The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-06
Spiritual telegraph.

The evening had come, by my window l sat,
And nothing was stirring, not even a rat,
The moon thgo' my window was shining W bright,
That nature looked lovely, yes, even at Il ght.
4 thought that Dame Nature ressmbled a maiden.
On wnorL sore affection WAS heavily laden =
She smiled as she wspt pearly dew-drops OF sor-
row
Smiled, Tor her bright hopes would return on the
morrow.
The mantle she wore, like a mourner's was dark,
On my cheek hsr warm breath came So balmy-
but hsrk
Tap, tap, tap, l 50 sudibly heard at my door,
That / bid 1t come in but thought it a bore "
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 IN look awful .our'-
lap, tap, tap, 1 again heard 50 plainly, 1 went
70 tue dor, tor tue purpose to see Nnat it meant
But 10 no one stood there, J gazed wlth surprise.
But thought |, perhaps, " IT ts Ill IN mig eye'-s
But what can It be, say, Is II an elff
Or say, can it be the old d. hnuselt?
! listened again, tap, tap, tap, on the ceiling
1t must Oe u spirit some message revealing -
81 eoDjure VOC, y l cried, IF you aIe d spirit,
40 rap as before so | plainly can hear it,
When three raps came louder then ever before,
So earnest they came, l doubted no more.
"Then please lat me know by what means | can
tell
Whether you are q friend, or a isnd Of yon he'll "
j tet q strong impulse to 60 to my stand
Before / scarce knew it my pen was in hand,
i wrote and then read " loa would know Of my
name,
lam great Noah Webster-you have heard Of my
fame
lr the sphere where l dwell we have had a con
ventlon,
And was commissioned to complete their inten.
ton
II tell you that COPELAND has books of all kinds,
I..dt never viii fail to SUIT surely all minds =,
Religious and Classical, Standard and School,
miscellaneous, Poetical and Blank Books, all ruled,
'estainents, bibles, and Albums, and Animals,
L'ns4eVs WORK, !" Morgan Horses, and Weeks
Til res "Inquirs Within, and "Dred, " by Mrs
Stove,
"Gadt Gurley" by Thompson, is too all the go,
mabel Vaughn, - " The life OF II. Greeley, "
Friends and Neighbors,"
Inc lives Of great men-their trials andlAbors
eolton's Map OF New Hampshire and Map Of Yer,
mont,
Smiths Hand Book lor Traveller. IS too what you
My Dictionary, spelling book--tyou searoe ever
read them,
And too l must say it, you seem not to heed
them y
Hymn BooAs,a plenty, both Watts and WesIey's.
observation-disclosures, Putnams', and LeslIe's,
Godey's, reterson's, and too, Household Words,
Kmckerbocker ana Waverley, Tie rumOr I've
heard
he has nice engravings of some Black Hawk naes,
Prrers-has Ballou's Pictorial, the llags,
1iauN LSsAc '" 20 . NS0Aif H
vdteer,
Tribune, Times, New York Ledger, your arsside
TO cheer
Scientific American, Portcr's Spirit Of the Times,
Daily journal, and others, with news from al.
chimes.
Agricultural Works, he always has plenty
III not stop to name them, some fifteen or twenty,
Almsnacs, Diaries, for the year '5s-
Be sure thatyou purchase before lis too late -
Nice paper for writing, Letter, Cap, Note and Bill,
And Tissue aud Traeing-EnvellOpes 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 TN
l.hed,
But yet my great duties were nothing diminished,
To make these things pubic that Noah had said
Though some would believe not, though one left
the dead,")
visited COPELAND, and found it was true,
Ana found that friend Webster had named but a
few
OF his Books and his Stationery And here ]
would say,
Iike benjamin Franklin, the lightnings OBEY
His back and his nod-througlI bis agency, news
Ia sen: to all quarters, whsrs'sr you may choose
Whatever he has not, and you should chance
need j;
Just leave him your orders, he surely will heed il.
And now Of his stock You should wan to know
more,
Near the Bridge, upon Main street is CoPELAND's
BOOK STORE.
MIDDIEBIRY VI. Oct % IS67