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Sarsaparilla Syrup (Take oil of wintergreen drops)

Take oil of wintergreen, 10 drops; oil of anise, 10 drops; oil of sassafras, 10 drops; fluid extract of sarsaparilla, 2 ounces; simple syrup, 5 1404. Blackberry Syrup. Make as pints; powdered extract of liquorice, 1/2 ounce; mix well. 1391. Parrish's Syrup of Sarsaparilla for Mineral Waters. Take simple syrup, 4 pints; compound syrup of sarsaparilla, 4 fluid ounces; caramel, 1 ounces; oil of wintergreen, 6 drops; oil of sassafras, 6 drops; mix.

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