Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-24
Mean and Contemplate.

Some ANONYMOUS scribbler In the Burlington
Hawk Eye Of yesterday makes mean onslaught
on our citizens generally, and the "Brazelton
House" aud It's proprietor particularly, in refer
ence 10 the party last week. 1t is not our de-
sign to defend either from the puerile malice oil
any hotel atfdchee In Burlington elsewhere
They need none. MIR. Eichelbergcr's reputation
~ a host 10 too well established in the west to
suf!er from the crossings Of either the Hawk
eve or its unknown correspondent. The BRA
zclton House" is here, and speaks for itself, and
II there Is hotel In Burlington which will, IN
any respect, compare with it. we confess it has
never come under our experience, and we have
tried the BIGGEST there in hopes it was the best-
Our experience in social entertainments have
extended from Presidents leuse, to western
corn shocking" and We have neyer seen more
elegant or bounteous profusion OF edibles plac-
eel before q crowd ofgentlemen and ladies than
the supper table of the Braxelton House pre-.
pented last Thursday night. In the confusion
necessarily attendant upon large parties, some
popiujay from Burlington may think he did not
secure all the attention that his oyerweening van.
ity might desire, but well bred men, accustom-
ed to associate with their equals, never find
FAULT under such circumstances. The allusion
Of this unknown biped to the capacity Of the
Brxael,on House to entertain visitors, is in ex.
ccedingly bad taste, coming from Burlington,
where very recently no hotel had parlor large
enough to accommodate one half Of those who
congregated ia the parlors of tho Brazelton
House, to hear the delightful music OF the New
England Baras. We dislike controversies Of
this character, but when our citizens, and our
selves are being slandered by false imputations
upon our good breeding or courtesy, we speak
in terms not to be misunderstood, and hurl
back upon the slanderer the vile insinuatious
thrust al US.
Thus wri.eth the travelled editor Of tho Mt.
Pleasant Home Journal in regard to the reunion
at the Brazelton House, and our correspondent
who gave some account of the affair in our pa
per. We give the editors article in full in or
der that our correspondent may see how differ
entity gentlemen, accustomed to the higher walks
Of society, and habitually associating with we'll
bred persons, lat the Presidents levees) looks at
these matters. Our correspondent although not
a hotel attaches has limited experience IN the
society Of upper tendon. He has never as'en-
ded Presidents, Governors or even the ie-
wee Of His Honor, the mayor. His cohlmu i
ton is NOT therefore, to be taken as authority,
when confronted by the counter statement OF SO
well informed and thoroughly travelled Mn ln'
diviaual as the editor Of the Journal, evidences
Of which are scattered, like ''orient pearls,
through the body Of the article.
Hoping tina, the mex. reunion that they have
!, tho Rra.elton House. We may have an invita-
ton. and may 6nd time to 30 and see Tor our
,e,xe,. We drop the subject, with the simple re-
mark, which is in sober earnest, that the NJ
Pleasant Hotel accommodations are probably
fully equal to those Of any other city in the
west, and the Braseltcn House, number one
Hotel in every scnse OF the word.