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WEHMAN'S BAETEKDERS' GUIDE.

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Angostura Bitters.

4oz. Angostura Bark.

1 oz. Chamomile Elowers.

^oz. Cardamom Seeds.

X oz. Cinnamon Bark.

1 oz. Orange peel.

1 lb. Raisins.

gallons Proof Spirit.

Macerate for a month,then press and filter.

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Orange Bitters.

1^ lbs. freshly dried Orange peel.

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oz. Coriander Seeds.

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1^ drachm Carraway Seeds.

lyi drachm Cardamom Seeds.

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6 pints rectified Spirits (60 O. P.).

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3 oz. burned Sugar.

7 pints Syrup.

Water, sufficient to make up two gallons.

Steep the seeds and peel in the spirit for fourteen or twenty

days, when it must be drained off and replaced by water; which

after two days drain off and replace by a second quantity of

water. Let the three tinctures thus obtained be mixed

together, and first the coloring and then the syrup be added.

This, if allowed to remain a short time undisturbed, will be

come bright; or if wanted for immediate use, may be filtered

through fine linen.

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Wormwood. Bitters.

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2 drops oil of Lemon.

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2 drops oil of Carraway.

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2 drops oil of Absinthe.

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2 oz. extract of Licorice.

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yi oz. extract Chamomile.

3 pints rectified Spirit (60 O. P.).

3 pints Syrup.

Water, enough to make two gallons.

Dissolve the oils in the spirit, and .e.xtracts in water, add both

together at once, shake violently for some minutes; next add

the syrup and the remaind&f of the water, and again shake well

up. Let it stand aside some days, the longer the better, then

filter through paper.

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