Vegetable Soup No. 2

Directions

1. Wash the equal quantities of onions,carrots, and turnips well, and cut up into stew-pan with the butter and sugar, stir them over the fire for ten minutes, not letting them brown.
2. Then pour the boiling water or stock over them, and add the celery, herbs and seasoning.
3. Stew all for three hours, and flavor with a little ketchup.