We are told of one also which belonged to the ancient Roman emperor, Maximilian, which actually attended the army when on its march, and lived to the age of eighty years.
The voice of the pelican is harsh and discordant, and is said to resemble that of a man in deep complaint. David speaks of it thus: “By reason of my groanings my bones cleave to my skin; I am like a pelican in the wilderness.”—Psa. cii. 6.
Peach Seeds.—A gentleman having given a quantity of peaches to some foreign laborers on a railroad, in the vicinity of one of our cities, one of them was asked how he liked them. He said the fruit was very good, but the seeds scratched his throat a little when he swallowed them.
John Steady and Peter Sly.
A DIALOGUE.
Peter. Ho, John, don’t stumble over that log! I don’t think it a good plan to study my lessons as I go to school.
John. Nor I; but I am in such a scrape!
Peter. What’s the matter?
John. Why, I believe I have got the wrong lesson.