wood stoves, and in came the oil space 
     
     heaters and Keemac kitchen ranges. 
     
     Several kerosene lamps supplied 
     
     home lighting. Every home had oil 
     
     lamps with trimmed wicks and shining 
     
     glass chimneys. The lady of the house 
     
     took great pride in trimming the wick 
     
     each day and polishing the chimney with 
     
     The Guardian, The Patriot, The Family 
     
     Herald, or The Star Weekly. They 
     
     quickly cleaned off any soot or dust that 
     
     had accumulated from the previous 
     
     night’s use. The kerosene lamp was the 
     
     portable light used to move from one 
     
     room to another. A step up from the 
     
     modest oil lamp was the Alladin lamp. 
     
     Kerosene fuelled this light as well. It 
     
     generated a bright light by means of a 
     
     round wick and a very fragile, fabric 
     
     “mantle” inside a long, slender, glass