Lowell's lamplighters were paid about $2 per day to care for 70 to 80 lamps. ... Lamplighters often made extra cash on the side by capturing rare bugs attracted to the light, then selling them to insect collectors. As you might guess, the advent of electricity and light bulbs extinguished this once-noble career.
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