Yclept ye 49 pudding,
Also Grylled Bones,
Also Stewed Cheese,
together with such Olde Ales, Costlie Wines, and strong waters as may suit ye taste, purse, or conscience of ye Members.”
The Chronicle of this club is very diverting, and begins with a motto not from Goethe,
Ein guter Trunk
Macht Alte junk
which is, after all, a very partial and temporary truth. For the guidance of other social clubs I cannot refrain from quoting in extenso the article headed “Rules”:—
“The Rules of the Club being of the sort once heard are never forgotten, there is no need to repeat them in this Chronicle.”
So much for the Forty-niners.
THE SOAKERS’ CLUB.