1863 The manufacture of liquors, wines, and cordials

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BITTERS.

; "Virginia snakeroot, two

ounce

ounces

rasped

;

quassia, one ounce ; calamus, one ounce ;

senna leaves, three ounces ;

English saffron, two drachms. Bruise and digest in clear or colorless whiskey, two quarts, for . one week; then strain and add of the oils of sassafras and of lemon each, twenty drop?, dissolyed in half a glass of alcohol ; then add two quarts of water. These are fine bitters for weak stomachs, and have effected many cures of dyspepsia ; the dose is the same as the aromatic bitters one teaspoonful before each meal.

ounces

Wilson's

five

Bitters.

guaiacum

Senna,

;

; red sanders wood, three

three ounces

shavings,

; dried elecampane root, two ounces ;

anise

ounces

coriander, one ounce ;

peed, two ounces ;

caraway,

Bruise and

; liquorice root, two ounces.

one ounce

infuse, for one week, in one quart of whiskey ;

then

strain and bottle for use.

Fresh sliced horse-

Brown's Horseradish Bitters.

ginger, one

calamus, one ounce ;

radish, six ounces ;

ounce. Bruise and digest for five days, in three pints of whiskey, and then add five pints of water and color to fancy.