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  Samuel Woodworth - "Old Oaken Bucket"
“Far from the beloved habitation,” far from his old home that inspired the verse that reached the heart cords of all the world, "The Old Oaken Bucket," the last visible memory in this city of Samuel T. Woodworth, lyrical poet of the last century, will soon be removed.
The moss-covered bucket, of which the beloved singer wrote, is matched by the green moss of the time stained stone crypt in Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco, where the remains of the printer-poet had lain for half a century.
The poet who sang for the bucket that hung in the well, “the bridge and the rock where the cataract fell,“ died in New York December 9, 1842.
www.sfmuseum.org /hist6/bucket.html   (1686 words)

  
  Pilgrimage of a Naturalist: Chapter 8   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
are gone, but the old barn still stands in its wonted place and to it come the cattle by the same old lane, the cattle lane that has been such since that pioneer set the gray stones as a fence on either side of it, nearly three hundred years ago.
The water from the old well cooled the throat of his memory with these and sparkled with them to the eye of it as he recalled the dripping bucket.
Curb and bucket and sweep are there today, similar in form and appearance no doubt and equally useful for the drawing of water, as near like those of which the poet wrote as is the water of to-day like that of his time.
www.kellscraft.com /pilgrimagenaturalist/pilgrimagenaturalist08.html   (2501 words)

  
 Old Oaken Bucket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Old Oaken Bucket is the name of the trophy that is annually awarded to the winner of the Big Ten Conference college football game between Purdue University and Indiana University.
“an old oaken bucket as the most typical Hoosier form of trophy, that the bucket should be taken from some well in Indiana, and that a chain to be made of bronze block "I" and "P" letters should be provided for the bucket.
The poem was set to music in 1826 by G. Kiallmark (1804-1887)[2] and memorized or sung by generations of American schoolchildren; it made the poet's unpretentious childhood home in Scituate, Massachusetts the goal of sentimental tourists in the late 19th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Old_Oaken_Bucket   (526 words)

  
 The Chicago Chapter of the IU Alumni Association
A great legacy of the Chicago Chapter of the IU Alumni Association is its role in the establishment of the Old Oaken Bucket as the symbol of football supremacy between IU and Purdue.
At a later meeting, they recommended "an old oaken bucket as the most typical Hoosier form of trophy, that the bucket should be taken from some well in Indiana, and that a chain to be made of bronze block ‘I’ and ‘P’ letters should be provided for the bucket.
Excellent repair work put the bucket, moss and mold-covered with some staves showing signs of decay, into good shape for its initial appearance, which ended in a 0-0 tie.
alumni.indiana.edu /clubs/chicago/oakenbucket.html   (259 words)

  
 Samuel Woodworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Woodworth was born in Scituate, Massachusetts to Benjamin Woodworth and Abigail Bryant.
The Old Oaken Bucket House in Scituate, Massachusetts is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The sign on the front of the Old Oaken Bucket House says: 1630-1930 THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET Homestead and well made famous by Samuel Woodworth in his poem "The Old Oaken Bucket." Homestead erected by John Northey in 1675: Poet born in Scituate January 13, 1785.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samuel_Woodworth   (604 words)

  
 Moment of Indiana History
The Old Oaken Bucket is the trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Purdue-Indiana football match-up.
Prompted, perhaps, by a sentimental song popular in the nineteenth century, Dr. Clarence Jones of IU and Russell Gray of Purdue chose an old oaken bucket as an appropriate Hoosier talisman.
Taking its place alongside such Hoosier trophy rivalries as the Cannon, the Shillelagh, and the Monon Spike, the Old Oaken Bucket is one of the nation's oldest and most well-known college sports traditions.
www.purdue.edu /wbaa/ipbs/Scripts/094.htm   (362 words)

