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Montpelier Cough Drops

Brown sugar …………...     10 pounds
Tartaric acid…………....       2 ounces
Cream of tartar………....      ½ ounce
Water…………………....  1 ½ quarts

Anise-seed    flavoring,
Quantity        sufficient.

Melt the sugar in the water and when at a sharp boil add the cream of tartar. Cover the pan for 5 minutes. Remove the lid and let the sugar boil up to crack degree. Turn out the batch on an oiled slab, and when cool enough to handle mold in the acid and flavoring. Pass it through the acid drop rollers, and when the drops are chipped up, and before sifting, rub some icing with them.