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the cask may be securely bungel up. It has a particular aroma, be- 
coming better as it grows older, and is more valuable asa drink than 
most wines sold by merchants. 
Wine Mrap.—To make mead, not inferior to the best foreign wines, 
put 3lbs. of the finest honey to two gallons of water, two lemon peels 
to each gallon ; boil it one half hour, and skim well. Put in the lemon 
peel while boiling. Work this mixture with yeast, and then put it in 
a vessel to stand five or six months; then bottle for use. If you 
choose to keep it several years, add 4lbs of honey to a gallon of water, 
LIGHT BEVERAGES. 
Curar Harvest Drink. —To those engaged in harvesting and 
other occupations tending to create thirst, we recommend the following 
preparation, which makes a very palatable and healthful drink in hot 
weather :—Take 12 gallons of water, 20lbs. of honey, and 6 eggs, 
using the whites only. Let these boil one hour ; then add cinnamon, 
ginger, cloves, mace, and a little rosemary. When cold, add one 
spoonful of yeast from the brewer. Stir it well, and in 24 hours it will 
be good. 
Honey Mrapv.—Take three gallons of water of blood warmth, three 
half-pints of honey, two-thirds of a tablespoonful of ginger ; one-third 
of a tablespoonful of allspice, and mix well together with a gill of 
yeast ; let it stand over night, and bottle next morning. It will be 
in good condition to drink in 24 hours. 
HypromeEt.—This is a very nice drink and easily made. For 11lbs, 
of honey take from 26 to 52 pints of water, according to the strength 
you wish to give the drink ; boil in a copper saucepan for an hour or 
two on a moderate fire ; take off the scum assoon as itforms. Remove 
from the fire, let it cool, and pour it into a clean barrel, which must be 
quite filled, and place it with the bung-hole open in a dry, wholesome 
place, having a temperature from 60° to 66° Fahr. At the end of two 
or three days fermentation takes place. If long in fermenting adda 
little yeast ; it will be active enough ina few days. Take care to fill 
the cask out of a bottle previously filled forthat purpose. In a month 
or six weeks the cask may be closed and put in a cellar. The liquid 
clears and is soon fit to drink. 
MEDICINAL. 
Honey GARcLE (Consumptive Hospital recipe for sore throat).— 
Borax, 1 drachm; honey, 2 drachms; water, 4 ounces. Mix. 
Honey Paste (pate aw miel), for chaps, etc.—Clarified honey and 
cold cream, equal parts, rubbed smooth together. 
HONEY AND Borax, for sores in children’s mouths. — Dissolve 1 ounce 
of borax in 1 ounce of glycerine, and then add 6 ounces clarified honey. 
To CLrartry Honty.—Melt in a water bath (t.e., place a vessel con- 
taining honey in a saucepan of water and heat), and strain while hot 
through flannel previously moistened with warm water. 
