The President of the United States attracts all the good
American stories afloat in America, much as Rowland Hill and Spurgeon have attracted to themselves all the traditional witticism of the pulpit. It is stated that Bishop Simpson, who recently lectured before the President and Mr. Stanton in Wesley Chapel, Washington, told a story of a Kentuckian who, " when asked by an Englishman what were the boundaries of America, replied that the United States were bounded on the east by the rising sun, on the west by the precession of the equinoxes, on the north by the aurora borealis, and on the south by the day of judgment.' This reminded the President of another Englishman An Englishman met with a North American Indian, and in the course of con- versation was very anxious to impress him with the greatness of the British Empire. The sun," said he, "never sets on English dominion. Do you understand how that is ?" " Oh ! yes," said the Indian, "that is because God is afraid to trust them in the dark." ' "
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