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Lemon Soda Nectar

Juice of 1 lemon, & tumblerful of water, powdered white sugar to taste, 1/2 small tea-spoonful of carbonate of soda. Strain the juice of the lemon, and add to it the water, with sufficient white sugar to sweeten the whole nicely. When ground cinnamon, & drachm ground cloves, well mixed, put in the soda, stir well, and 2 drachms ground vanilla. Cut, macerate for drink while in an effervescing state.

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