The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-09
once Of Udolpho Wolfe,
SoLE IMPORTER. OF !
= S6H1EDAM ARoMlAisTIo SoHNapps.

22 BEAVER STREET, NEW York, Noy. 8, '6S.
To The People Of Lhe Southern States.
When the pure medicinal restorative.
now 30 widely known as WOLFE'S sCHIE-
DAM SCHNAPPS, was introduced into the
world, under the endorsement of 1000
leading members of the medical profes-
sion, some twenty years ago, it's proprie-
tor was well aware that it could not wholly
escape tho penalty attached to all new and
useful preparations. He, therefore, en-
deavored to invest it with the strongest
possible safeguard against counterfeiters,
and to render all attempts to pirate it dif.
ficult and dangerous 1t was submitted
to distinguished chemists for analysis. and
pronounced by them tho purest spirit ever
manufactured. Its purity and properties
haVlng been thus ascertained, samples of
the article were forwarded to 10, 900 physi.
clans, including nll the leading practition-
crs in the United States, for purposes Of
experiment. circular, requesting trial
OF the preparation and II report of the re-
suit. accompanied cech specimen. 1000
OF the most eminent medical mcu in the
Union promptly responded. Their opinions
OF tho article We're unanimously favorable
Such preparation, they said, had long
been wanted by the profession, as no reli-
ance could be placed on the ordinary
liquors OF commerce; all of which were
more or less adulterated, and, therefore,
uhht for medical purposes. Tho peculiar
excellence and strength of tho oil of iuni-
per, which formed one of the principal in
gradients OF the Schnapps, together with
an unalloved character of the alcoholic
element, give it, in the estimation of the
facuity,a marked superiority over every
other diffusive stimulant as d,uretic.
tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from pro-
1essional men of tho highest rank were
published Ill a condensed form, and ell
closed with each bottle of the Schnapps,
as one OF the guarantees OF it's genuine
ness. Other precautions against fraud
were also adopted; n patent was obt aimed
for the article, the label was copyrighted,
.Tdc SamEe OF the proprietor's autograph
signature was attached to each label and
cover. his name and that of the prcpara.
tlon were embossed on the bottles and the
corks were sealed with his private seal.
No article had ever been sold in this coun-
try under the name OF Schnapps prior to
tho introduction of WOlfe's Schicdam Aro-
matte Sclnapps, i'll 1851; and the label was
deposited, az his trade mark, in the United
States District Corrt for the Southern Dis
trict of New York curing that year.
1t might be supposed, by persons unac-
quainted with tho daring character of the
pirates who prey upon the reputation of
honorable merchants, by vending delete
rious trash under their name, that the
projections so carefully thrown around
these Schnapps would have precluded the
introductions and sale of countcrfc:ts.
They seem, however, only to have stimu-
lated the rapacity OF impostcrs. The trade
mark of the proprietor has boen stolen
the endorsement which his Schiedam
Aromatic Schnapps alone received from
the medical profession has heen claimed
by mcndacious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated, his advertise
ments paraphrased, his circulars copied
and, worse than all, dishonorable retailers
after disposing of the genuine contents of
his bottles, have tiled them up with com
mon gin, the most dcleterious 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 prescribed az a remedy, are
equally interested with the proprietor in
the detection and suppression Of these ne
farious practices. The genuine article
manufactured at the establishment of the
undersigned, in Schedam, holland, is dis
titled from q barley Of the finest quality,
and Favored with an essential extract of
the berry of tho Italian juniper, of une-
Qualied purity. by process unknown in
the preparation of any other liquor, it is
freed from every acrimonious and corro-
sive element.
Complaints have been received from the
leading physicians and families in the
Souther States, of the sale of cheap imi-
tations of the Schiedam Aromatic
Schnapps in those markets; and travellers.
who are i'll 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 unwsry. 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
the atrocious 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
only liquor in the world that can be uni.
formly depended upon as unadulteratcd; ;
that he has challenged investigation,
analysis, comparison, and experiment in
all it's forms; and from every ordeal the
preparation which bears his name, seal
and trade mark, has como off triumphant.
He, therefore, feels it q duty he owes to his