DEAR SIR,--I send you this gratis. It is for everybody's benefit,
Yours. GEORGE GUZZLETON, X.M.D.
P.S.--I give "_Coenæ prescriptionem_" only, as the "_Prescrip:
prandialis_" can be taken out of this with variations.
Ostr: frigid: 1½ doz.
Pisc: anima: locus aut quid: ali: [=a][=a][=a] xvi [dram]
Cum: pom: terr: fervesc: f 8[dram]
Ad Hoc: bib: sextarium ½ mx.
Ovem: torrid: [ounce]ss.
virides: ad. lib.
Per: dix: anas: agrestis: } f[dram]ij.
Condim: pan: aut aliquid: } fvijss.
Prunosus: botulus: [=a][=a]f [dram]vj.
Condim: prand: aut lact: Devonii: f 3 j.
Liq. Pomm: et Gr: '84 }
Aut Mo: et Chand: '84 } Oj 4
_Fiat haust: sec: vel test: quâque horâ: extra horâ coenæ: regulariter
sumendum._
_Si opus sit_: Misce: aq: sodæ .. [dram]1/14.
_Misce: ot: grog: h.s.s. Si opus sit aut non._
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LITERARY GARDENING.--A Correspondent, signing himself "STULTUS IN
HORTU OR HORT-U-NOT?" writes, "Please, Sir, if my boy JOHN plant 'a
slip of a pen,' what will it come up?" _Answer paid_--A Jonquill.
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