The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-09-08

i>tcrs.' inquired = Sum reporter 81 Je-
romc Leland. III the Sturtcyant House
.Gol EN- All IN big safe down
stairs. Come and take q look said
Ar Iclanl. Then he led the WAY
though sub;cTancan labyrinth 81
cooks. ranges. IaundEies. stores and
wine cellars - vault under the side
walk next % room where the Their
n,omcier would have registered 200 de-
rree.. II the register had permitted.
The hot room contained che stove where
irons were heated Tor the laundry.
You see had this vault buill on pnr-
nose 10 keep these books. No danger 81
their getting damp or miltlcwed here. ~
..Do YOU ever have 10 refer 20 themr'
VERY oftcnit bccones necessary 20
establish ths fact that 4 man Wa here
at certain time, II common oc-
crrrence ID fix Tho Dale, Of business
transactions ~ these registers, and they
are frequently used in court
But thai must 10 iroubleto your'
Yes. 81 course; but we don mind
taking little Trouble tot friend
y Are Won bothered b. getting your
clerks snpprnaed % produce the books
IN couftef
.Someti,nes: but Il i very difficult to
be certain that any of rs was here AZ
any particular time. II We cant spare
the time 10 % and testify
Yon must have great many valuable
autographs in these rrgi~ters.'
Lots Of en- but We never allow
them 70 be cut out. There are All the
registers just A. we have had them for
eleven years.
Charles S:c,son. Of the Aston House.
has preserved all the old registers Of
that famed resort. lie has IN them q
series Of autographs ~ the most distin-
c,lishcd pub IL men OF The last half cen
tury. These books he his kept rclig.
iouslv. never permitting them TO be
INITIATED bv autograph hunters They
we're taken away IS him when he lett
the Astor House on their pages may
BE- found the names Of Clay. Webster.
Calhoun. and Ion : line d Presidents
who visited the Aston House during the
many years thatit was the chief hostelry
If the city The Leland family have
generally preserve their registers in
the various hotels they have kept
throughout the country.
Al the Breyoort House the old regis
tiers contain many Of the names Of dis
t'ngui<hed foreigners who have visited
this country aud made the ErevOort
their headquarters. The late Mr. Hawk.
Of the Windsor. one II the Oldest hotel
keepers in New York. had many old
reg sters whose names comprise some
Of the most noted professional men in
the United States as well aS leading
wealthy citizens. II il generally the
rule that when . hotel changes hands
the old proprietor takes AWAY the reg
Is err. When the Hoffman House re-
Gently changed hands the old registers
disappeared. There are great many
old registers NJ the New York Hotel.
Here. during the many years that il was
kept b. Hiram transton. the leading
men Of the South gathered and left their
names. Mr.. Cran~son always kept his
registers His son. Hiram Cranston. Jr..
does the same. There w.< Il very inter-
esting sei Of registers infhc Metropolitan
Hotel when Il was kept bv Tweed
and Gar>cy. but they have Disappeared
Mr.. Henry Clair. the present manager.
keeps the registers ~ this house n well
a. 40 the other hotels owned by the
Stewart c~taic. The Metropolitan uses
about two registers In 4 month. The
st. Denis and the AIbcniarle have pre-
served All the old registers The s.
Nicholas now one q the oldest hotels
in town. has a biz pile q registers. con
tanning . generation u distinguished
names. AZ the Eerett House the old
registers are kept and frequently r.
fcrred % BY old customers.
Hut there Is one hotel where the old