Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-12-06
MIRY'S LITTLE DOG.

Mary lRLd n IiI'le dog,
His hair WAS bihck - Jet;
And evsEwhsrn thar, AalS went
Tlm4 DOG went too, yOubetr
lie foltBSNed her to town, uste day,
hut A. she lad OFT times dsDe betOTa,
Suggesfe8 that he stay at hpuIs,
A she WAS To visit Noyes' Drug store.
Sow Mary had real ~ tho papers.
And had heard the neigitbOrs say.
Thai the display OF goods NJ Noyes' store
We're 4 sight To behold any day.
Row the shelves Hnd counters were loaded
With Spnds fro ~ every elm 81:
How the half mile OF SHOWCASE glittered
With goods for the Iiolllay uhe'
She had listened. almost doubling her senses,
Ot the variety OF books that they saw,
How they hat seen Shukesperc, Campbell
and Colei idge.
And Byron, who wrote the Giaour.
Then there were Kirk Whit, Tennyson and
Souihy.
And Writers Well of Loeb Marco,
Poe, Lover, Herbert. Moore.
Ana Mrs. Browning's Aurora Leigh.
Next comes Wordsworth. Pope and Shelly,
Aud Bret Harte's heather Chinee,
Leigh Hunt. Milton and Dryden,
And Edgar POe's Annsble Lee,
Gray. Mrs. Hcmans and Charles Lamb.
Mrs. Browning. ull complete;
keblc, Hogg, scott ana COwpeT,
And Writers Tent on the Beach;
Also upper Lowell and Bryant.
Locksley Hall and LaIa Rookh,
Lady OF the Lake the Divine Tragedy.
And Mary Hewitt's exquisite book.
Leaving the books with barely glance,
| Although subject always pleasant,
few other things may be noticed
Which will make an elegant present.
There are vases in elegant patterns and
| finish.
| A toilet or n smokers set
Bibles. Albums, trinSets and Pictures,
And costly goods not often met.
| For the little folks, toy books and games.
Smashed-up ships, locomotives and build
| ing blocks,
| All tho rare aud exquisite books,
Aud best Of all the ChatteRhoN.
If the reader will excuse this wAsle depression
| Wen return to the subject of Our tale,
And see. as the sequel Will show,
That the wlsest Of dogs may fail.
As we said at the commencement of this
story,
Mary had started for Noyes shops
She had arrived-was on the point of enter
| ing.
When in that dog did pop.
When Wary bcheld her f,lithless dog
/ her back al once rose up,
And IN II MI Y that meant business
She went for that are purp.
She addressed him in language
| Th.,t had less elegance than vim.
For she intimatt,l in the plaine>t terms
That she should put heat on him.
That dog, he eyed his mistress
In way that was defiant AMI queer,
| Bat " heh the inter view undud
| iie walked off On has ear.
| When Mary's dMndsY hal SETTLED
| She began to look around.
To see if ali the things she had heard about
Could possibly be found,
Her pleasure, it knew no bounds,
As she extended her investigations,
Declaring that life in such store
Must be u delightful recreation.
She said she had not come 10 purchase,
| But 10 see what was In the holiday line,
And she should come and bring all her
| friends, -.t.
On that glorious Christmas time,
On her way home she espicd her dog,
LSins apparently in soundest sleep,
1.-the dreaming the revenge he had planned.
Till he DceaNNe quite tamilliaIiwith the horses
| hind feet.
That nag, not relishing this sort Of sport
At the animal let his heels fly.
That q " went up five hundred feet!
Now how was that for high?
In going Up he thought it rare sport,
And coming down would have had quite d
treat.
Had it not been for this sad circumstance,
He was etonolphosed into The finest suu
sage meat.
If all the dogs in Christendom
u Fora similar fate would do their best,
Butchers would not seen so dOygcd ut theil
l business.
And we should relish sausage with greater
ZeSt.
TO critcise this dog crel you should feel in
clined,
+ at once admit it is dog-oned bad,
But plead this rs my only excuse,
1t Is not from the muses. but only our I'D.
Not to mention Stationery, ChToKaos, Diaries
and Cutlery,
If from the most elegant stock yOn woult
take your choice,
To Make presents to youT friends on the holi
days,
Remember the Druggist, r. j. Noyes.