Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-25

Sole Importer Of The Sehieaan A rcmatic Sehmnpps
22 BEAVER STREET,
New York, How. 3. 1863
To the People Of tho Southern states:
When the pure m. dcinnI restorative, now 60
! widely knEwn ns Wollc's Sch iednm Sch pI,s
| wHs iniyaLrccd into the world under the an-
! 3"rsrnlrnt Of four Thousand leading members
Of the medical profession sume 20 Years aro its
proprietor was we'll awnre that it, could not
wholly escape the penalty attached 10 all new
and usrtul preparations. lie. therefore, en-
d-avor.d to invest il with strnngcs: posaiblu
safeguard against counteriei'~rs. aud to render
all attrm.ts TO pirate. difficult an.l danger
uus 1t was submitted TO distinguished chem
sts for analysis, and pronounced by them tie
pur-tt spiri. ever manufactured. Its purity
ana properties having been thus nscertaired.
samples Of the article were forwarded to ten.
thousand physicians. including all the leading
practitioners i" the United States. for purposes
uf experiment A circular, requesting a trial
Of the preparation aud report of The result,
accompanied each specimen. Four thou-nnd
or the tnost eminent medical men in the Union
prernptly responded. Their Opinions Of the
article were unanimously favorable. Such h
preparation they said, had long been wantc.i
by The profession, as no reliance could be placed
on the ordinary liquors Of commerce, oil OF
which were more o: less aduiterated, and there.
tore unfit for medical puiposea The peculiar
excrlience aud strength Of the oil Of juniper,
which formed ono OF the principle Ingredients
Of the Schnapps, together with an unall"yed
character Of the alcoholic element, give it, in
the est'mntion of The faculty, marked sure.
rioriiY over every oiher ditfnsive s,imulant as
a diuretic. tonic and restorative, -.
These satisfactory credeuiinls from profes
sional men Of the higheet rank were published
In condensed form. and enclosed with each
bottle Of, the Schnapps. af one OF the gunran.
tees Of It's gehuinetiess. Other precautions
against fraud were also adobted a patent was
obtained for the article, the Label was copy-
ris hted, fac sin7ite Of the proPrietors a,ito-
grapl, si9Daturs was attached to each label aid
cover, his name and that Of the preparation
were embossed on the. bottles, aud the corks
were eeAled with his private seal No article
had ever, been sold in this country. nnder tie
name Of Schuapps prior TO the introduction of
Woife's Sehtedam aromatic Sehuapps, 10 1851;
and Tho iAbel was deposited, as his trademark.
10 the United Stutes District Court fJr the SOD
thorn District Of NeWfY ork during that. yenr
ted with tbs. daripg character f'tip pirates
who prey upoA = thS, reputation Of. hodora bic
petchauis b, vsndiag drlsterious trash under
their name, ,hat the prot eetions 80 csrefuifv
thrown dronhd :thess 'Schn.pps swoald haze
she introdueijons and sale of eoun.
serfeits. They seem, however, ohly''t 70 hats
zfhe rapSet:y of$aimrostsss Ths
irads mkrx x.ofs 4proptis, or -t.s been st Glen
~. ndorsepehl vh!oh HE Schisdam zfomatio
sOHnapps sione received from fks atsdIeaI pros
sssi6n hm hssn! claimed hy wsndseiyus; ham.
'ug. h,s labels .sd bottles hsys sss igita:
Arssep,sd. aua osss thsa ,sli B. dIshon orsbls
etailers. afier disposing II lie gsaninS eon-
snts OF his bottles, have filled hem up with
common gin. the hdoat dslsssrlous Of oil liquors,