Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-10-01
CAUTION TO MERCHANTS.

All discoveries and invention, VI approved value
a. prescrva tves of health or remedies for disease,
give ris- unfortunately to peTnicious count.flrits
and limitations, The more popular the article, the /
more eagerly IL name, credentials, its ~ rrnai
alp"aranc- copied BY Inscriptions knaves, who,
destitute or the ability To produce anything useful 10
themselves have just sufficient cunning Ia MAKE cap
i,al out uf the discoveries OF others. Ii has been
said that hypocrisy the homage which vice pay, to
virtue and might with equal truth be remarked hat
tha counterfets of valuable remedies are the tribute
paid by poison monger- 10 practical science.
When the purely medicinal restorative now 50 wide
ly known as Wole's Scheidam Schnapps was introdu-
ced to the world under the endorsement Of four thou
sand leading members OF the medical prof ssion sorn"
Ave years ago its proprietor was well aware that II
could not wholly escape The penalty attached 10 all /
new and useful preparations He therefore endcav-
ored To invest Il with the strongest possible safeguard
AGAINST countereiters and to render oil attempts I"
pirate it difficult and dangerous II was submitted
distinguished chemists FOR analysis and PRONOUNCED
By them the purest spirit ever manufactured Its
purity and properties having been thus ascertain-d
sample. Of the article were forwarded to ten Thousand
physicians. including all the leading practitioners IN
ne United States, for purposes OF experiment. A
circular requesting trial Of the preparation and a
report Of the result. accompanied each specimen -
Four thousand Of the most eminent medical men in
the Union promptly responded Their opinions Of the
articl. were unanimously favorable. Such prepa-
ration they aid had long been wanted by the profess
sion as no reliance could be placed on the ordinary
liquors OF commerce, all Of which was NOR. or less
adulterated and therefore unht for medicinal purPo
ses The peculiar excellence and strength Of tn
oil Of Juniper which formed one Of the principal IL
gradients OF the schnapps, together with the unal-
Dyed character Of the alcoholic element give IN the
estimation Of the medical faculty marked snperior-e
ity over every other di6usve stimulan diuretc.
tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory Credentials from professional
men Of the highest rank were published In coDdens-
Ell form and enclosed with each bottle Of the
schnapps. one Of the guarantees Of its genuine
ness. Other precautions against fraud were also
adopted; a patent obtained for the article. the
label was copyrighted fac smile OF the propretor's
autograph signature attached to each label and
cover his name and that Of the preparation were en-
sed on the bottles and the corks sealed with
his private seal No article had ever been sold in
this county under thu Of schnapps prior TO the
introduction OF wolf|s Scheidam Aromatic Schnapps
In 1851 and the label was deposited as hts trade
nark. in the United States District Court for the
Southern District Of New York during that year
II might be supposed by persons unacquainted with
he airing character OF he pirates who prey upon
tn, reputation o. honorable merchants by vending
deeterous trash under their name, that the proec-
tl0ns carefully thrown AROUND the schuapps would
preclude the introduction and sale Of counerfeits
They seem however ony to have stimulated the ra-
pacity Of impostOrs The trade mark Of the pr0pri
etor has been stolen; the cndor ement which his
Scheiiam Aromatic Schnapps alone received from the
medical profession has been claimed by mendacious
humbugs; his labels and bottles have been initiated;
his advertisements paraphrased his circulars opied,
and worse than all dishonorabie retailers after dis
posing Of the genuine contents Of his bottles have
| filled them up with common gin, the most deleterous
Of all liquors, and thus made his name and brand
cover for poison
The public the medical profession and the SICK, for
whom the Scheidam Aromatic Schnapps Is prescribed
a. q remedy equally interested with the prepvi.
etor in the detection and suppression Of the nefarous
practices. The genuine article manufactured ct the
estsbllshmens Of the undersigned in Schedam, Hol.
| land ID distilled from barley Of the finest quality,
and favored With essential extract Of the berry Of
italian juniper Of unsqualled purity. . process
unknown In the preparation Of any other liquor 1t
! freed from every acrid and corrosive element.
Complaints have been received from the leading
arms In many Of the southern and Western cities Of
| the sale Of cheap imitatious Of the echedam Are.
/ matte Schnspps In those markets. and travellers who
In the habit Of using - On aatote to the banN.
ful influences Of unwholesome river water, testify
that cheap en put In Schedam bottles Is frequsntly
palmed OF upon the unvary. The alenss q ~ nm.
zig :ss hay. s Sssn q
such pastss q they may ascertain to - eneeged N
the asfocnus system Of ascspton, In concanoon the
undermined woula say that be has pre0uced, fum
under IL hands e The n0st distineuished mea Of
ocsnce In America, peools unonsWsfaee Of the purt.
u and uloicnal e9eallenee Of the 1cheoaO Aromat.
| 3 echnapps; that he has expsn6eA many sAoaseHd
e1.r!. W. ~ 1llnsa shes94 49, - ~ \.
20 - = 80 ss,isssk =, - ia 3 - assessS
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