The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-05-05
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By
Gpiritual TELEGRAPH.

The evening had come, by my window sat,
And nothing was stirring. not even rat,
The moon thro' my window was shining 50 bright,
hat nature looked lovely, yes, even at night.
thought that Dame Nature resembed a maiden,
On WHOM sore affection 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 a 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 II " bore "
To be interrupted while thus in my muse;
iiut thot some friend perhaps has the blues"
Md wants to come in to while out an hour
Not stay long, thOt for IN look awful sOur.'-
Zap, tap, tap, again heard so plainly, went
TO the door, for the purpose to see what it meant
BIZ. 10 no one stood there, gazed with SURPRISE
But thought |, perhaps, 1t is all in my eyes.
.sut what can II be, say, is IT an ELI
Or sny, can it be the old ID himself?
/ listened again. tap, tap, tap, on the ceiling
IL must be sriilt some message revealing !
81 coniure yOu" cried, "if you aIe spirit,
iorap is before 80 plainly can hear it."
When three rags came louder then ever before,
So earnest they came. doubted no more.
Then please let me know by what means can
tell
Whether YOU arc u friend, or fend of you hell"
/ lei, strong impulse TO go to my stand
y, iure scarce knew it my pen Tas in hand;
/ wrote and then read: You " ould know Of my
name,
l am great Noah webster-you have heard of my
IL, lie sphere where dwell we have had con.
vention,
At was commissioned to complete their inten.
ton
T, tell you that COPELAND has books fall kinds,
i.tl never will fail TO SUIT surely all minds -
Re-. .ious and Classical, Standard and School,
MI ceaneous, Poetcal and Blank Books all ruled
nat ,inents, Bibles, and Albums, and ANIMALS,
i.il.ev's work, Morgan Horses, and Weeks
g Bee Manuals"
II res Enquire Within" and Dred," by Mrs.
Stowe,
"Gaat Gurley," by Thompson, is too all the 60,
= ..aoel Vaughn, /" The life Of IL. Greeley, "
Friends and Neghbors,"
ne ives of great men-their trials and labors
Co'ton's Map of New Hampshire and Map Of Ver-
mont,
Smiths Hand Book Tor Travellers is too what you
Ny dictionary, Spelling book--tyou scarce ever
read them,
f?i too l must say It, you seem not to heed
them;)
Ilogtziaes-Harpers', Putnams', and Leslie's,
'iNdcv's. Peterson's, and too, Household Words,
huicker5ocDer, ana Waverley. The rumor I've
heard
II, has nice engravings of some Black Hawk nags
rers-has Baliou's Pictorial, the Flags,
t.ank Lese's illustrated. Harper's Weekly, Pri-
vaieer,
Iriours Times, New York Ledger, your hreside
10 cheer;
Scientific American, Porter's Spirit of the Times
Jaily journal, and others, with news from all
climes
Agricultural Works. he always has plenty;
II, not stop 10 name them, some fifteen or twenty
Ai,nanacs Diarie-. for the year as
BE sure that YOU purchase before rs too late -
. ce paper for writing. Letter, Cap, Note and Bill
AID Tissue and Tracing Envelopes at will
P,ns Pencils and Ink. square and round States,
Materials for ARTISTS all sold at low rates.
C1nvas ard Autographs, I'll Paints and Brushes
| ,mbs made of wood, horn and Elephants tushes
less Boards, Willow Baskets, Pocket Cutlery
Toys,
That surely will suit all the girls and the boys"
| NJ pen ceased its ramble, friend Noah had I'm
| isned,
| But vet my great duties were nothing diminished
| - make these things pubic that Noah had sale
| (fhough some "would believe not, though one lei
| :he dead,''l
| visited COPELAND. AMI found it was true,
| Anu found that friend Webster had named but
few
.. mis- Books and his Stationery. And here
| would say,
/ is, benjamin Franklin, the lightnings obey
rs Dock and his nod-througli his agency, new
| |, sea: TO all quarters, whereer you may choose
" Whatever he has not, and you should chanc
need il
last leave him your orders, he surely will heed i
Ali now Of his Stoex you should wan to kno
| more,
Near the bridge, upon Main street is COPELAND
| BOOK STokE.
| ,'IpULERuRY W., Oct 30, 1867.