Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-09-03
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CAUTION TO MERCHANTS.
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fortunately, pernicous countsrfcs and limitations. TIT
popular the article. the eagerly its name, IL
puloas knAves Who. destitute Of the ability produces
anything useful thcmselve have just sufficient cunning
make capital Of the discoveries others has beer
said that "hypocrsy Is the homage which vice pays
virtue and might with equal truth be remarked thai
the counteres Of valuable remedies the tribute paid
by poison mongers 20 practical science.
When the pure medicinal restorative, widely
known a. wolfes Schiedsm Schuapps Introduced
the world under the endorsement OF four thousand leading
members OF the medical profession five years ago
its proprietor well that IL could wholly
cape the penalty attached all and useful prepare
tions He therefore, endeavored to invest Il with the
strongest possible safeguard against contereite and
render all attempts pirate it difficult and dangerous
submitted distinguished chemists for analysis and
by them the purest spirit manufactured
Its purity and properties having been thus ssccrtancd
samples Of the article forwarded 70 ten thousand ply
scans including all the leading practitioners in the Uni
ted States tor purposes Of experiment. circular,
guessing trial Of the preparation and report OF the
suit accompanied each specimen. -Four thousand Of the
most eminent medical men In the Union promptly respon-
ded. Their opinions Of the article unanimously IA
voable. Such preparation, they said had long been
wanting by the profession, reliance could be placed
the ordinary liquors Of commerce. all OF which were
more or less aaterated and therefore unit foe medicinal
purposes The peculiar excellence and strength OF the
oil Of juniper which formed OF the principal ngredi
Of the Schnspps together with the unalloysd charac
ter Of the alcoholic element give It, in the estimation oil
the faculty. superiority over every other dusive
stmuant as a diuretic tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional OF
the highest rank were published In condensed FORM aud
enclosed hottie OF the Schuapps as one OF the
guarantees of its Commences precautions against
fraud also adopted patent vas obtained tor the
cle, the label copyrighted, fac smile Of the pro-
pretor autograph signature attached to each label
and cover his and that OF the preparation
bossed the bottles and the coks sealed with his
private seal No article had been cold in this
try under the Of schnapps prior to the introduction
Of Woes Schiedam aromatic schnapps in 1885, and the
label deposited his trade mark In the United States
District Court for the Southern district Of New York du
ring that year
might be supposed by persons unscquained with the
daring character OF the pirates who prey upon the repua
ton OF honorable merchants by vending deeteous trash
under their name that the projections carefully thrown
around the schnapps would have precuded the introduce
ton and sale OF counterfets They seem however only
to have stimulated the rapacy of imposters The trade
mark OF the proprietor has been the endorsement
which his Schedam aromatic schnspps alone received
the medical profession has been claimed by mendscous
humbugs his labels and bottles have been initiated his
paraphrased his circulars copied aud worse
than all dshonorabe retailers after dsposing OF the ge-
nune contents OF his bottles, have hled them up with
common gin, the most deeterous OF all liquors. and thus
made his name and brand cover Tor poison