SPORTSMEN, FARMERS, 8CC. 157 



CIOUSLY SWEET, WITH OLD CONSERVE OF 

 ROSES, AND TWO TABLE-SPOONS-FULL OF THE 



VERY BEST RUM. Take it the first thing in 

 the morning. There are many old persons 

 whose appetites are quite gone, who, to my 

 knowledge, are kept alive for a time, by 

 drinking half a pint of milk, with a small 

 quantity of rum in it, three or four times 

 a day ; but not with any conserve of roses. 

 Remember that old persons, who wish to 

 try this, must first boil the milk, and let it 

 get tolerably cool; for all milk, when it 

 has once got cold, if not boiled, will 

 purge. 



The following gargle for sore throats, I dficST^ 

 have seen often tried with surprising effect : sore'^Throat. 

 Take a large handful of red sage, (not 

 the common garden sage,) boil it in one 



QUART OF the BEST WHITE-WINE VINEGAR, 

 TO NEAR A PINT, THEN SWEETEN IT WELL 



WITH HONEY. You maj^, if you please, add 

 two small wine-glasses of port wine. A 

 person of my acquaintance, had a fever and 

 most violent sore throat, so bad that he 

 could scarcely swallow spoon-meat : the 



