1860 Oxford Night Caps

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antiquaries to tlie practice of the Danes heretofore in England, -n'ho frequently used to stab or cut the throats of the natives while they were drinking,the persons stand ing being the sureties that the one holding the cup should come to no harm while par taking of it. Extract the juice from the peeling of a lemon,and cut the remainder into thin slices; put it into a jug or bowl,and pour on it three half-pints of strong home-brewed beer'and a bottle of mountain wine; grate a nutmeg into it; sweeten it to your taste; stir it tiU. the sugar is dissolved, and then add three 'Home-brewed beer is her-e recommended, as some com mon brewers and publicans mix witb tbeir beer sulphuric acid, copperas, tobacco, capsicum, coculus Indicus, corri- ander seeds, grains of paradise, allum, and burnt sugar. It is a well-known fact, that at this period there are wandering from town to town persons who call themselves "Breieers'Druggists" who offer for sale a. composition Mecipe.

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