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NEW

YORK

GIN

CHEAP.

101

is

spirit

of

about

the

strength

of

common

proof

spi-

rit,

containing,

say

from

forty-three

to

forty-nine

per

cent,

of

alcohol.

NEW-

YORK

GIN.

Clean

whiskey,

one

hundred

gallons

,

oil

of

juni-

per,

two

ounces,

dissolved

in

three

ounces

of

alco-

hol

;

a

few

drops

of turpentine

are

sometimes

added.

ROSE

GIN.

Clean

whiskey,

one

hundred

gallons

;

two

ounces

oil

of

juniper,

dissolved

in

two

ounces

of

alcohol

;

nitric

ether,

twelve

ounces.

NEW

YORK

GIN

CHEAP.

Clean

whiskey,

sixty

gallons

;

water,

forty

gal-

lons

;

tincture

grains

of

paradise,

two

gallons

;

tinc-

ture

of

mustard,

half

a

gallon

(tincture

of

mustard

is

made

by

digesting

one

pound

of

ground

mustard

in

half

a gallon

of

whiskey,

for

thirty-six

hours);

one

ounce

of

sulphuric

acid

;

two

ounces

oil

of

juniper,

dissolved

in

half

a

pint

of

alcohol

;

nitric ether,

six

ounces

;'

fine

this

by

the

addition

of

four

ounces

of

powdered

alum.

Gin

Cordial.

Of

the

oil

of

bitter

almonds,

sul-