Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1883 — Definition of an American. [ARTICLE]

Definition of an American.

An amusing anecdote is related of the Hon. Jeremiah Halsey, of this city, during the incumbency of our* fellowtownsman, Henry Buggies, in the Malta Consulate. At a dinner party, at which

were Messrs. Halsey and Buggies and other Americans and foreigners, there was some chaffing among the guests about their nationalities. In the course of the talk some of the guests boasted of their American citizenship. Thereupon an Englishman turned to Mr. Halsey and inquired, with jocose superciliousness, “Ah! what is an American?” “An improved Englishman, sir,” was the prompt retort. The keen reply provoked roars of merriment among the assembled party.— Norwich Bulletin.