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To Make Lemonade

Roll the lemons until they become soft. Grate the rinds, cut the lemons in slices, and squeeze them into a pitcher (a new clothes-pin will answer for a squeezer in lieu of something better); pour in the required quantity of water, and sweeten according to taste. The grated rinds, for the sake of their aroma, should be added to it. After mixing thoroughly, set the pitcher aside for half an hour; then strain the liquor through a jelly-strainer, and put in the ice. Travelers may carry a box of lemon sugar, prepared from citric acid and sugar, a little of which in a glass of ice-water will furnish quite a refreshing drink, and one that oftentimes averts sick-headache and biliousness. Citric acid is obtained from the juice of lemons and limes.