Duchesne Courier | 1926-12-10 | Page 5 | Some Trouble to Get Light in Early Times

Some Trouble to Get Gel S Light in Early Times It was not until 1834 1534 that lucifer matches superseded matcheS superseded the flint and amI steel Every ery house In Britain prior to this time lime had Its tinder box filled Oiled with charred linen rags These Thes burnt fragments fragments frag trag- m ments and shreds known known known's as s tinder tinder S were kept along with the flint and steel on tile the mantel above aboyo the lire lire- place With the Under tinder box were long thin tint flat matches tipped lIppe 1 at both ends with sulphur Thus there were matches ages ages before the lucifer match Ii h was ivan Invented In In- In vented but they would w not fire by friction When a n light was needed needed the the matches flint and steel were tal taken n from the box and aUll the tin tinder left InThe In The steel shaped like a n horseshoe e magnet was struck struck- against the flint I and the sparks produced ed were allowed to fall fati upon the tinder Sooner or later ater it began to smolder The brimstone brimstone brim brim- stone tip Up of the te match was applied burst into flame and d set fire to the wood of ot of the match