The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-11-04
Spiritual Telegraph.

The evening had come, by my window sat,
And nothing 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 affction was heavily laden =
She smiled, as she wept pearly dew-drops Of sor-
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 so balmy-
but bark!
Tap. tap, tap. so audibly heard at my door,
That bid il ''come in," but thought it /" bore "
To be interrupted while thus in my muse;
But thot /, some friend perhaps has the 'blues,"
And wants to come in to while out an hour
Not stay long, tho't !, 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 l. perhaps, " 1t is all in my eye"s.
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 a spirit some message revealing =
81 conjure you" | cried, ''if you 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 a friend, or a iend of yon hell"
felt strong impulse to go to my stand
Before | scarce knew it my pen was in hand;
wrote and then read: You would know of my
name,
I am great Noah webster-you have heard of my
fame
In the sphere where l dwell we have had a 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 Poetica and Blank Books all ruled
Testaments, Bibles, and Albums and Animals,
Linsley's work, Morgan Horses" and Weeks
"Bee Manuals"
There's Enquire Within" and " bred, by Mrs
Stowe,
"Gaut Gurley,"' by Thompson, is too all the go,
mabel Vaughn, The life of Fl. Greeley"
"Friends and Neighbors,"
The lives of great men-their trials and labors;
Colton's Map of New Hampshire, and Map Of Ner-
mont,
Smiths Hand Book Tor Travellers is too what You
want;
My Dictionary, Spelling book-tyou scarce ever
read them,
And too must say it, you seem not TO heed
them)
HYMN Books. a plenty. both Watts and Weslev's.
gasines-Harpers', Putnams', and Leslies,
Godey's, Peterson's and too, Household Words
knickerbocker ana Waverley. The rumor I've
heard
He has nice engravings Of some Black Hawk nags.
Pdpers-has Ballou's Pictorial, the Flags,
Frank Leslie's Illustrated, Harper's Weekly, Pri-
vateer,
Tribune, Times, New York Ledger, your freside
to cheer;
Scientific American, Porters Spirit of the Times,
Daily journal, and others, with news from all
climes.
Agricultural Works, he always has plenty;
III not stop to name them, some fifteen or twenty.
Almanacs, Diaries, for the year 81
BE sure that you purchase before Ills too late -
Nice paper for writing, Letter, Cap, Note and Bill,
And Tissue and Tracing-Envelopes 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,
Chess Boards, Willow Baskets Pocket Cutlery
Toys,
That surely will suit all the girls and the boys"
My pen ceased its ramble friend Noah had fin
ished,
But yet my great duties were nothing diminished
To 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
few
OF his Books and his Stationery. And here
would say,
Like Benjamin Franklin, the lightnngs obey
HIS beck and his nod-through his agency, news
Is sent to all quarters, where'er you may choose.
Whatever he has not, and you should chance
need it,
Just leave him your ORDERS he surely viii heed it,
And now Of his Stock you should want to know
more,
Near the Bridge, upon Main street is CoPELAND's
Book STORE.
MmDLEBURY, Vt Oct 90 1sb7