Northend, Mary Harrod, 1850- · Boston, Little, Brown, and company · leaf 293
OLD-TIME LIGHTS for every housekeeper in those days to have quan-tities of these in her storeroom, often as many as athousand. With the increase in sheep, many were killed,and the tallow obtained used for candle making.Such candles were provided with wicks made fromloosely spun hemp, four or five…
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