Cut some brown paper into very small bits, so as to go with ease into
the decanters; then cut a few pieces of soap very small, and put some
water, _milk-warm_, into the decanters, upon the soap and paper:
put in also a little pearl ash; by well working this about in the
decanters it will take off the crust of the wine, and give the glass
a fine polish. Where the decanters have had wine left to stand in
them a long time, take a small cane with a bit of sponge tied tight
at one end: by putting this into the decanters any crust of the wine
may be removed. When the decanters have been properly washed, let
them be thoroughly dried, and turned down in a proper rack.
If the decanters have wine in them when put by, have some good corks
always at hand to put in instead of stoppers; this will keep the wine
much better.