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Show Death Bed Jest. Among what may be called deathbed death-bed jests, that of the Rev. James Guthrles of Stirling, one of the Covenanter Cove-nanter martyrs, deserves a high place. Lord Guthries recalls the story in "From a Northern Window. " Mr. Guthries was executed at the Cross in the High street, Edinburgh. The night before he asked for cheese for supper. His friends wondered, for the physicians had forbidden him to eat cheese. But he said, with a smile. "I am now beyond the hazard of all earthly diseases." Uncle Remus' Magazine. |