Portrait of Dr. Arthur Stanley MacKenzie
- PC1, Box 62, Folder 18
- File
- 1931
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Portrait of Dr. Arthur Stanley MacKenzie
Portrait of Dr. James Robert Corston
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Portrait of Charles E. Puttner
Portrait of Carol Cassidy's wedding, with the bride, groom, and their respective families
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Portrait of Arthur White holding a rifle and dressed as a Nova Scotia militiaman of 1865
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
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
Portrait and retirement announcement of Dr. Donald Ingram Rice
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.
Pine Hill Divinity College - Clan pix, seminar, Chapel Interin
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Photos from personal trip to France
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Photos from Alexander Leighton's Harvard retirement dinner
Photos from 1963 sabbatical in France
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Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
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Photographs, negatives, and contact sheets re. John Paterson's album #2
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Photographs, invitations, and other material related to Eyelevel Gallery artists and programming
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Photographs, certificate, and postcards from John Paterson's album # 3
Part of John Paterson fonds
Photographs with family and friends, including vacations
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Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds
Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College photograph and audio visual collection
Photographs used for Wayves Magazine production
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Photographs taken on the HMCS SCOTIAN
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Photographs taken in Bruce Oland's office in May 1997
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photographs taken during the reception for the launch of the Bluenose II
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Part of Oland family fonds
Photographs taken at the Paradise Lake dam power line construction site
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Photographs taken at the Halifax Club, 2002
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Photographs taken at Patricia Lutley's retirement party at University Hall