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The well sweep is still where he saw it, when, as editor of the _New York Mirror_, it suddenly flashed before his reminiscent vision, but the old oaken bucket itself has been removed to a museum. THE WELL SWEEP IS STILL WHERE HE SAW IT WHEN AS EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK MIRROR IT SUDDENLY FLASHED BEFORE HIS REMINISCENT VISION BUT THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET ITSELF HAS BEEN REMOVED TO A MUSEUM
an merely to "take the air." Should you decide to ramble about the ancient town you will surely find your way to Scituate Point. The old stone lighthouse, over a century old, is no longer used, and the oil lantern, hung nightly out at the end of the romantic promontory, seems a return to days of long ago. You will also see the place where, in the stirring Revolutionary days, little Abigail and Rebecca Bates, with fife and drum marched up and down, close to the shore and yet hidden from sight, playing so furiously that their "martial music and other noises" scared away the enemy and saved the town from invasion. You will go to Second Cliff where are the summer homes of many literary people, and you will pass through Egypt, catching what glimpse you can of the stables and offices, paddocks and cottages of the immense estate of Dreamwold. And of course you will have pointed out to you the birthplace of Samuel Woodworth, whose sole claim to remembrance is his poem of the "Old Oaken Bucket. N AN ATMOSPHERE THAN MERELY TO TAKE THE AIR SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO RAMBLE ABOUT THE ANCIENT TOWN YOU WILL SURELY FIND YOUR WAY TO SITUATE POINT THE OLD STONE LIGHTHOUSE OVER A CENTURY OLD IS NO LONGER USED AND THE OILED LANTERN HUNG NIGHTLY OUT AT THE END OF THE ROMANTIC PROMONTORY SEEMS A RETURN TO THE DAYS OF LONG AGO YOU WILL ALSO SEE THE PLACE WHERE IN THE STIRRING REVOLUTIONARY DAYS LITTLE ABIGAIL AND REBECCA BATES WITH FIFE AND DRUM MARCHED UP AND DOWN CLOSE TO THE SHORE AND YET HIDDEN FROM SIGHT PLAYING SO FURIOUSLY THAT THEIR MARTIAL MUSIC AND OTHER NOISES SCARED AWAY THE ENEMY AND SAVED THE TOWN FROM INVASION YOU WILL GO TO SECOND CLIFF WHERE THERE ARE SUMMER HOMES OF MANY LITERARY PEOPLE AND YOU WILL PASS THROUGH EGYPT CATCHING WHAT GLIMPSE YOU CAN OF THE STABLES AND OFFICES PADDOCKS AND COTTAGES OF THE IMMENSE ESTATE OF DREAMWOLD AND OF COURSE YOU WILL HAVE POINTED OUT TO YOU THE BIRTHPLACE OF SAMUEL WOODWORTH WHOSE SOLE CLAIM TO REMEMBRANCE IS HIS POEM OF THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET
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