The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-04-14
Spiritual Telegraph.

The evening had come, by my window l sat,
And nothing was stirring, not even rat,
The moon tnro my window was shining 20 bright,
hat nature looked lovely, yes, even at night
thought that Dame Nature resembled maiden
On wnom sore aiiliction was heavily laden -
She smiled, as she sert 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, 50 audby heard at my door,
That bid il "cone ill.," but thought It a bore "
To he 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, thot |, for III look awful souri,
tap, tap, tap, again heard SO plainly, went
10 the door, Tor the purpose to see what it meant
tut 10 no one stood there, gazed with surprise
Bat thought |, perhaps, " II is all in my eye"-s.
But what can 1t be, say, is 1t an elf?
Or lay, can it be the old ID himself?
listened again tap, tap, tap, OH the ceiling
|, must he srilt some message revealing -
81 conure you cried, "if you are a spirit
.prap AS before So plainly can hear it,
ahen three raps came louder then ever before
SO earnest they came. doubted no more.
"rhln please let me know by what means | can
Whether you arc friend, or fiend of yon hell,''
! 'el. strong impulse TO &C to my stand
u ire scarce anew it my pen mas in hand;
name,
su, great Noah Webster-you have heard Of my
fame
II ihe sphere whers dwell We have had con
vention,
Ari was commissioned to complete their inten.
Tiie'i you that CorKLASn has books of all kinds
-. never will tail 10 SUIT surely all minds -
Re- -Ious and Classical, Standard and School
Msc eaneous, Poetical and Blank Books all ruled ,
: - unents, Bibles, and Albums, and ANIMALS,
LIN .ev's work, Morgan Horses, Z" and Weeks
Bee Manuals
IT, se's Enquire Within" and " bred, " by Mrs.
stowe, 49,
Gadt Gurley," by Thompson, Is too all the 20.
:. abel Naughn,' " The life Of H. Greeley. 1"
Friends and Neighbours"
ne lives Of great men-their trials and labors;
Co'ton's Map OF New Hampshire, and Map OF Yer
Smiths Hand Book Tor Travellers is too what You
want;
My Dictionary, Spelling book--tyou scarce ever
read them,
} I'd too / must say 1t, you seem not TO heed
Hv:nn Books, n plenty, both Watts and Wesley's.
.H1yazines-Harpers', Putnams', and Leslie's,
Godey's, Peterson's, and too, Household Words,
kackerbocker, ana Waverley. Tue rumor I've
II , has nice engravings of some Black Hawk nays.
PrDsrs-has Ballou's Pictorial, the Flags,
Frank Leslie's Illustrated. Harper's Weekly, Pri-
Tribune Times, New York Ledger, your areslde
TO cheer;
Scientific American, Porter's Spirit Of the Times.
Daily Journal, and others, with news from all
chimes. .--
Agricultural Works. he always has plenty;
III not stop to name them, some fifteen or twenty.
Amanacs, Diaries for the year '55-
Is, sure that you purchase before IT'S too late -
Nee paper for writing. Letter, Cap, Note and Bill.
Add Tissue and Tracing Envelopes Mt will
Pens, Pencils and Ink, square and round States,
Materials for Artists, all sold at low rates
Canvas and Autographs, Oil Paints and Brushes.
q ,nibs made Of wood, horn and Elephants tushes
Chess Boards, Willow Baskets, Pocket Cutlery
Toys,
That surely will anti all the girls and the boys"
NJ pen ceased its rauble, friend Noah had sn-
shed,
Bl. yet my great duties were nothing diminished,
II make these things public that Noah had said I.
(rhough some would believe not, though one left
the dead,'D
visited COPELAND, and found it was true,
Ana found that friend Webster had named but
few
o. his Books and his Stationery. And here
would say,
iiEt benjamin Franklin, the lghtnings obey
HIS back and his nod-through his agency, news
!. sen. TO all quarters, where'er you may choose
Whatever he has not, and you should chance
just leave him your orders he surely will heed II.
AhI now Of his Stotx you should want to know
more, e.
Near the Bridge, upon Main street is corKLAxp's
BOOK STORE.
AIppLxsusr, W., Oct 20. .ls67.