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seventy-five degrees, Farenhcit. In about six weeks draw otV 

 the wine, cleanse tlie receptacle and return it. In six niontlis 

 at most it will be ready for bottling. 



BLACKBERRY WINE. 



Gather ripe Blackberries and inmiediately crush them, and 

 press out the juice, or strain it off through a cloth. As black- 

 berries contain comparatively little acid, no water should be 

 added. To every gallon of pure juice, add three pounds and a 

 half of the best refined sugar, and put the mixture in jugs or 

 jars, filling them completely full. Place them in a proper tem- 

 perature for fermentation. After a couple of weeks, pour oif 

 the clear liquid, cleanse the jugs and return it, adding to each 

 gallon, one pint of the best French brandy, or bourbon whiskey. 

 This is the best method of making blackberry wine, to use 

 either as a most delicious cordial, or for medical purposes. 

 Thus prepared, it is a very valuable remedy in many ailments. 



The following recipes, I have found to be very reliable rem- 

 edies for the diseases named. 



For Chronic Dirrhoea, Blackberry wine one pint. Pulverized 

 (ium Kino, half an ounce. Tincture of Opium one half ounce. 

 Let the mixture stand one week, shaking it often. Dose for an 

 adult, one dessert spoonful two or three times a day. For gen- 

 eral debility and chronic weakness. Blackberry wine one pint, 

 Carbonate of iron one ounce. Pose one tablespoonful three 

 times a day before meals. JMackberry wine with peruvian 

 bark, and quinine, is also a sure and safe remedy for fever and 

 ague. On the whole, it is one of the most valuable of our na- 

 tive wines. 



HOW TO MAKE CURRANT WINE. 



Take the best and ripest red currants any quantity. Free 

 them entirely from stems and leaves. Crush them and strain 

 off the juice through a thick linen cloth. Currant juice con- 

 tains a large amount of acid, and it is necessary to dilute large- 

 ly with water. To every quart of pure juice, add tAvo quarts 

 of pure water. To every gallon of this mixture add four pounds 



