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Taylor's Cream Syrup

Fresh cream, 1/2 pint; fresh milk, 1/2 pint; powdered sugar, 1 pound. Mix by shaking, and keep in a cool place. The addition of a few grains of bicarbonate of soda will for some time retard souring. in France, it is called brandy; when from rice, as in the East Indies, it is called arrack or toddy; when from grain or malt, as in the United States or Great Britain, it is called whiskey, and when from molasses or the juice of the sugar-cane, as in the West Indies, it is called rum.

Whiskey is the spirit from which alcohol is usually obtained in this country.

By distilling a hundred gallons of whiskey, between 50 and 60 gallons of alcohol are received in the condenser of a specific gravity of 0.835. By a second distillation, taking care to collect only the first portions, and cautiously managing the heat so as not to