The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-12-09
Office of UdolphO Wolfe,
SOLE IMPORTER OF THE
Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps,
% BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK,
NOVEMBER 3, 1868.
TO tie People of tie Southern States


When the pure medicinal restorative, now so
widely known us Wolfes Schicdam Sclnapps, was
introduced into the world under the endorsement Of
four thousand leading members OF the medical
profession some 70 years ago, its proprietor was
we'll aware that it could not wholly escape the
penalty attached to all new and useful prepara-
tions lie, therefore, endcaYured 10 invest IL with
strongest possible safeguard against counlerieitcrs
and TO RENTER all attempts to pirate it difficult and
dangerous 1t was submitted to distinguished
chemists for analysis, and pronounced by them the
purcst spirit ever manufactured. Its purity and
nropcrtics having been thus ascertaincd, samples
of the article were forwarded TO ten thousand ply
sicians including all the leading practitioners in
the United States. for purposes OF experiment. A
circular, requesting trial of the preparation and
II report of the result, accompanied each specimen.
Four thousand Of the most eminent medical men
in the Union promptly responded. Their opn-
ions of the article were unanimously favorable.
Such preparation they said, had long been wanted
by the profession as no reliance could be placed
| on the ordinary liquors of commerce, all Of which
were more or less adulterated, and therefore unfit
fer medical purposes. The peculiar excellence and
strength Of the oil of juniper. which formed one
of the principal ingredients Of the Schnapps, to-
ccther with an llnaoycd character Of the alcohol
c element, give it, in the estimation of the faculty,
marked superiority over every other diiusive
|
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men of the highest rank were published in con-
densed furni and enclosed with each bottle OF the
Schnapps, as one of the guarantees Of its genuine
ness Other precautions against fraud were also
adopted: a patent was obtained for the article.
the label was copyrighted, a fac snite Of the pro-
prietor's autograph signature was attached 10 each
label and cover, his name and that Of the piepara-
tion were embossed ON the bottles, and the corks
we're sealed with his private SEAL No article bad
ever been sold in this country under the name Of
Schnapps prior to the Introduction of Wol(e's
Schelam Aromatic Schnapps. in 1851; and the
label WAS deposited, rs his trade mark, in the Uni
ted States District Court for the Southern District
of New York that year.
It might be supposed by persons unacquanted
with the daring character of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation of honorable merchants by
vending deleterious trash under their name, that
the protection so carefully thrown around these
Schnapps would have prccludcd the Introduction
and sale of counterfeits They seem, however, to
have only stimulated 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 profess
sion has been claimed by mendacious humbugs
his labels and bottles have been initiated, his ad-
vertisemcnts paraphrascd his circulars copied, and
worse man all, dishonorablc retailers, after jspo
filled them up with common gin, the most delete
riOus of all liquors, and thus made his name and
brand a cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and the sick,
for whom The Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps Is
prescribed as remedy, are equally interested
with the proprietor in the detection and suppress
sion If these nefarious practices. The genuine
article, manufactured at the establishment of The
undersigned in s;chedam, Holland, is distilled
| Of ,Lo nd
with an essential extract of the berry of the ltal
ian juniper. of unequaed purify. By a process
unknown in the preparation of Gny other liquor,
it is freed from every acrimonious and corrosive
element.
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and families in the SoNhcrn SGies OF
the sale of cheap limitations of the Schlc'!anl Aro-
matte Schnapps in those markets: and travellers.
who are in he habit of using it an antidotc TO
the bancu influence of nnvhulcsomc river wafer,
testify that cheap gin, pat up in Schiet'am bottles,
is Frequently palmed off upon the unwary. The
agents of The undersigned have been requested 10
institute in .uires on the subject, and 10 forward
to him the names Of such parties as they may as
certain to he engaged in the afocous system OF
deception. In conclusion. the undersigned woii!'!
say that he has produced. from under the hands OF
the most distinguished men OF science in America,
proofs unnnSwcrablc Of ih. purify and medicinal
that he has expended many tlnc:iaad dollars i'll
surrounding it with guarantees and safeguards.
which lie designed should protect The public and
himself against fraudulent limitations: that lie has
shown it to he the only liquor in the world that
can be uniformly depended upon as unalulternted;
that he has challenged investigation analysis,
comparison, and experiment in Mi its forms: and
from every ordeal the preparation which bears his
name sea and trade mark, has come of riunl-
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his fellow-citizcns generally, :iie medical pro-
fcssion and the sick, to denounce and expose the
charlntans vino counterfeit these evidences of
identity, and he calls upon the press and the pub
lie to aid him in his efforts to remedy so great an
evil.
The following letters and certificates from the
leading physicians and chemists Of this city will
prove TO the reader that all goods sold by the un-
der.igncd are all they are represented 10 bc.
UDOLPH0 WOLFE.
feel bound 10 say, that Ircsard your Schnapps
rs being in every respect prc-cmnentiy pure. and
deserving of medical patronage. t all events. 1t
is the purest possible article OF Holland Gin. here
otore unobtainabc, and as such may be safely pre-
ncri 'ed by physicians.
DAVID L. MOTT. NJ. D..
/ Pharmaceutical Chemist New York.
o6 PINE STREET, New YORK, Nov. 81, 1867.
UnoLruo WOLFE, Esq, Prssent:
DEAR SIR: have made n chemical examination
of Il sample of your Schicdam Schnnpps, with The
intention of determining if any foreign or injurious
substance had been added to the simple distilled
spirits