  
 IDSnews.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
While campus lore suggests the Old Oaken Bucket, the trophy given to the winner of the annual IU-Purdue football game, was discovered by Clarence Jones of IU and Russell Gray of Purdue, the Spieths like to remember a different story -- one that was documented in a 1981 issue of the Indianapolis Star Magazine.
Fourteen years later, Spieth was a member of the Purdue Alumni Association and was charged to assist fellow member Fritz Ernst in securing an Old Oaken Bucket, something capable of holding large amounts of a certain beverage, for the winner of the annual IU-Purdue football game, according to the article.
The two came back with a moss-covered oaken bucket with many of the pieces missing, according to the article.
www.idsnews.com /news/story.php?id=32656   (806 words)

  
 The Rivalry: Indiana and Purdue and the History of their Old Oaken Bucket Battles 1925 - 2002
An Old Oaken Bucket was chosen and, for the next 78 years, this century old bucket became the centerpiece of one of college football's greatest rivalries.
Possession of the Bucket and a second-place conference finish were at stake.
Other great Old Oaken Bucket games would follow through the years, but on this cold, wet Saturday in late November of 1936, with a six-year Depression yet to end and a World War only two autumns away, the men of Purdue and Indiana competed in a game that  would never be replicated.
www.authorhouse.com /BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~19450.aspx   (2166 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Old Oaken Bucket belongs to Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) _ Brandon Jones ran for 131 yards and two touchdowns as Purdue beat Indiana 34-10 Saturday to become bowl-eligible for a sixth straight season and regain the Old Oaken Bucket.
Purdue stormed the field and huddled for the Bucket presentation.
Last year, Indiana won the Old Oaken Bucket for the first time since 1996 with a 13-7 victory.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1465505&type=story   (436 words)

  
 Scituate Historical Society - Historic Sites
Poet Samuel Woodworth’s poem “The Old Oaken Bucket” made The Old Oaken Bucket Homestead and Well on of the most popular local attractions in the late 1800s.
His father married Betsy Northey and went to live on the farm on the road now called The Old Oaken Bucket Rd. As a boy Samuel helped his father farm and often, hot and thirsty, drank from the well.
The Old Oaken Bucket House is currently undergoing a restoration process.
www.scituatehistoricalsociety.org /sites_oakenbucket.html   (276 words)

  
 Traditions purduesports.com - Purdue University Official Athletic Site
One of the oldest and most prestigious football trophies in the nation, the Old Oaken Bucket goes annually to the winner of the Purdue-Indiana football battle.
Purdue’s Fritz Ernst and Whiley J. Huddle of Indiana found the historical bucket and it is said that General Morgan’s command used it during a jaunt through Indiana during the Civil War.
The bucket was presented as a prize by the late George Ade, distinguished humorist from Purdue, and the late Harry Kurrie, then president of the Monon Railroad, representing Indiana.
purduesports.cstv.com /trads/pur-oaken-bucket.html   (263 words)

  
 The Fountain Of Living Water
And inside, under the roof, fastened to the long rope, which in turn was fastened to the wind-lass, was an old, oaken bucket, like unto that about which Samuel Woodworth sings.
What an emblem the old well of living water is of the generosity and fulness of the upspringing peace which the Savior plants in every trusting heart!
Let us learn the great lesson of our theme tonight, that no one is fitted for a safe journey through this dry and thirsty world who does not carry within his own heart a living fountain of spiritual life, the source of whose confidence and hope is not ever green in his own soul.
www.oldandsold.com /articles27n/christ-13.shtml   (1787 words)

  
 The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees: Chapter 23   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It is to the town of Scituate, Massachusetts, one of the most ancient settlements of the old colony, that we trace back the local colour which pervades the poem.
The wide-spreading "pond," the "mill," the, "dairy-house," the "rock where the cataract fell," and even the "old well," if not the, original "mosscovered bucket" itself, may still be seen just as the poet described them.
Yet in spite of the changes, one gets fairly well the illusion of the ancient spot, and comes away well content to have quaffed a draught of such excellent water to the memory of this Scituate poet.
www.kellscraft.com /RomanceOldNERooftrees/RomanceOldNERooftrees23.html   (990 words)

