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CHEMICAL TESTIMONY.

| CHEMICAL 1ESI l..
| u. JOSE LUIS CAsAsECA, CORES ponding Mem
Der of the Royal Academic of Madeira and Nun
! lch, Graduate in Sciences of the Faculty of Paris
| formerly Professor of Chemistry, applied to tn
Arts, IF the Royal Conservatorio of Madrid and G
! P'rsic and Chemistry aunlied 20 the Tndustr,
and -r'ral,7r -L-c strv. itt'- ftc' ~ t'..i
r-rity e., Ibis Is,al Il, ri ir IS, OF =. MS 'lrec,
OF the Institute q Chemical Investigation. &c. &c
Do hereby certify, that at the request of th,
house Of Gottis VIII, Of this place. Ihave mad,
an analitical examination of L. Wolfe's Aromatic
Schiedam Schnapps, with the object Of ascertaning
if it contained any substance noxious to health
and to inform them as to its true composition and
relative quality with the other gins that are offered
in the market, and the results Of my observations
and experiments are as follows -
Udolpho Wofe's aromatic Schiedam schnapps is
spirituous liquid, Of very agreeable aromatic
odor, completely transparent and almost colorIess.
having only very slight tint Of yeIIowish gray
its flavor is strong and very agreeable to the palate
It marks 20 degrees il Cartier alcohol wcirher
o. D. degrees 5 huu.rl,i-- ID ...- Ie ,'- al.o-
hometre ~ the di-uiii,iou ia D., f..Iaiuu maria
with apparatus consisting OF class ret.rt and
recipient surrounded with ice, have collected in
this recipient an alcoholic liquid with very
agreeable aroma completely coloress aud transpar-
emit which marked 30 degrees in Cartier's alcoholic
woigher, or 20 degrees 3 hundredth on Gay Luss-
ac's aIcometre, and which represented rs whole
per cent Of aromatic Schiedam schnapp. sub
ject to distilatiou in the retort This liquid did
not soil tho transparency Of the distilled water in
mixing it with the same, aud IT'S agreeable aroma
is doubtless dae to very trihing amount of an es-
,ential oil separable from alcohol
From the remainder cot the distillation which
was lett in the rotort, lave obtained, through
evaporation in vapcr bath. a substance of
yellowish brown color, clear, aud having a bitter
taste which is not disagreeablc, and which after
wards becomes aromatic and leaves the mouth per
fumed with that fragrance peculiar to the vanilla
l am inclined to believe that 10 this bitter and a
romatic extractive substance, soluble in water and
alcohol, the medicinal properties which are attn
butod to this gin are due. l have not found in
Udolpho Wolfe's aromatic Schiodam schnaPr- any
mineral or organic substance other than the e1srsc-
tive one already named and the aromatic one o5-
tanned 10y dis'illation. Finally. TdoInh" w~r'-'-
aromatic ochletam schnapps consists simply of an
aromatic alcohol II 20 degrees Of graduation in
Carriers alcoholic weigher. and OF an extractiye
bitter aromatic substance, which perhaps is me-
iicinal and on account Of its not containing any
matter iniuriou, TO the health as well as for its
1dor and good fayor-a fact which 10 doubt arises
from the choice substances employed in its manu-
factu7e and from the peculiar manner Of it, dis
tillaton. it should, in my opiaion. be preferred to
all the Holland, Belgic and German gins which
are found in this Island which it has been my bust
ness to examine. These gins a. / have often proved
t. eIhale disagreeabc odor, and have q more or
less disaEreeable flavor, some Of them having left
as was the case with the superior gin from the dis
tilery Of Mr. Henry Deetjen (of Bremen), as resid
um after evaporation by steam, substance almost
inspid and very trifingl' aromatic, with flavor Of
vanilla, but il. no wise with the delicious bitter
AM aromatic favor Of that Of Udolpho Wolfe; and
Others such that labelled Genuine Samaritan
Extra superior" NJ ssrs TEACHER have furnished,
me a very small quantity ola greenish substance,
of harsh metallic taste and very disagreeabc, which
extraotive organic matter was mixed with salt Of
copper, with signs OF iron, owing perhaps, to bad
system Of distillation.
certify that all that i, here stated is the truth
and agrees with the experiments I have made with
the greatest care, and l authorize the house Of
Gottig Will, Of this city, to give publicity to
this certificate, in Spanish and in foreign Language
es in all countries where it may suit their interest
10 do so. JOSE LUIS CASASECA.
HAVANA, JANUARY. 1859
A
old Brandy and Vine.
The Medical Faculty can always be supplied
with the oldest and best Brandy and Wines, I'M
ported by the subscriber expressly for medical use
TD0LPH0 WOLFE,
d&w3m % Beaver street, New York