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and to every table spoonful of the boiled liquor, 

 add one or tvyo tea spoonfuls of No. 6, and 

 sweeten the whole well with loaf sugar, is an 

 excellent remedy for the bowel complaint in 

 children. It makes a valuable restorative after 

 n course of medicine. 



TOOTHACHE POWDER. 



Take two parts of finely pulverized bayberry, 

 and one of kercuma or golden seal, and with the 

 finger rub the teeth well, let the powder that gets 

 in between the teeth remain till morning, if dons 

 at night, brusb the teeth with a soft brush, 

 and clean water in the morning. This will pre- 

 serve the gums and teeth, and cure the scurvy, 

 and most diseases the teeth are subject to* 



For thirty gallons of wine bitterly 



Take 9ozs. ofbayberry, lOozs. of nerve powder, 

 12ozs. of golden seal, 14ozs. of bitter root, 8oz^. 

 of prickly ash berries; pour one gallon of boil- 

 ins: water on the articles, let it boil ten minutes 



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put it into the wine, stir it well for two or three 

 minutes a^tatirae about evtry half hnwr f(»r two 

 hour^i; enough oil or essence of winter greeu te 

 give it a t)!easant flavor. 



EYE WATER. 



Take green ozler, the bark scraped fine^ wie 



liandful, add half a pint of soft waler, aboul eiiik 



