- PC1, Box 30, Folder 5, Item 4
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- [1829]
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Poem of elegiac lines on the tragical murder of poor Daft Jamie
- PC1, Box 30, Folder 5, Item 7
- Item
- [1829]
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.
Photographs of the Public Health Clinic and Medical Sciences Building
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 21, Items 4-5
- Item
- [19--]
Photograph of the third year medicine class of 1937
- PC1, Box 32, Folder 2, Item 2
- Item
- 1937
Hayward, J.C.M.
Photograph of the public health clinic cornerstone
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 21, Item 14
- Item
- [after 1923]
Photograph of the public health clinic and Forrest building
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 21, Item 13
- Item
- May 1930
Photograph of the Public Health Clinic and Forrest building
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 21, Item 1
- Item
- [ca. 1926]
Photograph of the public health clinic
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 21, Item 11
- Item
- [19--]
Photograph of the public health clinic
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 21, Item 12
- Item
- [19--]
Photograph of the public health clinic
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 21, Item 2
- Item
- [ca. 1926]
Photograph of the public health clinic
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 21, Item 3
- Item
- [ca. 1926]
Photograph of the public health clinic
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 21, Item 7
- Item
- [19--]
Gauvin & Gentzel
Photograph of the public health clinic
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 21, Item 10
- Item
- [19--]
Photograph of the public health clinic
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 21, Item 9
- Item
- [19--]
Photograph of the front entrance of the public health clinic
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 21, Item 8
- Item
- [19--]
Photograph of the first year medicine class of 1937
- PC1, Box 32, Folder 2, Item 1
- Item
- 1937
Photograph of Rt. Hon. Lord Lister O.M.P.R.S. (1827-1912)
- PC1, Box 25, Folder 14
- Item
- [19--]
W. A. Mansell & Co.
Photograph of men observing a dental examination in the public health clinic
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 19, Item 1
- Item
- [after 1924]
Photograph of Medical Society of Nova Scotia - Wolfville, July 2-3, 1913
- PC1, Box 25, Folder 40
- Item
- 1913
E. Graham
Photograph of hospitals around the Dalhousie medical school
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 21, Item 6
- Item
- [19--]
Photograph of Faculty of Medicine - Third Year Medical Class
- PC1, Box 25, Folder 31
- Item
- 1895
Photograph of Faculty of Medicine - Graduation Class 1949
- PC1, Box 25, Folder 38
- Item
- 1949
Climo's Studio
Photograph of Faculty of Medicine - Class Photo 1951
- PC1, Box 25, Folder 39
- Item
- 1951
Photograph of Faculty of Medicine - Class of 1935
- PC1, Box 25, Folder 36
- Item
- 1935
Gauvin & Gentzel
Photograph of Dalhousie's First Medical School
- PC1, Box 25, Folder 30
- Item
- [19--]
Photograph of Class in Pharmacy - 1913
- PC1, Box 25, Folder 41
- Item
- 1913
arranged around a photograph of the Forrest Building.
