Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-05
Hotel Reminiscences.


 Haste and ForEetHnIness-Mr. 1ilIigs, the Bankers, valuabIes and valise- Like Cases in New H9ven-A Yale PFcc fess0r's Missing GlOves-The Elder Silh- man and Missing Money @t the Massa- soft, springheId-Other Incfdents-Old John Browns Time.
 A letter received by MT. s. Fl. Moseley, pro prietor of the New Haven House. from the Massasoit House, Springfield, tells more in detail concerning the supposed loss by Mr. GiIlig, the banker, and his recovery of the missing property. MT. Gillig was with his friend Mr. Hyde, of the Wasson Car Co.,, ! Springfield, at the Maasasoit, and hastening down from the room to dinner took, as he supposed. his own overcoat, but in mistake took his friends, MT. Hyde's. When he came to start for the train he grabbed up the ever- coat, and seeing it was not his thought his | own Gin which were diamonds) had been sto- len. MT. Gillig jumped aboard the train, having barely time to order his 'valise check ! ed for New York. The porter flew around lively and had barely time to hand MT. Gillig | his check for the valise. The train was then moving of and so the valise, in which were | SIo, 900 worth of bonds, had to be sent | by later train. Mir. Gill1g received the vaIise next day, also the overcoat. The lat- | ter was where he had left it in MT. Hyde's room when he took by mistake MT. Hyde's l overcoat.
 This reminded MT. Moseley of the liability l there is of making mistakes when in hurry to catch a train, and how the best of people are apt to be mistaken. :. A Yale professor while at the New Haven House few days ago missed his gloves. He affirmed that he had put them in his pocket, 1 mentioned the pocket, pointed to the pocket, 1 showed how-he had crammed them into the pocket. He regretted exceedingly being obliged to suspect foul play with his gloves, but there was the empty pocket and the gloves, oh where, where were they? They were evidently gone. The hotel folks thought it barely possible that the gentleman was in error and instituted search, but no gloves
 were brought to light. The chambermaid looked and searched in vain. The mystery
 was solved soon after. The professor ap'
 peared. He didn't say, as old Horace Gree ley did. "Won't somebody kick me dowr
 stairs ?" or words to that effect, when Horace
 discovered that he had been egregiously mis l
 meanly and wanted to apologize for enter
 taining an erroneous impression and imput
 ing blame where none belonged. He ha6
 found the gloves in house where he called | the evening before.
 Another case happened at the Massasoit
 when MT. Moseley was there when 8 young
 man of 19. One night when the train cam'
 in with passengers for Canada an Englisl
 passenger appeared who claimed thre'
 pounds sterling as payment for pair o
 gloves which he was dead positive had beez
 stolen at the hotel. but 1t turned out very
 shortly after that the passenger had left ths prized gloves on his seat in the cars.
 There was the elder Prof. SiHiman. HG stopped at the Massasoit one time, as hi
 often did when up that way. This was al
 the time when the old stage lines were ye
 running from Springfield to Brattleboro. frequently saw the old gentleman. He was as you know, universally revered. He came
 down in excitement Said he to MT. Chapin "Mr. Chapin, I have lost money It.
 stolen as sure as my name's Siliman, and nt
 mistake. And I must go right off," MT Chapin proffsred him at once as much money
 as he needed and promised to use every ex
 ertion to solve the mystery. "I put th'
 money" said Prof. S1lliman, 'tunder m, ! p1klOW. OQ1 no G06E0 can D0 no m16CakS l about it.' We'll, a search was made and To
 the money in the purse was found. The pro
 lessor had not put it under the pillow, bu | between the mattresses. In few days Pro
 lessor SiIliman returned and returned tn,
 borrowed money, ''Wen," |" said the genial olG
 man, ''after this I don't believe will be sur'
 of anything"
 Once at the Massasoit there was a mar
 from Ohio, wool dealer, who sold goods te Perkins & Brown, wool dealers, of Spring field. The Brown of the ffm was our famous .l John Brown, afterward executed for trying
 to free the slaves. We'll, this Ohit
 man came to me almost beside himself He had lost his carpet bag with $17 ,o0t
 or SIS, ,OOO in it. At Albany he had three
 young ladies put in his charge. They cam
 over to the house and had supper, he paid hi
 bill and was about starting for Boston, tn young ladies remaining He said: 'Mr Nose , ley, I've lost it and no mistake. It's gone
 I came here and deposited the bag right ther
 behind that door. Didn't ?" said he, ap pealing to Kate, the chambermaid, coloret l woman, of whom Governor Briggs said tha she was an honor to her profession. Kat
 agreed with him that he did, but the mal
 was in great distress. Well, we discussed over at the house and the next morning VI interrogated Kate, who said she did not rec . ollect that she saw him have the bag. Sh
 was so frustrated the night before at seeini
 the man so overcome that she did not thinl what she said. Kate was as honest as tn sun. We'll, the upshot of it was that wen over to the depot and asked the baggage mas
 ter if he had seen stray carpet bag. Why yes, he says, there's one old slouch of : thing that's been kicking about here sine ! ! yesterday. picked it up, took it over t the house, and asked the Ohio man if tha
 was his bag. You never saw 8 man tur1 paler with emotion, confusion and what not = It was his carpet bag and there it had been as the baggage master said, kicking around i 1, that depot for most twenty four hours wit $16, GOO or $17,O The man had given m
 an inventory of it's contents and the bag con
 tained the articles described. The owne
 went away satisfied that he had been miE
 taken decidedly, but wasn't he glad after all
 A gentleman once stopped here who cam down as he was leaving and sad he had los , 8 pair of pebble eye glasses. We'll, W searched high and low, but couldn't fn'
 them He said the help must have stole1 them. Years afterward in repairing the sof ) in the room he occupied, out tumbled tn , eye glasses. They had worked into the sof
 lining and got into the wadding.
 Only recently party of ministers tool dinner here It was at the time of the dedi
 cation of the Calvary Baptist church, ana one of the clergy, I think he was from Bos
 ton,-and several of the others were iron
 there,-gave the rest the dinner. Well, a they were leaving for the train one of thu ladies said her breastpin was gone. 0e , spatched one of the help instanter up stair to the room with instructions to go all ovel the room on his hands and knees to feel fo it. In about two minutes back he came fly ing with the missing breastpin. The part. had hardly got block away. telephoneS ) to the depot to Fred that we had got it ana sent man down with it. He got the part, just minute before the train left and th'
 lady got back her pin.
 Opera House Meeting.