The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-03-17
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 a maiden,
On whom sore affection heavily laden -
She smiled, as abe 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 so balmy-
but bark
Tap, tap, tap, so audibly heard at my door,
That bid it "come in" but thought it bore I"
To be interrupted while thus in my muse;
But tho't /, some friend perhaps has the "blues,'
And wants to come in to while out an hour
Not stay long, tho't /, for III look awful sour
10 the door, for the purpose to see what it meant
But 10 no one stood there, gazed with surprise,
But what can It be, say, is 1t 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 =
IL copjure You" cried, "if you are a spirit,
iorap as before so plainly can hear it.h
When three raps came louder then ever before,
SO earnest they came, doubted no more.
"Then please let me know by what means | can
Whether you friend, or fend of yon hell"
Ieit strong impulse to go to my stand
Baore scarce knew it my pen was In hand;
name,
am great Noah Webstsr--you have heard Of my
fame
In the sphere where dwell we have had con-
vention,
AMI was commissioned to complete their inten.
r tell you that COPELAND has books of all kinds,
Fiat never will fail to suit surely all minds :
Religious and Classical, Standard and School,
miscellaneous, Poetica and Blank Books all ruled
hibps nd
Liusev's work, Morgan Horses" and Weeks
"Bee Manuals"
Tn res Enquire Within" and bred" by Mrs
Stowe,
"uads Gurley." by Thompson, Is too all the 70,
" Mabel vaughr," The life of H. Greeley, 4"
Friends and Neighbors,"
Iae lives Of great men-their trials and labors;
Co'ton's Map of New Hampshire, and Map Of YER
Smiths Hand Book for Travellers is too what you
Ny pistiOnsry. Spelling boOk-tyou scarce ever
And too must say it, ysu seem not to heed
themD
Hymn Books a plenty, both Watts and Wesley's.
dgazines-Harpers', Putnams', and Leslie's,
Godey's, Peterson's, and too, Household Words,
knickerbocker, ana Waverley. The rumor I've
heard
He has nice engravngs of some Black Hawk nays
Pa0ers-has Balous Pictorial, the Flags,
Flank Leslies illustrated. Harper's Weekly, Pri-
vateer,
Tribune, Times, New York Ledger. your Preside
to cheer;
Scientific American, Portsr's Spirit Of the Times
Daily Journal, and others, with news from all
elimes.
Agricultural Works, he always has plenty;
III not stop to name them some fifteen or twenty
Almanncs, Diaries, for the year So
Be sure that you purchase before its too late -
Nice paper icr writing, Letter, Cap, Note and Bill
And Tissue and Iracing-Envellopes at will
Pens, Pencils and Ink, square and round Slates.
Materials for Artists, all sold at low rates
Canvas and Lithographs, Oil Paints and Brushes
Y onbs made OF wood, horn and Elephants tushes
Chess Boards, Willow Baskets, Pocket Cutlery
Toys,
That surely will suit all the girls and the boys"
Sy pen ceased its ramble friend Noah had In
ished,
But yet my great duties were nothing diminished
To make these things public that Noah had said
through some would believe not, though one lef,
visited COPELAND, and found it was true,
And found that friend Webster had named but q
few
OF his Books and his Stationery. And here
would say,
like Benjamin Franklin, the lightnings obey
His beck and his Rod-througli his agency, new.
Is sent to all quarters where'er you NAV 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 to know
more,
Near the Bridge upon Main street i. COPELAND
BOOB SroRk.
hIpDLEBURr, VT, Oct. 20, 1867.