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^omt

jaatre

amines

delicious.

The

juice

of

the

grape

is

better

than

wine

a

century

old,

and

more

healthy.

Churches

believing

in

literal

eating

and

drinking

at

the

Lord's

supper

could

in

this

way

avoid

the

poisonous

fermented

spirits

and

drink

the

pure

unfermented

juice

of

the

grape,

as

was

doubtless

done

by

the

primi-

tive

Christians.

BOILING

CIDER

To

prepare

cider

for

boiling,

the

first

process

is

to

filter

it

immediately

on

coming

from

the

press.

This

is

easiest

done

by

placing

some

sticks

crosswise

in

the

bottom

of

a

barrel,

a

flour

barrel

with

a

single

iiead

is

the

best,

wherein

an

inch

hole

has

been

bored,

and

covering

these

sticks

with

say

four

inches

of

clean

rye

or

wheat

straw,

and

then

filling

the

barrel

to

within

a

foot

of

the

top

with

clean

sand

or

coal

dust,

sand

is

the

best.

Pour

the

cider

as

it

comes

from

the

press

into

the

top

of

this

barrel,

draAving

it

off

as

soon

as

it

comes

out

at

the

bottom

into

air-tight

casks,

and

let

it

stand

in

the

cellar

until

March.

Then

draw

it

out

with

as

little

exposure

to

the

air

as

possible,

put

it

into

bottles

that

can

be

tightly

and

securely

corked,

and

in

two

months

it

wl15

be

fit

for

use.

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