Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-12-13
Mary's Little Dog.

Mary had little dog,
His hair was black Us Jet;
And everywhere that Mary went
That dog went too, yOubetE
lie followed her to town, one day,.
But as she had oft times done beiOrn,
Suggested that he stay az 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 NJ Noyes' store
Were sight to behold any day.
How the shelves and counters were loaded
With goods from every CLINE;
How the half mile of showcase glhterel
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 COlcridge,
And Byron, who wrote the Giaour.
Then there were Kirk White, Tennyson and
SOuthy,
And Whittier's Well of Loeb NIaree,
Poe, Lover, Herbert, Moore,
And Mrs. Browning's Aurora Leigh.
Next comes Wordsworth, Pope and shelly,
And Bret Harte's Heather Chinee,
Leigh Hunt, Milton and Dryden,
And Edgar Poes Annable Lee,
Gray, Mrs. Hemans and Charles Lamb,
Mrs. Browning, all complete;
| keble, Hogg, Scott and Cowper,
! And Writers Tent on the Beach;
Also Upper, Lowell and Bryant,
! Locksley Hall and Lalla ROOkh,
Lady of the Lake, the Divine Tragedy,
And Mary Hewitt's exquisite book.
Leaving the books with barely a glance,
| Although a subject always pleasant,
A few other things may be noticed
Which Will make an elegant present.
There, are vases in elegant patterns and
finish.
A toilet or a snaokers set,
| Bibles, Albums, trinkets 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, as the sequel Will show,
That the wisest of dogs may fail
As we said at the commencement of thi
story,
Mary had started for Noyes' shop;
She had arrived-was on the point of enter
ing,
When in that dog did pop.
When Mary beheld her faithless dog
Her back at once rose up,
And i'll way that meant business
She went for that are purp.
She addressed him in language
That had less 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
He 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
Gould possibly be found
Her pleasure, it knew no bounds,
AS she extended her investigations,
Declaring that life in such a store
Must be 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,
Ltlie dreaming the revenge he had planned
Till he became quite tamilliarwith the horse
hind feet.
That nag, not reIishing this sort of sport
At the animal let his heels fly.
That dog went up five hundred fcCti
Now how was that for high?
! Ill gong up he InOuSnJ III IttIe sport,
And coming down would have had quite
! treat,
Had it not been for this sad circumstance,
He was II ctomoIphosGd into the finest sal
sage meat.
If all the dogs in Christendom
FOra similar fate would do their best,
Butchers would not seen so dOg-ged at the
business,
And we should relish sausage with Il create
zGst.
to criticiso this dog you should feel il
clned,
at once admit it is dog-oned bad,
But plead this rs my only excuse,
1t is not from the muses., but only our cd.
Not to mention Stationery, ChrOmos, Diarit
and Cutlery,
If from the most elegant stock you woul
take your choice,
To Make presents TO your friends Oh the hol
days,
Remember the Druggist, p. j. Noyes.