The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-03-31
L A r E 8 r N E w S
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 resembed maiden,
On whom sore afilIction 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 audbly heard at my door,
I hat bid it leone in," but thought it bore p"
10 be interrupted while thus in my muse;
But thot /, some friend perhaps has the blues"
And wants to come in to while out hour
Not stay long, thot !, Tor Ill look awful sour
lap, tap, tap, | again heard SO plainly, went
10 tie door, for the purpose TO see what it meant
But 10 no one stood there, gazed with surprise,
But thought 1, perhaps, /" is all IN my eye"-s
~: what can It be, say, Is 1t an eli
Or say, can it be the old ID himself?
listened again. tap, tap, tap, on the ceiling
Il must be spiit some message revealing =
IL conjure you" cried, 'if you aie a spirit,
! ofap ms before 50 plainly can hear it,"
When three raps came louder then ever before,
50 earnest they came, doubted no more.
"rnen please let me know by what means | can
tell
Whether you are II friend, or fiend of yon hell"
/ ie strong impulse to 70 to my stand
Is. /, re scarce knew il my pen was in hand;
s,n great Noah webster-you have heard Of my
fame
l., lie sphere where dwell we have had con-
venton,
Anu | was commissioned to complete their inten.
/ tell you that COPELAND has books of all kinds,
| III never will fail to suit surely all minds -
Re- eious and Classical, Standard and School,
Mis- .elaneous, Poetica and Blank Books, all ruled,
nss unents, Bibles, and Albums, and ANNALS,
Liu,.ev's work, Morgan Horses" and Weeks
Bee Manuals
Tt res Enquire Within" and bred, by Mrs.
Stowe,
"Gadt Gurley, by Thompson, is too all the 60,
abel Vaughn,' The lite OF IL. Greeley.
Friends and Neighbors,
/. NJ lives of great men-their trials and labors
Coton's Map OF New Hampshire, and Map Of YER
mont,
Smiths liand Book Tor Travellers is too what you
want;
Ny Dictionary, Spelling bOOk-tyOu scarce ever
I'D too must say it, you seem not to heed
Hymn Books, IA plenty, both Watts and Wesley's
Observation-Disclosures, Putnams' and Leslies,
Godey's, Peterson's, and TOO Household Words
knickerbocker, ana Waverley. Tue rumor I've
heard
Il has nice engrayings OF come Black Hawk nags
Prpers-has Bailou's Pictorial, the Flags,
Frank Leslie's illustrated, Harper's Weekly, Pr-
yateeT,
Tribune, Time 5, New York Ledger, your areside
TO cheer;
Scientific American, Porter's Spirit Of the Times.
Daily journal, and others, with news from all
cmes.
Agricultural Works, he always has plenty;
RI not stop to name them, some fifteen or twenty.
Alnanacs, Diaries, for the year '5s-
Be sure that you purchase before lis too late -
Nice paper for writing Letter, Cap, Note aud Bill,
And Tissue and Tracing Envelopes at will
Pens, Pencils and Ink, square and round States,
Materials for Artists, all sold ut low rates.
Canvas and Autographs, Oil Paints aud Brushes,
C)mbs made of wood, horn and Elephants tushes
Chess Boards, Willow Baskets, Pocket Cutlery
Toys,
That surely will suit all the girls and the boys"
NJ pen ceased its ramble, friend Noah had dn-
shed,
Bar vet my great duties were nothing diminished,
II make these things public that Noah had said
(fhough some would believe not, though one left
the dead,')
] visited COPELAND, and found it was true,
Anu found that friend Webster had named but a
o. his Books and his Stationery. And here /
would say,
like Benjamin Franklin, the lightnings obey
His beck and his nod-througl his agency, news
Is sen. 10 all quarters, whereer you may choose.
Whatever he has not, and you should chance
need Il
just leave him your orders he surely will heed it,
AMI now Of his Stock you should want 10 know
F' more,
Near the Bridge, upon Main street is CorELAsD's
BOOK STORE.
NIpDr&soRr. VT, 90. 20, 1881.