plain Mister is atogcthcr
put aside; Rarcy,thc horse tanner, claims
the title which is 50 well and honorably
borne by Agassiz, the naturalist, Hitch.
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editors of the classics, or writes most
profound diSuusitions ON mental and
moral science, is professor with the ST.
bic pcrsoraac who removes spots from
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dobbIcrs in all sorts Of arts. the aim Of
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ing the exercise OF no capltai, except
the imprudcncc.
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leans fcdy""r oi the 'th says:
eve have a letter from planter in
ui,.i..;,,i d,trl fine tth inst ~iycn
tLn on;n;nn th,t ,hc cron will fail shor,
nm ,acnnnt nr thc drou,h ot least one
half Thr writer bcliycs this will prove
,,mr in rrrorI to South and East Mis-,
sis.,ni fTot of other St,tcs
II r,nnnt Lo donLtcd tL,t the cotton
folds L,vc suffered much since we an,
swcrcJ th, ipouiry of Il PLANTER from
Nashville Instead of the rains which
nJ in some parts Of our State proving
'', i "r i;,,l, r.Inn MI, cr,n is NOT
now orso fair promise as it was three
weeks since, but more than halt crop
IS yet hoped Tor III almost Amos every p;I pHFto' w.
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~ iiT Thn Wv cdrtnn r,',ion generally is,
however far ti.nm dc7pondcnt