  
 KIDiddles Song Lyrics - The Old Oaken Bucket
And e'en the rude bucket that hung in the well.
The moss-covered bucket that hung in the well.
And sighs for the bucket that hung in the well.
www.kididdles.com /lyrics/o074.html   (321 words)

  
 Stories: NonFiction: Old Oaken Bucket, The
Casually he remarked to his wife, Lydia, how wonderful it would be to have a long, cool drink from the oaken bucket at his father’s well.
That night he wrote “The Bucket.” In it he captured the world of his childhood on a hot summer day and the simple joy of stopping for a drink at his father’s well.
At the height of its popularity, “The Old Oaken Bucket” (as it came to be called) was translated into four languages, and the words were set to a popular tune of the time.
www.highlightskids.com /Stories/NonFiction/NF0600_oakenBucket.asp   (622 words)

  
 36. The Bucket by Samuel Woodworth. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well.
And sighs for the bucket that hangs in the well—
The moss-covered bucket that hangs in the well!
www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/248/36.html   (232 words)

  
 Abrreviated View of Movie Page
A Wall Street financier, oppressed with care and worry, sees some children playing near a great hotel and becomes desirous of reliving the scenes of his childhood.
He hurries to his car, is driven to the old country homestead where he was born, and begins to tramp through the orchard.
A bite of fruit brings back memories of his sweetheart days, afternoon ball games, the daily hike to the old swimming hole, and the days of his youth through the stages of maturity until he leaves for the city to make his fortune.
www.afi.com /members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=1&Movie=11086   (128 words)

  
 eBay - oaken bucket, Glass, Postcards Paper items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Old Oaken Bucket and Rustic Well, Palmer Park, Detroit
Currier and Ives "The Old Oaken Bucket" By Royal
Oaken Bucket Shot Glasses Circa 1930’s - 1950’s
search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=oaken+bucket&newu=1&krd=1   (324 words)

  
 Old Oaken Bucket, The   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Haydn Quartet, "The Old Oaken Bucket" (Berliner 023-N, 1899)
The Old Oaken Bucket (As censored by the Board of Health) (Hazel Felleman, _The Best Loved Poems of the American People_, p.
Woodworth originally published this poem under the title "The Bucket." It soon acquired several (rather feeble) tunes and the title "The Old Oaken Bucket." Around 1850, it was fitted to the tune "Araby's Daughter" by George Kiallmark; that somehow rescued it from the dustbin of nostalgia and made it into a highly popular song.
www.csufresno.edu /folklore/ballads/RJ19167.html   (195 words)

  
 Lawrence Service Stations
The service stations were located at 640 Massachusetts, (this was also the office of the Lawrence manager, Oliver H. Prosser.), 300 Locust, and 701 Michigan (Old Oaken Bucket, see photos below.), located on the southwest corner of 7th and Michigan.
The Old Oaken Bucket also had a lunch counter.
The bulk plant and warehouse was located at 631 Locust.
www.enarco.com /long/lawre.htm   (143 words)

  
 Little Brown Jug
Delaware, OH --- Ivan Sugg’s Mystic Glide, driven by “Duke” Sugg, took and early lead and then held-off the closing Mr Pine Chip to post a world record-equaling, 1:56 victory in the $75,000 second division of the $150,000 Old Oaken Bucket for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Thursday afternoon at Delaware, Ohio.
Mystic Glide is all alone in his division of the Old Oaken Bucket
Mr Pine Chip, who was the 1-5 favorite, got away fifth and had to take up when Jetn Lindy (Michel Lachance), who raced just ahead of the favorite, made a break on the way to the quarter pole.
www.ustrotting.com /absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=17925&z=26   (287 words)

  
 Scout.com: Boilers Keep Bucket
Bloomington, Ind. – The 17 seniors on the Indiana Hoosiers will graduate without ever holding the Old Oaken Bucket and first-year Indiana Head Coach Terry Hoeppner now knows what the rivalry is all about.
Purdue capitalized on several early Hoosier turnovers and kept the Bucket in West Lafayette, knocking off Indiana 41-14 in front of 50,023 fans at Memorial Stadium.
Pannozzo was expected to sit out the game because of a hand injury he suffered in the loss to Michigan State, but he was in full pads and entered the game on special teams to cover a punt.
indiana.scout.com /2/468879.html   (1120 words)

