Hatred Of England

-The late Major S., of the United Sates lingineers bad a through disliko for Englaud ; In would have pleased Dr. Johnson, who liked a good hater. The major used to say that in any foregin complication whioh might arise it would bc tho s;oi piest thing in the world to delerruine what the policy of tbia country sknuld bo : "All the President would have to would be to find out what the policy ol England was, and- then go dead ajaimt il!" On one occasion, conversing with an Engliehman, he told hiinfrankFy ihat in this country Great Britain wca ' look ed upon as the enemy of the human raoe." " Yes," replied the othcr, " I suppo.e nurses frigbten their childreu by telling them that John Buil will come aud eat thera up Í" " Not much !" ehouted the major. Once, when he was coming over from England in one of the Cunard steamers, on a fine Saturday afternoon a band on deck played Yankee Doodle. A gruff Englishman who stood by inquired whether that was the une the old cow died of. " Not at all retorted the major: "that is thu tune the old liull died of!" ïhis apt reply made John Buil pauso and consider, as indeed, according to the old bailad, the cow io questton did : " A certaiu flfor had a cow ; He had no hay to givo her ; So he took his flfe and bbgan to play, ' Consider, cow cousider.' " - Lippincott Magazine.