Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-11-29
MlRY'S LITTLE DOG.

Mary had liI'lc dog,
His hair WAS black ms Jet;
And everywhere that Mary went
That dog went too, you bet
He followed her TO town, one day,
But rs she had oft times done before.
Suggested that he stay at home,
As she was To visit Noyes' Drug store.
Now Mary had read In the papers,
And had heard the neighbOrs say.
That the display OF goods at Noyes' store
Were sight to behold any day.
How the shelves asd counters were loaded
With goods from every climH;
How the half mile of showcase glittered
With goOds for the Holiday time.
She had listened. almost doubling her senses.
OF the variety OF books that they saw,
How they had seen Shakespeare, Campbell
and Coleiidge,
And Byron, who wrote the G.aour.
Then there were Kirk White, Tennyson and
Souihy!
And Writers Well of Loeb Maree
Poe, Lover Herbert, Moore,
AMI Mrs. Browning's Aurora Leigh.
Next comes Wordsworth. Pope and Shelly,
And Bret Harte's Heather Chnee,
Leigh Hunt, Milton and Dryden,
And Edgar POe's Annable Lee,
Gray, Mrs. Hcmans and Charles Lamb
Mrs. Browning. all complete;
keble, HOgg, Scott and Cowper,
hhh w hitiCi Q lNlS Oll tllO DCuCly
Also upper, Lowell and Bryant.
Locksley Hall and Lalla Rookh,
Lady of the Lake, the Divine Tragedy,
And Mary Ilewitts exquisite book.
Leaving the books with barely a glance,
Although n 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 q smokers set,
Bibles. Albums, trinlIets 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 the rare aud exquisite books,
And best of all the ChatterboX
If the reader will excuse this WIDE depression
Wen return to the subject of our tale,
And see. rs the sequel Will show,
That the wisest of dogs may fail
AS we said at the commencement of this
Mary had started for Noyes' shop;
She had anived-was on the point of enter
| ing,
! When in that dog did pop.
When Wary beheld her faithless dog
Her back at once rose up,
| And i'll way that meant business
| Sh G went for that are purp.
! She addressed him in language
That had loss elegance than vim.
! For she intimated i'll the plainest terms
That she should put head on him.
That dog, he eyed his mistress
In way that was defiant and queer,
! But when the interview ended
! lie walked Off on his ear
When Mary's dander had settled
She began to look around.
| To see if all 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 a store
Must be Il delightful recreation.
She said she had not come to purchase,
But to see what was in the holiday line.
And she should come and bring all he
friends,
On that glorious Christmas time,
On her way home she espied her dog,
| Lying apparently in SOundest sleep,
Little dreaming the revenge he had planned
Till he became quite iami1liallwith the horse
hind feet.
That nag, not relishing this sort of sport,
At the animal let his heels fly
That dog 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
treat,
Had it not been for this sad circumstance,
He was II etOmorphosed into the finest sal
sage meat
If all the dogs in Christendom
For a similar fate would do their best,
Butchers would not seen so dogged at the
business.
And we should relish sausage with create
ZeSt
If TO criticise this dogerel you should feel i
. clined,
J at once admit it is 6Og-oned bad,
But plead this as my only excuse,
1t is not from the muses.. but only our ad.
Not to mention Stationery, Chromos, Diari
and Cutlery,
If from the most elegant stock you won
take your choice, $50
, To Make presents to yoV friends on the ho
days,
Remember the Druggist, P. J. Noyes.