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Put a pound of very fine ripe raspberries in a bowl, bruise them well, and pour upon them a quart of the best white wine vinegar; next day strain the liquor on a pound of fresh ripe raspberries; braise them also, and the following day do the same, but do not squeeze the fruit, or it will make it foment; only drain he liquor as dry as you can from it. The last time pass it through a canvas bag, previously wet with the vinegar, to prevent waste. Put the juice into a stone jar, with a pound of sugar to every pint of juice; the sugar must be broken into lumps; stir it, and when melted, put the jar into a pan of water; let it simmer, and skim it; when cold, bottle it; it will be fine, and thick, when cold, like strained honey, newly prepared 2069. SIGNS OF THE WEATHER.
 
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