Photographs of students sitting at desks
- PC1, Box 19, Folder 10, Item 8
- Item
- [19--?]
Photographs of students sitting at desks
Photographs of the Public Health Clinic and Medical Sciences Building
Photographs of the Sir James Dunn Building exterior
Photographs of wolves and the Psychology department's mobile laboratory
Berry, A.
Physical Education Building (Exterior)
Plan of Studley Estate, site of Dalhousie University
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.
Portrait and biography of Harry Goudge Grant [1889-1954]
Portrait of Dr. A.C. MacKenzie
Portrait of A. Buckley from the Medical Society of Nova Scotia
Portrait of A.A. MacLeod : Class of 1949
Portrait of Abraham Milton Lipitz : Class of 1939
Portrait of Abraham Peckman - Class of 1939
Portrait of A.L. Knight : Class of 1949
Portrait of Albert Edward Horne : Class of 1910
Portrait of Albert George Nicholls
Portrait of Albert George Nicholls
Portrait of Albert George Nicholls
Portrait of Alexander Brown Campbell : Class of 1921
Portrait of Alexander Campbell Gouthro : Class of 1925
Portrait of Alexander Charles MacLean : Class of 1922
Portrait of Alexander G. Hattie
Portrait of Alexander John Murchison : Class of 1928
Portrait of Alexander Kerr Roy : Class of 1910
Portrait of Alexander Ogston - Reproduction
Portrait of Alexander Roy Chisholm : Class of 1925
Portrait of Alexander Taylor Godfrey : Class of 1916
Portrait of Alfred Israel Frankel : Class of 1939
Portrait of Alice Evelyn Thorne : Class of 1924
Portrait of Allan Lockhart McLean : Class of 1926
Portrait of Allan Reid Morton : Class of 1925
Portrait of Alpheus Marshall Wilson : Class of 1925
Portrait of Alvin Matthew Siddall : Class of 1925
Portrait of Andrew Fraser Weir : Class of 1917
Portrait of Andrew Love Richardson : Class of 1930
Portrait of Andrew Walter Herdman Lindsay