Jared Barhite Our Profession AND OTHER POEMS. Our Profession AND OTHER POEMS. BY JARED BARHITE, BY Principal of Third Ward Grammar School, Long Island City, N. Y. Principal of Third Ward Grammar School, Long Island City PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM E. BARHITE, 270 Freeman Avenue, Long Island City, N. Y. 1895. WILLIAM E. BARHITE 1895. COPYRIGHT, 1895. PRESS OF WEISEL, MEIER & WITTE, 109 NASSAU ST., N. Y. PREFACE. During the past quarter of a century, it has been a pleasant pastime for me to obey the dictates of my feelings and inscribe them upon paper. The present volume is a collection of these vagrant pastimes, some of which have wandered far, while others have never before appeared to any eye save the writer's. To call them home, introduce them to each other, and properly house them, seems a parental duty. If in them there is a thought that shall inspire others of my profession to feel the dignity and responsibility of the calling, their publication will