The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-24
ONCE Of udolpho wolfe, 7
SOLE IsrpoRTER OF THE
sonIEDAsI AnolfAFIo sonNapps,

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When the pure medicinal restorative
now SO widely known as WoLFES SCaiE-
DAM SCHNAPPS, was Introduced into the
world, under the endorsement of 4 900
leading members of the medical profes-
sion, some twenty years ago, its proprie-
tor was we'll aware that it cculd not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all new and
useful preparations. He, therefore, en-
deavored tn invest It witl, the strongest
possible safeguard against counterfeiters,
and to render all attempts to pirate it diff
ficult and dangerous. It WAS submitted
to distinguished chemists for analysis, and
pronounced by them the purest spirit ever
manufactured. Its purity and properties
having been thus ascertaincd, samples Of
the article were forwarded to 10 900 physi-
clans, including all the leading practition-
ers in the United States, for purposes Of
experiment.. A circular, requesting trial
OF the preparation and report of the re-
suit. accompanied each specimen. 1000
OF the most eminent medical men in the
Union promptly responded. Their opinions
OF the article were unanimously favorable.
Such preparation, they said, had long
been wanted by the profession, as 10 reli-
ancc could be placed OIL tho ordinary
liquors of commerce; all of which were
moro or less adulterated, and, therefore.
unfit for medical purposes. The peculiar
excellence and strength of the oil of iuni-
per, which formed one of the principal in-
gradients of the Schnapps. together with
an unalloyed character Of the alcoholic
clement, give it, i'll the estimation of the
faculty, marked superiority over every
other diffusive stimulant as dlurctic.
tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from pro-
fessional men of the highest rank were
published in u condensed form, and ell
closed with each bottle of the SchnaDps.
as one OF the guarantees of it's genuine
ness. Other precautions against fraud
were also adopted; patent was obtained
for the article, the label was copyrighted.
aJdc st'ni'e of the propriotor's autograph
signature was attached to each label and
cover, his name and that of the prepara-
tion were embossed on the bottles, and the
oorks were sealed with his private seal.
No article had ever been sold in this coun-
try under the name Of Schnapps prior TO
the introduction of Wolfe's Schiedam Aro-
matte Schnapps, in 1851; and the label was
deposlted, as his trade mark in the United
States District Court for the Southern Dis
trict of New York during that year.
1t might be supposed, by persons unac-
qualnted with the daring character of the
pirates, who prey upon the reputation of
honorable merchants, by vending delete
rlous trash under their name, that the
projections so carefully thrown around
these schnapps would have precluded the
lntroductions and sale of counterfeits.
They seem, however, only to have stimn-
lated the rapacity Of imposters. The trade
mark OF the proprietor has been stolen;
the endorsement which his Schiedam
Aromatic Schnapps alone received from
the medical profession has been claimed
by mendacious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated, his advertise
monts paraphrased, his circulars copied,
and, worse than all, dishonorable retailers
after disposlnS of the genuine contents Of
his bottles, have Oiled them up with COM
mon gin, the most deleterious of all
liquors. and thus made his name and
brand cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and
the sick, for whom the Schiedam Aromatic
Schnapps is prosc", bed as remedy, are
equally interested with the proprietor i'm
the detection and suppression of these ne
farious practices. Tho genuine article
manufactured at the establishment of the
undersigned, in Schiedam, Holland, is dis
titled from barley of the finest quality.
and favored with an essential extract of
the berry of the Italian juniper, of une-
qualled purity. BY process unknown in
the preparation of any other liquor, il is
freed from every acrimonious and corro-
sive element.
Complaints have been received from the
leading physicians and families in the
Southern States, of the sale Of cheap imi-
tations OF the Schiedam Aromatic
Schnapps In those markets; and travellers,
who are in the habit of using it as an anti
dote to the baneful influence Of unwholc-
some river water, testify that cheap gin,
put up, in Schiedam bottles, is frequently
palmed off upon the unwarv. The agents
OF the undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries on the subject, and to
forward to him the names of such parties
as they may ascertain to be engaged in
tho .atrocious system of deception. In
conclusion, tho undersigned would say
that he has produced, from under the
hands of the most distinguished men of
science ~ america, proofs iinanswcrabIe
or the purity and medicinal excellence of
the Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps; that he
has expended many thousand dollars in
surrounding it with guarantees and safe
guards, which he designed should protect
the public and himself against fraudulent
limitations; that he has shown it to be The
only liquor in the world that can be uni.
formly depended upon as unadulterated:
that he has challenged investigation
analysis, comparison, and experiment in