Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-12-04

4 I.
England States boasted Of but one public house
mitch was a yerv creditable establishment, by
IL wav; and 1t which, at the present time, you
car urocure very comfortable and satisfac tory ac-
commodatiops, on reasonable terms. Then. as
nor. This house was the temporary home Of the
Nolons and Lycurg1lses Of the State when their
Legislative duties drew them to the capitol.
Mr. Mrr-, the proprietor Of the house at the
time to which allude, fonnd that he had all sorts
u men to deal with, the State representatives be-
ne composed of farmers ship builders, land spec
ulators, and lumber merchants.
OF al men, however. the queerest custome,
was representative who had not certainly been
chosen for any remarkable oratorical talents, "
In fact his notions Of private economy saAQgeth-
q predominated, as the following anecdote will
III With his constituents, Mr. c., took up
kis quarters at the house hy Mr. r. lie
was delighted with the breakfast Of venison steak
The dinner Of turkeys and moose meat, and other
corresponding Accommodations; but really the
sate sf board was more than he felt able to pay.
Accordingly he applied to the landlord TO know
II he could no. board him for less than the price.
~ would be very happvto accommodate yon,''
saa p, politely, "bnt should lose by the
operation have the best of everything on NV
not live II were to reduce nv price"
"No way at all-in my case?" inquired the rep
resentative, ruefully. -
"No-I don't see how l can. have to pay
uncommon high this season for my turkeys, ven-
ison, &c.o
.sNow, see here, interrupted Mr. c.,
ssuppose those fxins are werth all yon charge
for board. wonie'nt complain if felt as tho
could eatsurh dinners. New, why not les them
that wants to eat the turkeys, pay for 'em! For
my part I'd as lief eat corned beef every day as
not. ! wont eat yonr turkeys, and don't see
whv should pay for EN-"
every wel!,s said the oblging landlord, with
an indulgeni smile, ''f you willing to confine
yousef 10 corned beef, as far as meats are con-
cerned, and to eat other things accordingly sup
pose | can make q deduction in vonr ca.e,
The representative was highly grat,hed. He
promised to ca: corne t-beef and to abstain from
various dishes which We're named, upon which
condition satisfactory bargain was made.
Accordingly everybody who observed Mr. G
- at the table, from that dav, was very
much astonished at his singular choice of food
OF course the bargain was secret-confined
to the two parties by which il was made; and the
unconscious waters laid before the representa-
tive temptation after temptation, which he no
doubt found hard to resist
"What shall I help vou to. sr?'' they would
ask him. "Turkey, chicken pie. venison steak,
roasted"
1.Co'ned beefr wonld be the self-denying ex-
clamation Of the scrupulous boarder
Day after day il was the sams. Sometimes the
walters through mistake, we might suppose. plac-
ed before him choice dish of the forbidden lux
uries, which made his heart ache to send away
again, with bis modest call for sscorned beef.o
At length the walters grew 80 stupid. or was-
gish we suspect, that Mr. c. would have to
aend away half dozen different dishes before
they could be made to understand that his unal-
terable choice was sscorned beefo
This state Of affairs afforded great deal of a.
musenent to the walters. boarders grests-eye-
rybody except Mr. C. himself, who was
Hievoussy annoyed. At last human nature could
hear no longer. One dav Mr. c. called for
ms favorite dish three times, and received sue
cessively roast veal, moose steak and broiled
chickens Glowing and swearing W tn perpex-
ny and wrathfuf impatience, be sent awav the
last named dish, with an emphatic request for
.'cosned beef" The waiter-stupid fool! re-
is!ned with smoking oderous turkey. sYou
!nlek-sku'ed rascar p cried the furious represen-
Hnve, can't you understand! I ant turkey
OoarQcf I'm c0rn-beef boarder.
Ine waiter heard-tne table roared-the rep
fesentative perspired profnsely; but he was new
= s0erwards troubled with refusing the disae.
e Dad forsworn. The walters enioved the Joke.
ahd The representive the corned beef in quiet.