2 lbs. Catawba grapes.

3 table-spoonfuls loaf sugar. 1 cup of cold water.

Squeeze the grapes hard in a coarse cloth, when you have picked them from the stems. Wring out every drop of juice; add the sugar, and when this is dissolved, the water, surround with ice until very cold; put a lump of ice into a pitcher, pour the mixture Upon it, and drink at once.

You can add more sugar if you like, or if the grapes are not quite ripe.