The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-18
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zot tlte People qf no tSolph ofN lSt6tes.
iisa Whsn the pure ms,iiic Ia 81 ;ruatorative,
now go widely known as WoLFE'S soHIE-
DAM-sCHNAPPS, was introduced into the
world, under the endorsement OF 1900
leading members OF the medical pTofes-
sion, some,.wenty years ago, its proprie-
tor was well aware that it conld not wholly
escape the penalty attaohedto allnew aud
useful preparations. he, therefore, en-
deavored to invest. it with the strongest
possible safeguard against counterfeiters,
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. It's purity and properties
having been thus ascertained, samples Of
the article wore forwarded to 10, 600 physi-
clans, including all the leading practition-
ers in the United States, for purposes of
experiment. circular, requesting trial
of tho preparation and a report of the re-
suit, accompanied each specimen. 1000
OF the most eminent medical men in the
Union promptly responded. Their opinions
Of til article wero unanimously favorable.
Such preparation, they said, bad long
been wanted by the profession, as no reli-
anco could bc placed on the ordinary
liquors of commerce; all of which were
moro or less adultcrated, and, therefore,
unfit for medical purposes Tho peculiar
excellence and strength OF the oil of juni-
per, which formed one of the principal in
gradients of tho Schnapps. together with
an unalloyed character of tho alcoholic
element, give it, i'll tho estimation of the
faculty, marked superiority over every
other diffusive stimulant as diuretic.
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 its genuine
ness. Other precautions against fraud
were also adopted; patent was obtained
for the article, the label was copyrighted,
aJdc simae of the proprietor's autograph
signature was attached to each label and
cover, his name and that of the prepara-
tlon were embossed on the bottles, and tho
corks 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 Wolfc's Schicdam Aro-
matte Schnapps, in 1851; and the label was
deposited, as his trade mark, in the United
States District Court for the Southern Dis
trict OF Now York during that year.
1t might be supposed, by persons unac-
quainted with the daring character of the
pirates, who prey upon tho 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
lntroductlons and sale of counterfcits.
They seem, however, only to have stimu-
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 mendaclous humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated, his ADVERTISE
ments paraphrased, his circulars copied,
and, worse than all, dishonorabe retailers.
after disposing OF the genuine contents of
his bottles, have filed them up with COM
mon gin, the most deleterious of all
liquors, and thus made his name and
brand cover for poison.
Tho public, the medical profession and
INC 81 *, Ior WnOm the ochlcdam Aromatic
Schnapps is prescribed as 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 tho
undersigned, in Schiedam, Holland, is dis
titled from a barley of tho finest quality.
and favored with an essential extract OF
the berry Of the; Italian juniper, of une-
9uailcd purity. BY process unknown in
the preparation of any other liquor, it j.;
freed from every acrimonious aud corro-
eive element.
Complaints have been received from the
leading ply ysicians and families in tho
Southern Statos, Of the sale of cheap imi-
tations of tho Schiedam Aromatic
Schnapps in those markets; and travellers.
who are in tho habit OF using it as an anti
dote to the baneful influence OF unwllole-
some river water, testify that cheap gin,
put up in Schiedam bottles, is frequently
paimed off upon tho unwary. The agents
OF the undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries on the subject, and to
forward to hlm tho 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 unanswerablc
or tho purity and medicinal excellence Of
tho Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps; that he
mas expended many thousand dollars in
surrounding it with guarantees and safe
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