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To Make Ginger Pop

Take 2 ounces best white Jamaica ginger root, bruised; water, 6 quarts; boil 20 minutes, strain, and add 1 ounce cream tartar, 1 pound white sugar; put on the fire and stir until all the sugar is dissolved, and put in an earthen jar; now put in ounce tartaric acid, and the rind of 1 lemon; let it stand until 70° Fahr., or until you can bear your hand in it with comfort; then add 2 table-spoonfuls of yeast, stir well, bottle for use and tie the corks. Make a few days before it is wanted for use.