Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-09-25
CAUTION TO MERCHANTS.
NV YORK S.pt !. lSi

All dis.,.eiie- aI.i IA, euiions VI approved value
pfesrIs aines III health OF remedies for disease
give us' unfoft unatry 10 psInicious oountrIT'ts
and mutations Th- more popular the article the
more eagerly is hahn, IL Credentials ITS ernai
aIp-atanc copied by anscrupulous knasrs who
destitute OF the ability produce anything useful 10
thems-lves ha.r Just suf len, cunning 10 make cap
ital out ~ the d,scoyeri-h Of others II has brei
said that hypocrisy Is the homas- which pays
virur and 1t might with equal truth be- remsrksd that
the count-rfelts OF valuable remedies the tribute
paid By poison motl9ers to pr heal scieI.ce.
when the purely medicinal restorative how ., wide
~ known a. W"lfe's Schedam Schhapps AS int rotu
ed ~ the World under the rIaorsshIs four thou
sand leading members VI the medical prof
Ave yrar ago II proprietor WAS we'll avail that IL
could not wholly escape the penalty attached to all
new aud IL efal prcparatious. lie therefore rndeav
or.d to invest with the strongest po- sibe safeguard
against counterfeers and to render all attempts ~
pirate IL dificult and dangerous. II submitted
10 distinguished chemists for aud pronounced
by them the purest spirit ever manufactured. Its
purity and prvp-rtle, having been thus ascertain-d
samples Of the article forwarded thousand
physicians including all the leading practitioners IN
ne United States, for purposes Of experiment 4
circular. requesting trial ~ the prrpar alton aud
report of the result, accompanied each specimen a.
Four thousand Of the most eminent medical men in
the Union promptly responded Their opinions Of the
article were uuaniln"tsly favorable. Such prepa-
ration they aid had long been wanted by the profes
sien a. IA" reliance could be placed On the ordinary
liquors ~ commerce. all u which va, more or less
sdnit"rai"d ami therefore unH for medicinal pun o-
s-s The peculiar excellence and strength of the
oil of juniper which formed one of the principal
gradients OF the schn3pps, together with the uuAl-
Dyed character VI tn" alcoholic element give in th
estimation OF The medical faculty marked superior
lt> over 'v'ry other dihuSive stimuant diurrtc
tome and restorative
Thee satisfactory credentials from professional
men II the highest rank published IN a condrns
ed form and rnclosed with eaSh bottle ~ the
1chnApps. one or the guarantees Of its genuine
hess Oiher precautions against fraud ais.
adopted; paient Wa Obtained FOR the ariiel-. thu
lab was copyrighted lac siInilr Of the proprietor
autograph signature wa attached 10 zach label and
c"v'r MS name ana hat VI the prspar ion
tossed Oh the bottles and the corks sealed with
hi privat- seal No 7srtici. had been sold Ia
th,s county under tn. name II schnApps prior the
Introduction Ut Wsfr'e Scheitam Aromatic Schnspp.
IN 1861; and the label deposited a. his trade
mark ia the United states District Court for the
southern District Of New York during that year
u might be supposed ty persons qusnted with
he d airing character Of iha pirates who prey upon
the reputation Of honor able merchants by vendine
deifterons trash under their name that he protpc-
irons So carefully thrown around the schnapps would
preclude the introduction and sale Of coun, erfet-
They seem however "niy to have stimulated the rs-
pacty "f impostors The trade mark 81 the propri-
etor has been >tni.h: the eitor ~mapt which hi,
Sehehiam Aromat, Schnspps alone received from the
medical profession has been claiInsd by meniacious
hunbues; his labels and bottles have been mi, st.d
us advertisement araphfased; his circulars copied
and, worse than ALL dishonorable retailers after dis
posing ~ the genuine contents ~ his bottles have
filled them ny with comon gan. the most delete rious
OF all liquors. and thus msde his name and brand
| cover for poison.
The public. the nf deal profession and the SEX for
whom the Scheidsm Aromatic Schnapps Is prescribed
As remedy are equally interested it'll the prOpri.
et"f ia the detection and suppression the
practices The genuine article manufactured Al the
establishments ct the undersigned in Schiadam HnI
iand Is DISTILLED from barley the finest quality
aud naVored With an essential extract ~ the berry OF
Italian juniper 1t nneqnalled parity b. . process
unknown IN the preparation Of other liOuoV II Is
freed from every scrid and corrosive element
Complaints have been received from the leading
rms Ia many d the Southern and Western cities al
the sale OF cheap limitations Of the Schledam re-.
matte Schnapps In those markets; and travellers wh
are In the habit Of using antdte to the bane-
| fai Influences OF nnwhoesome river water testify
that cheap GIN put In Schiedam bottes il freoue
| pAlmed on upon the unwary. The agents Of the un.
drrslsned have been requested to institute inquiries
on the subject and to forward to him the names Of
such parties Is they may ascertain b. engaged il
the atrof pus system Of deception In conclusion thu
undersigned would say thai be has produced from
under the hands VI the most DISTINGUISHED men o,
science III America proofs sw-rsble 81 the pur
~ and medicinal excellence Of the Schiedam rou,at
&c Schnspps; that he has expended many Thousand
o0naIs IN surrounding u with guarantees and safe
guards which be desigMed should protect the public
and himself against fraudulent limitations; that h,
has shown II to b. the only iauor in the world tina
can o. uhifoInly depended upon Is unauthorized
thst ne nas challenged Investigation ANALYSIS, com
patison ana experiment 10 ali its forms; and from ey
cry the preparation which bears his name sea
ana ttads mara has come % triumphant He there
lore reels onty he owes 10 his fellow -ctig@ns geo
orally to the medical profession and the sick TO de
Ioahee soo expose the charlatans who couuterfei
these eV'aehces OF identity, and he calls upon tn
press and the public aid him In his Efforts 10 RENE
dy % great IN evil.
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