Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-06-18
CHEMICAL TESTIMONY.


d. jose LUIS cAsAsEcl, CoRaEsroSDNa MEMBER or THs
ROYAL ACADEMIES oY MADRID AsD MuScH A ChADuA1a
SeftScEs FACULTY. PARIS, FORMERLY PRofls
siR OF CHEMISTRY AS APPLIED TIE hR1s, ROYAL
CoSsrRy Aronio MADRID AND OF pYsic AND Cu3n TRY
APPLIED Tue INDtsrHY AGmcrLruRg or 1Hs
COUNTRY, IN ROYAL UsiyERHfY or TINS IsLASp, AT
PRESENT II. MS DiREoroR INSTITUTE CHEMicAL
ISvgsTGArioz, &c, &C,
do hereby certify that at the request Of the hog u Gog
WILL NJ this place, have made unatica EXAMINATION
Of L. Wolfes Aromatic Schiedam schnspps with tie object
of aseerining II it contained any substance uNiss 10
health and to inform them to It's ai ra-
quality with the oher gins that offered In the
ke; and the results Of my observations and experiments
olows.--
Udolpho wofes Aromatic sciedam schnarps is a spirit
liquid, Of very agreeable aromatic oiJr completely
transparent and almost coorles having Ony very slight
tint Of yeowsh gray It's flavor is strong ami very agreeable
u the palate It marks 20 degrees In Carriers alcohol
weger 81 degrees hundrelth in Gay Lussacs alec
metre. BY the disllaton in baaium maria, with APP
paratus consisting Of glass rert and suTruund-
ed have collected ia this recipient alcoholic liquid
with very agreeable aroma np.ty co'rl and trans
parent which marked % degrees in Cartier alcoholic weigh
err 10 degrees hdndredth on Gay Lussacs acome;re
and which represented as whole o. per cent, q" Aromatic
Schelam schnapps subject to distlaton Ia the rtt. This
liquid dill soil the transparency Of the distilled water in
mixing 1t with the same AMI ITS agreeable aroma Is doubtless
due ring amount Of an essential oil iseparabie
from alcohol
From the remainder Of the dstlaon which left in the
re,rt obtained through evaporation in yspor BATH
substance yelowish brown color, clear, and having
which is not dsagreeabe, ami which afterwards
becomes aromatic and leaves the mouth ,rlumud with that
fragrance peculiar 10 tue Vanilla am inclined to believe
that u this bitter aromatic eNtracve substance soluble
in water aud alcohol the lcinal properties which at
trlbuied 70 this gin due. have fJund in UdOpho
Wofe's Aromatic scislai schnapps any mia raj organ
ic substance other than We eNracve already named aud
obtained by distllation. Finally, tdOlpho
Wolfes Schiedam schnapps consists simply Of
aromatic alcohol 70 degrees Of graduation in Carriers aco
holc and Of eNtrdctive bitter aromatic substance
which perhaps is medicinal, anil INT Of its not
tanning any Injurious the health, well for its
oior aud good favura which 1e. a.ses from the
choice substances employed in It's Manufacture and from tho
peculiar manner its disllaon, it s l, in my opinion
be preferred all tn. adn, Bgic aud German gins which
are found in Island which has been my business to
anime These gins have often proved it, cNlne a-
greee odor. aud have less dislrreeahe flavor,
some Of them having left the with tn superior
gin from the di.tery Of Mr. Henry Decju OF Dremen)
resdum after evaporation by sta substance almost in
cp very tringy aromatic, with flavor % VANILLA but
with the delicious bitter aud aromatic a or Of that
Udollho Wolfe and others, such as III labelled Genuo
Samaritan" Extra Superior Messrs TEACHER have urnsh
small ntity Of grcenish suDsttnce of harsh
metallic AMI disagreeabe, which eNctve organic
matter mixed with salt Of PIPER. with signs OF ron
owing perh ,Is to a bad system of distillatiOl.
certify all that here stated Is the truth and agrees
exprrim have made with the greatest care and
authorize the house ti1tg WILL u this city to give
publicity to this certificate, Spanish and in foreign lam
guags In ali where snt their interest to do
so JOSE LUIS CASASECA.
HAVANA, JANUARY, 1859.