  
 The Old Rural School As I Remember It
It was a real sign of progress when the water bucket and dipper were replaced with a so-called fountain the kind where a huge glass jar was inverted onto a standard an d the wastewater ran into a pail under it.
As distances to school were often long, many children did not start to school until they had reached their seventh birthda y.
This, along with the fact that many older children were kept out of school many days to help with the work of the farm and household meant that most pupils were fifteen years old when in the eighth grade.
ncha.ncats.net /data/Old_Rural_School   (3976 words)

  
 The Official Website of the Indianapolis Colts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Prior to the evening’s performance at Camp Shields, the Colts Cheerleaders joined in a Navy pep rally for their annual flag football game to be held in a few days.
The annual game carries similar weight to that of the Old Oaken Bucket game back in Indiana - bragging rights for the year are at stake.
A few of the many highlights of the visit included the opportunity to tour and sit in a rescue helicopter used by the “Jolly Green” and an F-15 fighter jet.
www.colts.com /sub.cfm?page=article7&news_id=4349   (745 words)

  
 IU, Purdue MBAs team up at Indianapolis job fair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
MBA career service offices from Purdue and Indiana universities are teaming up in the Inaugural Old Oaken Bucket MBA Job Fair in Indianapolis on March 8.
"The Old Oaken Bucket goes to the winner of the annual football contest between the state rivals, but the winners at the job fair will be employers and the state of Indiana."
Old Oaken Bucket MBA Job Fair home page
newsinfo.iu.edu /news/page/normal/232.html   (259 words)

  
 The Little Brown Jug   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mac's Crown K equaled the stake and world record of 1:54.3 in winning the 2003 Old Oaken Bucket.
The three-year-old son of BJ's Mac defeated the filly Southwind Flanders by 3 1/4 lengths to equal the world record for three-year-old colt trotters on a half-mile track set by Chip Chip Hooray in the 2002 Old Oaken Bucket.
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www.littlebrownjug.com /theraces/oldoakenbucket.htm   (212 words)

  
 KMODDL - Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library
Use is made of a lever of the first type (See first model on No. 2).
The rock or counter balance attached to the boom assists in lifting the bucket because it equals about one-half of the weight to be raised.
[Editor?s Note: This mechanism is not unlike a slider-crank linkage, where the bucket acts as the sliding piston and the cable serves as the connecting link.
kmoddl.library.cornell.edu /model.php?m=507   (100 words)

  
 There's a Hole in the Old Oaken Bucket by Jan Savitt: Song Music Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
There's a Hole in the Old Oaken Bucket
Sorry, at this time no downloads have been found for "There's a Hole in the Old Oaken Bucket" on album Shuffle in Style.
Sorry, at this time no streams have been found for "There's a Hole in the Old Oaken Bucket" on album Shuffle in Style.
www.mp3.com /tracks/2661836/dl_streams.html   (153 words)

  
 Orton Returns to Form to Earn Old Oaken Bucket :: Purdue 63, Indiana 24
Taylor Stubblefield set the NCAA receiving record and Orton returned to the starting lineup en route to a 63-24 victory to claim the Old Oaken Bucket.
The Boilermakers (7-4, 4-4) finished with a Big Ten record 763 yards in total offense and scored 60 points for the first time since 1913.
Purdue has won seven of the last eight games in the Old Oaken Bucket series.
bigten.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/recaps/112004aaa.html   (516 words)

  
 Indiana Glass "Old Oaken Bucket" Depression Ice Bucket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This textured Crystal Depression Glass Bucket is made in the "Old Oaken Bucket" pattern and was made by the indiana glass company circa 1930's-1940's.
The handle has a lot of surface rust but the glass is in excellent condition with NO chips or cracks.
A nice vintage Depression glass era ice bucket for your collection.
www.trocadero.com /tasmark/items/323849/item323849store.html   (103 words)

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