New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-19
A srrrr1rA1 HAT MaiIlard's confectionery

A SPIRIT AL HAT SroRr-Maillards confectionery
eaoon il celebrated for tue excesDc Of the entertain
msnt. for the medieval ebsm Of the architecture,
which il religious in its aspects ss an old NORMANDY
SHRINE and for the Partisan saror fare Of the compton
LADY; and on Saturday, in thy remarkable place, an
event took place as wonderful the appearance OF the
eboit of that late student, the departed
gentleman who paid his respects four successive nights
IN the Asor Library the learned DR.. Cogswell. The
circumstance Of which we speak, which may be atibu-
ted to spiritual agency, is as follows: man entered
that ealoor, doed his beaver and called for what nc
needed. Immediately alter a man, not that man. but
smother man" entered with lovely woman on his
arm. She was chsrmiDgly attired, and beamed win
still more beauty, as her toilet perfection The
crinone she swsyed in had that happy mean Of mode
ration, which if pTacticed in ali things, would make
gIandfathers and grsDdnotbers live forty year, longer
than their grandchildren desire. and bring down the
heaven Of the poeis and the prophets to this now ss-
normal earth. The two men in the religiouslookin
saloon aforementioned recognized each other
ieDos, and the lady and the second gentleman wer'
invited TO AIT down blythe frat and be entertained,
which they did When the various comfts were dis
cussed the party TO 60 but the hat Of the first gem
teman was missing. Every place-tables chairs, cup
bosTds-was searched but still no hat appeared. No
person had approached the party and how the hat had
passed from the actual into the infinite, could not
possibly be OWNED AS the odic forces Of our
planet are just now at sxes and sevens the ms ssrous
disappearance it was limited might be the work OF
spirits, especially as the grave yard of 81. Thomass
Church is close next the house. and at dead of the
right strange noises there have times been heard
which believers affirmed from anilyvauits, bat
indes said proceeded from tomcats in the pursuit OF
acyentnres Whether ii was the work Of spirits or OF
ubmundaDe fingers did not exonerate the haess gen.
teman from procuring another headcoyering, so, bor
rowing for a moment that Of his friend he proceeded
to neighboring shop and bought himself anew beaver.
He returned to MaiaTds and found that extra-addi-
opa search had produced result and 80 the party
LETT the whole transaction being enveoped in spiritual
mystery.
p. S-Sipee writing the above, we learn that the
aoy, ON leaving the saloon and rusng her dress as
sbe passed through the door, suddenly felt something
drop behind her, and looking around saw the hat,
crushed fall the ground 1t appears that the missing
article bad been placed upon char, and that she hal
sat gracefully and gently upon it, the curvnear swell
of her outer garment embracing il, and by dynanieei
laws had adhered haensd out under her dress, and
during the search was invisible and only revealed
when the rustling molten Of the silk dsodged it. We
regret that We SIT forced to detail such an unprtla
denOument bnt as We placed behind the ultimate
facts, it is our duty to put them before the public