July 7, 1842
. . . My dear little wife grew much better from the very first day
after
taking the Jew's Beer. It seemed to have the most instantaneous and
miraculous
effect.... About ten days ago, however, I was obliged to go on to New
York
on business . . . she began to fret . . . because she did not hear from
me twice a day.... What it is to be pestered with a wife! . . . I have
resigned the editorship of "Graham's Magazine"....
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Notes:
In a curious little pamphlet called "Recipts for Family Medicines that
will Cure All Ills that Flesh is Heir to," by Mrs. A. W. Chantry
(Philadelphia: Duross Brothers, 1866), appears (on p. 8) the
following recipe for Jews' Beer:
"Take Water, 3 quarts; Wheat Bran, 1 quart; Tar, 1 pint; Honey, half a
pint; simmer together three hours, and when cold, add a pint of
brewers' Yeast; let it stand thrirty-six hours, and bottle it; a
wineglassfull three or four times a day. It has cured many in the first
stage of consumption. Try it, no matter how bad you are; it will
relieve and help you."