The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-15
Office of Udolpho Wolfe,
SOLE IMPORTER OF THE
SCHIEDAar AROMATIC SoHNArPs,

now so widely known as WOLFE'S SCHIE-
DAM SCHNAPPS, was introduced into tho
world, under the endorsement of 1000
leading members OF tho medical profess
sion, some twcnty years ago, it's proprie-
tor was well aware that it could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all new and
useful preparations. He. therefore, on
deavored to invest it with the strongest
| possible safeguard against counterfciters,
and to render all attempts to pirate it diff
| ficult and dangerous. 1t was submitted
to distinguished chemists for analysis, and
| pronounced by them tho 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. circular, requesting trial
OF the preparation and q report of the re-
suit, accompanied each specimen. 1000
OF the most eminent medical men in the
Union promptly responded. Their opinions
Of tho article were unanimously favorable.
Such preparation, they said, had long
been wanted by the profession, as no reli-
ancc could be placed on the ordinary
liquors of commerce.; all of which were
more or less adulterated, and, therefore,
unfit for medical purposes. The peculiar
excellence and strength OF the oil Of juni-
per, which formed one of the principal in
gradients of the Schnapps. together with
an unalloyed character OF the alcoholic
element, give it, i'll the estimation of the
faculty, marked superiority over every
other diffusive stimulant as dluretic,
tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from pro-
fessional men of tho highest rank were
published in condensed form, and en-
closed with each bottle of the Schnapps,
as one of the guarantees of it's genuine
ness. Other precautions against fraud
were also adopted; u patent was obtained
for the article, the label was copyrighted,
fac Simi'e of the proprictor's autograph
signature was attached TO each label and
cover, his name and that Of tho propara-
| tion were embossed on the bottles, and the
corks were sealed with his private seal.
No article had over been sold in this coun-
try under the name of Schnapps prior to
the introduction of Wolfo's Schiedam Aro-
matte Schnapps, in 1851; and the label was
deposited, as his trade mark, i'll the United
States District Court for the Southern Dis
trict of New York during that year
1t might be supposed, by persons unuc-
quainted with the daring character of the
pirates. who prey upon the reputation of
honorable merchants, by vending delete
h,i hot hn
projections so carefully thrown around
these Schnapps would have precludod the
lntroductions aud sale OF counterseits.
They seem, however, only to have stimu-
lated the rapacity of imposters. The trade
mark OF the proprietor has been stolen:
Aromatic Schnapps alone received from
the medical profession has been claimed
by mendacious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated, his ADVERTISE
lnents paraphrased, his circulars copied,
and, worse than all, dishonorabie retailers.
after disposing Of the genuine contents of
his bottles, have Tiled them up with COM
mon gin, the most dcletcrious of all
liquors, and thus made his name and
brand cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession aud
the sick, for whom the Schiodam Aromatic
Schnapps Is prescribed as 4 remedy, arc
equally interested with the proprietor III
the detection and suppression of these ne
farious practices. The genuine article.
manufactured at the establishment Of the
undersigned, in Schiedam, Holland, is dis
titled from n barley of the finest quality.
and favored with an Essential extract Of
the berry Of the Italian juniper, of une-
quallcd purity. By q process unknown in
the preparation of any other liquor, it is
freed from every acrimonious aud oorro-
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 banoful influence of unwhoIo-
| some river water, testify that cheap gin,
put up in Schiedam bottles, is FREQUENTLY
| palmed off upon the unwary. The agents
| Of the undersigned have beon 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
the atrocions system of deception. In
conclusion, the undersigned would say
that he has produced, from under the
hands of the most distinguished men of
| science in America, proofs unanswerable
of 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