Lucy was well known for her speaking ability -- according to her 1821 obituary, the fluency of her speech captivated all around her -- and she used her skills a number of times in defense of her family's rights and property.
In some countries old kerosene is used for charcoal lighter. In the US, charcoal lighter fluid is usually Naphtha or a mix of Naphtha and kerosene. Some people use kerosene thinned with alcohol to make is easier to light and faster to burn. -Mark.
Many Aladdin lamp owners will use the best and lightest kerosene they can find for a bright blue flame and clean burn. The Rayo, Aladdin and many of these old lamps use a snug fitting circular wick in a bottom draft or side draft burner (takes in the combustion air from under the lamp or the side of the burner. Somewhere here gets mixed in all kinds of lamp oil, paraffin oil that aren't kerosene.