The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-11-11
Spiritual Telegraph.

The evening had come, by my window sat,
And nothing was stirring, not even rat
The moon thro' my window was shining so bright
That nature looked lovely, yes, even at night.
thought that Dame Nature resembled maiden,
On whom sore affection was heavily laden =
She smiled, rs she wept pearly dew-drops of sor-
row.
Smiled, for her bright hopes would return on the
morrow.
The mantle she wore like mourner's was dark,
On my cheek her warm breath came 30 balmy-
but bark
Tap, tap, tap, SO audibly heard at my door,
That bid ii "come in" but thought It "bore"
To be interrupted while thus in my muse;
But tho't l, some friend perhaps has the "blues,"
And wants to come in to while out an hour
Not stay long, tho't l. for I'll look awful sour
Tap, tap, tap, again heard so plainly, went
To the door, for the purpose to see what it meant
But 10 no one stood there, gazed with surprise,
But thought ], perhaps, " II is all IN my eyes.
But what can it be, say, is it an elf?
Or say, can it be the old ID himself?
listened again, tap, tap, tap, on the ceiling
1t must be spirit some message revealing !
81 conjure you," cried, "if you arc spirit,
To rap as before so plainly can hear it,
When three raps came louder then ever BEFORE
So earnest they came, doubted no more.
"Then please let me know by what means can
tell
Whether you are friend, or fiend of yon hell"
felt a strong impulse to go to my stand
Before | scarce knew it my pen was in hand;
i wrote and then read: You would know of my
name,
am great Noah Webster-you have heard Of nv
In the sphere where / dwell we have had con-
ventiOn,
And was commissioned to complete their inten-
ton
To tell you that COPELAND has books of all kinds,
That never will fail to suit surely all minds -
Religious and Classical, Standard and School,
Miscellaneous, Poetcala and Blank Books, all ruled,
Tsstaments, Bibles, and Albums, and Animals,
at,1 Sc
"Bee Manuals"
Stowe,
"Gaut Gurley," by Thompson, is too all the CO.
Mabel Vaughn" The life of H. Greeley, +"
Friends and Neighbors,"
The lives of great men-their trials and labors
Colton's Map Of New Hampshire, and Map OF Yer
mont b
Smiths Hand Book for Travellers is too what YOU
My Dictionary, Spelling book-(you scarce ever
read them,
And too must say it, you seem not to heed
themO
Hymn Books, plenty, both Watts and wesey's
Observation-Disclosures, Putnams', and Leslies,
Godeys, Peterson's, and too, Household Words
knickerbocker, ana Waverley. The rumor I've
heard 30,
He has nice engravings of some Black Hawk nags
Pdpers-has Ballou's Pictorial, the Flags,
Frank Leslie's Illustrated, Harper's Weekly, Pri-
iipunei Times, new lork Ledger, your hreside
to cheer;
Scientific American, Porters Spirit of the Times
DAILY Journal, and others, with news from ali
chimes.
Agricultural Works, he always has plenty;
III not stop to name them, some fifteen or twenty
Almanacs, Diaries, for the year So
BE sure that you purchase before It's too late
Nice paper for writing, Letter, Cap, Note and Bill
And Tissue and Tracing at will
Pens, Pencils and Ink, square and round States,
Materials for Artists, all sold at low rates.
Canvas and Autographs, Oil Paints and Brushes
Combs made OF wood, horn and Elephants tushes
Toys,
That surely viii suit all the girls and the boys"
My pen ceased its ramble, friend Noah had fin
shed,
But yet my great duties were nothing diminished
10 make these things public that Noah had said
(Though some "would believe not, though one left
the dead,")
visited COPELAND, and found it was true,
And found that friend Webster had named but a
few
OF his Books and his Stationery, And
would say, lere !
Like Benjamin Franklin, th>
His beck and his 10" u nghtnings obey
Ia sent TO all - through his agency, news
Whsta-- ,darters, where'er you may choose.
,er he has not, and you should chance
need it,
Just leave him your orders, he surely will heed it,
And now Of his Stock you should want to know
more,
Near the Bridge, upon Main street is CorKLAsD's
Book SToRK.
MmDLEBURY, VT, Oct. 90, 1867