Oil Lamps. bad to becarried. The Lamplighter. his ladder,—up the steps,—two or three at a time,—openthe lamp,—strike a Match,—adjust the Jet,—close the door,doivn the steps,—three at a time,—and the Lamplighterhad thrown his ladder over his shoulder, and was half-way to the next Lamp-post, before a… … The Link Boy. But the 1812 book admits that it speaks only of the ^r///^/Streets,—and that vast portions of our Cities had virtuallyno Street Lamps at all I You would then employ a LinkBoy to walk before you with a torch ! For the pavementswere often simply horrible ! Even in 1825 many of…
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