Show original old oaken bucket was stolen shortly after the well known poem of samuel wood worth became famous not far from boston Is located the well which inspired the familiar lines of samuel woodworth to the old oaken bucket every time the place la is visited many new traditions are told coi berning the famous old buck et about which people have been singing these many years having drunk deep of the sparkling waters between whistled snatches of the ta fa retrain refrain bow how disconcerting it was to have the charm broken by learning that the original old oaken bucket was stolen shortly after his well known poem became famous the youngest daughter of samuel woodworth the author died recently in berkeley Ler keley cal and she often used to tell about the real old oaken buck et and of the sadness which came over the household on the day it was stolen it seemed as II 11 one of the amily pamily were missing in this age of souvenir collection who knows but that some day the real old moss covered bucket that hung in the well may turn up in a museum or serve as a water mater tank in the show windows of some enterprising advertiser 7 there is no other water bucket in the world 0 o enshrined in homely ine romance as this one even the golden goblets of royalty and the treasured chalices of the crusaders have never awakened the universal and poi ular interest attained by the old oal en bucket that hung in the well until it was tolen and carried a anay in the zenith of its camp at af fairs at washington joe mitchell chappie chapple in national magazine riches have ings specially especially it if those who have them lack common commo a sense |