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THE coaSEp BERr soAnDER.

he to4ogmg anastag a1cc16te keE been furnished
he editor Of The Albany Duiehn.a.' By enc Il his
eorespoadents
A few days since. the capital II enc Of the
New England States boasted Of but one pub
lie house, which vas = very sreditable eslab-
hshment By the wAy-ana at uhiohlEy- The
present time, you can make surs{f very
comfortable and satisfaetsf AZ 6mmoda.
tious On reasonable terms Tia. a. new.
this house was The tsmpersry home Of the
Sslens and Lycurguses Of the State, when
their Legislative duties drew them to the
capital
Mr. F.. the proprietor Of the house at
the time to which aliude, found that he
bad all sorts sf mea to deal with-the State
Representatives being composed Of farmers.
snip builders, land speculatsrs, lumber mer.
VI an meu. nvueytr, Yuvvs vsas,vs..
or was a Representative who had not Ger.
tainly been chosen for any remarkable ora
torieal talents, or for any extensive knowl-
edge Of Political economy. In fact. his No
tions Of private economy altogether predsmi-
mated. as the following anecdote will show
With the other members Mr., G. teek
up nis quarters At the public house kept by
Mr., r He was delighted with the
breakfast Of yenison steak, the dinners Of
turkeys and moose meat, and other CORES
ponding Accommodations but really the
rate Of beard was mere than be was able to
pay Accordingly, be applied to the land
lord to know II he could not board him for
less than the usual price.
J 1 should Be very happy to accommodate
ysu, said Mr. F., politely, butlIshould
lose BY the operation, have the best Of
everything on my table, and my expenses
are 50 large that could nos live if vere
20 reduce my prices
No way at all-in my casep inquired
tho representative; ruefslly
Mel don't see how I can. have to
pay uncomnonly high, this season, for my
turkeys, yeaison, eggs, &c
Now, see hare interrupted Mr.. c.,
: suppose these fxins are worth ell you
charge for board I wouldn't complain if
l fel. as though ] could afford to eat such
dinners Nav, why not let them that want
to cat the turkeys, pay for emf For my
part I'd as lief eat cora'd bsef every day as
not | went cat ysur tarkeys, and don't
see why | should pay fer EN-
Very WELL said the obligiug landlord,
with an indulgen. smile, If eu are willing
to confne yourself to corned beet, as far as
meals are concerned, and to cat other things
accordingly, suppose | can make sone.de-
duction in your case
The representative was highly gratifed.--.
He promised to eat1cern beef and TO abstain
from various costly dishes which were nam
ed, upon which condition satisfactory bar
gain was made.
Accordingly. every body who observed
Mr. c. At table frem that day, wer. very
much as.onishea at his singular choice Of
foed OF course, the bargain was secret
--csnfned to: the tive parties by whom is
was made and the unconscious walters laid
before the representative temptation after
temptation, which he ne doubt found it hard
70 resist
What shall l help you to, sir 2rTthey
would ask him Turkey, chicken pie, vsni-
son, steak, roasted
'Cern'd beefp would be the self denying
exclamation Of the serupuleus boarder.
Day sitter day it was the same, Some
times the walters would, thrsagh mistake.
we may suppose, place before him a choice
plate of the forbidden Injuries, which it
made his heart ache to send away again,
with his modest call for g eorn'd beef n
At lngth the walters grew ss~stupid. or
waggish, We suspect, that Mr. c. would
have to send away half dozen appetiziHg
dishes before they could be made to under
stand tiat bis unalterabls ehsice was cernd
beef
This state of affairs afforded great deal
advancement to the walters, bsarders, guests,
everybody except Mr.. G-himself, vhs
was grievously annoyed AT last human
nature could bear it no longer.
One day MIR. c. called for his favor
ite dish three times, and received success
sively, roasted veal, moose steak. and breiled
chicken. Chewing and sweating with per-
plexi,y and wratbful impatisnce, be sent
away the last aamed dish, with an emphatic
request for cprD'd beefl' The waiter re-
turned with smoking, edorsus turkey.
You thiek-sculled rascal, cried the furi-
Gus representative. can't you understand?
1 amt TURKEY bsarder, I'm . eorH'ed tesf
boarder Do you hear I'm a corn'd beef
boarder p
The waiter heard, the table reared, the
representative perspirea profusely but he
was never afterwards troubled with refusing
the dishes be had fersworn. The walters
enjoyed the joke, and the representative the