Gauvin & Gentzel
Photograph of a woman talking to a receptionist in the public health clinic
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 19, Item 4
- Item
- [after 1924]
Photograph of a waiting room in the public health clinic
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 19, Item 3
- Item
- [after 1924]
Photograph of a child being examined in the public health clinic
- PC1, Box 31, Folder 19, Item 2
- Item
- [after 1924]
Newspress portfolio on Jason Albert Hannah (recto)
- PC1, Box 65, Folder 43, Item 1
- Item
- 1958
Newspress portfolio and photograph of Jason Albert Hannah (verso)
- PC1, Box 65, Folder 43, Item 2
- Item
- 1958
Faculty of Medicine Class Photograph - 1936
- PC1, Box 25, Folder 37
- Item
- 1936
Faculty of Medicine Class Photograph - 1926
- PC1, Box 25, Folder 35
- Item
- 1925
Faculty of Medicine class photograph - 1925
- PC1, Box 25, Folder 33
- Item
- 1925
Gauvin & Gentzel
Faculty of Medicine Class Photograph - 1925
- PC1, Box 25, Folder 34, Item 3
- Item
- 1925
Engraving of William Hare as he appeared in the witness box taken in Court : [1829]
- PC1, Box 30, Folder 5, Item 1
- Item
- [1829]
Engraving of William Burke as he appeared at the Bar : [1829]
- PC1, Box 30, Folder 5, Item 3
- Item
- [1829]
Engraving of the Execution of William Burke taken on the spot : [1829]
- PC1, Box 30, Folder 5, Item 2
- Item
- [1829]
Engraving of portrait of Margaret Laird or Hare and baby: [1829]
- PC1, Box 30, Folder 5, Item 10
- Item
- [1829]
Engraving of portrait of Helen McDougal : [1829]
- PC1, Box 30, Folder 5, Item 9
- Item
- [1829]
Engraving of Portrait of Daft Jamie : [1829]
- PC1, Box 30, Folder 5, Item 6
- Item
- [1829]
Engraving of page of book West Port Murders, character statements : [1829]
- PC1, Box 30, Folder 5, Item 11
- Item
- [1829]
File is an engraving from book West Port Murders published in 1829. Text reads:
West Port Murders.
Characters
Of
BURK, HARE, AND, Dr. KNOX.
[From the Noctes Ambrosiance of Blackwood's Magazine for March 1829.]
BEING PART OF A CONVERSATION BETWEEN NORTH, TICKLER, AND THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD.
Shepherd. - Did you ever see sic a preparation o' a skeleton o' a turkey? We maun send it to the College Museum, to staun in a glass case aside Burk's.
North. - What did you think, James, of the proceedings of these two Irish gentlemen?
Shepherd. - That the were too monotonous too impress the imagination. First ae drunk auld wife, and then anither drunk auld wife - and then a third drunk auld wife - and then a drunk auld or sick man or twa. The confession got unco monotonous - the Lights and Shadows o' Scottish Death want relief - though, to be sure, poor Peggy paterson, that Unfortunate, broke in a little on the uniformity ; and sae did Daft Jamie ; for whilk last murder, without ony impiety, ane may venture to say, the Devil is at this moment ruggin' that Burk out o' hell fire wi' a three-prong'd fork, and then in wi' him again, through the ribs - and then stirring up the coals wi' that eternal poker - and then wi' the great bellows blawin' up the furnace, till like an Etna, or Mount Vesuvius, it vomits the murderer out again far ower into the very middle o' the floor o' the infernal regions.
R. Menzies, Printer, Edinburgh.
Engraving of Dr. Knox, the anatomist of the West Port Murders [1791-1862]
- PC1, Box 30, Folder 5, Item 12
- Item
- [1829]
Engraving of Authentic Confessions of William Burk : [1829]
- PC1, Box 30, Folder 5, Item 8
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- [1829]
Engraving from book West Port Murders, A laconic narrative : [1829]
- PC1, box 30, Folder 5, Item 5
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- [1829]
Composite photograph of Victoria General Hospital Resident Staff - 1924-25
- PC1, Box 25, Folder 34, Item 2
- Item
- [between 1924 and 1925]
Composite photograph of the Faculty of Medicine - Fourth Year Class, 1971-1972 (Ling to Young)
- PC1, Box 23, Folder 50, Item 2
- Item
- [1971-1972]
Composite photograph of the Faculty of Medicine - Fourth Year Class, 1971-1972 (Anderson to Leger)
- PC1, Box 23, Folder 50, Item 1
- Item
- [1971-1972]
Composite photograph of the Faculty of Medicine - First Year Class, 1971-1972 (MacDonald to Zwicker)
- PC1, Box 23, Folder 51, Item 2
- Item
- [1971-1972]
Composite photograph of the Faculty of Medicine - First Year Class, 1971-1972 (Addison to MacDonald)
- PC1, Box 23, Folder 51, Item 1
- Item
- [1971-1972]