Portrait of Arthur Stanley MacKenzie
- PC1, Box 30, Folder 1
- File
- [1924]
Portrait of Arthur Stanley MacKenzie
Portrait of Abraham Peckman - Class of 1939
Portrait of a soldier in uniform
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Portrait of a group of men, some in military uniform
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Poem of elegiac lines on the tragical murder of poor Daft Jamie
File is a photograph of a poem in a book about the death of Daft Jamie during the West Port Murders by William Burke. Photograph was published in the book West Port Murders in 1829. Poem reads:
Alas! Jamie's Pickled
ELEGIAC LINES
ON THE
Tragical Murder
OF
POOR DAFT JAMIE.
ATTENDANCE give, whilst I relate
How poor Daft Jamie met his fate;
'Twill make your hair stand on your head,
As I unfold the horrid deed :--
That hellish monster, William Burke,
Like Reynard sneaking on the lurk,
Coyduck'd his prey into his den,
And then the woeful work began :--
" Come, Jamie, drink a glass wi' me,
And I'll gang wi' ye in a wee,
To seek yer mither i' the town-
Come drink, man, drink, an' sit ye down."
" Nae, I'll no' drink wi' ye the nou,
For if I div 'twill mak' me fou;"
" Tush, man, a wee will do ye guid,
'Twill cheer yer heart, an' warm yer bluid."
At last he took the fatal glass,
Not dreaming what would come to pass ;
When once he drank, he wanted more--
Till drunk he fell upon the floor.
" Now," said th' assassin, "now we may
Seize on him as our lawful prey."
" Wait, wait," said Hare, " ye stupid ass,
He's yet too strong--let's tak' a glass."
Like some unguarded gem he lies--
The vulture waits to seize its prize;
Nor does he dream he's in its power,
Till it has seized him to devour.
The ruffian dogs,--the hellish pair,--
The villain Burke,--the meagre Hare,--
Impatient were the prize to win,
So to their smothering pranks begin :--
Burke cast himself on Jamie's face,
And clasp'd him in his foul embrace;
But Jamie waking in surprise,
Writhed in an agony to rise.
At last, with nerves unstrung before,
He threw the villain on the floor ;
And though alarm'd, and weaken'd too,
He would have soon o'ercome the foe :
But help was near--for it Burke cried,
And soon his friend was at his side;
Hare tripp'd up Jamie's heels, and o'er
He fell, alas! to rise no more !
Now both these blood-hounds him engage,
As hungry tygers fill'd with rage,
Nor did they handle axe or knife,
To take away Daft Jamie's life.
No sooner done, than in a chest
They cramm'd this lately welcom'd guest,
And bore him into Surgeons' Square--
A subject fresh--a victim rare !
And soon he's on the table laid,
Expos'd to the dissecting blade;
But where his members now may lay
Is not for me--or you--to say.
But this I'll say--some thoughts did rise :
It fill'd the Students with surprise,
That so short time should intervene
Since Jamie on the streets was seen.
But though his body is destroy'd,
His soul can never be decoy'd
From that celestial state of rest,
Where he, I trust, is with the bless'd.
Written by J. P.
N. B.--There is published by the same Editor, (the second Edition with alterations,)
a LACONIC NARRATIVE of the LIFE and DEATH of POOR JAMIE ; in which are inter-
spersed, several Anecdotes relative to him, and his old friend BOBY AWL :--PRICE THRIP
PENCE. The work will be embellished with a striking Portrait of Jamie.
Published by WILLIE SMITH, No. 3, Bristo Port,
PRICE ONE PENNY.
Photogrpah of Church Street to Union Street, Liverpool, Nova Scotia
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photography of St. Paul's Anglican Church in Antigonish
Photography of Mrs. Whidden and her son
Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds
Photographs of the Mrs. McMillan & children
Photographs of the Halifax Gay Pride march 1996
Part of Anita Martinez fonds
Photographs of the children of the children of Mrs. J. L. McDonald
Photographs of the children of Mrs. Munroe
Photographs of the baby of Alister Matheson
Part of Oscar Glennie Donovan fonds
Photographs of Neonatology Unit equipment used for MeDal publication
Photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Allister Duncan McDonald
Photographs of John Geddie, John Inglis, and other missionaries on Tanna, Vanuatu
Photographs of Frank Wong and his family
Photographs of Frank Wong and his family
Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College photograph and audio visual collection
Photographs of Cameron Metcalf and Bill Owen at his retirement from the Kellogg Library
Photographs from the Smart Young wedding
Photographic promotional image of Hank Snow the Singing ranger, autographed by the same
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photographic print of a negative of the corner of Hollis and George Streets
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photographic print of a negative of the Church of Saint Paul in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photographic print of a negative of Halifax and the harbour viewed opposite from Dartmouth
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photographic print of a negative of Halifax and the harbour viewed from George Island
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photographic print of a negative looking down George Street towards Halifax Harbour and Dartmouth
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photographic portrait of Thomas Head Raddall holding a cigarette
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Davies, Frances
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photographic negatives of the Molega gold mines and surrounding areas
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photographic negatives from the Raddalls' 1958 trip to Newfoundland and Europe
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Davies, Frances
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Davies, Frances
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photographic negative of the Simeon Perkins house in Liverpool, Nova Scotia
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photographic negative of the schooner Lillian E. Kerr
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photographic negative of children and young women on a lawn
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photographic negative of cable-ship Mackay-Bennett technician H.W. Higginson with Titanic victims
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photographic negative of a photograph of three ships docked
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photographic negative of a photograph of the ship Narcissus
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Photographic negative of a pair of women posing on a lawn
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds