The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-12-29
Sftisoant Sfbnapps.
OFFICE OF UDoLPHO WOLFE. /
Sole Impo, ter of the Schiedam Aromatic Schn0pps,
No. 22 Bcaver-strect.
NEW YORK November 5. 1868.
To the People of the southern States:

Sole lmp01 Ter y tRe SChleQdW AT0UtuCtc pCHUPi'o,
No. 22 Bcaver-strect.
NEW YORK, November 3. 1858.
To the People of the Southern States:
WHEN THE PURE MEDICINAL RESTORATIVE,
now so widely known as WoLFE'S SCHIEDAM
SCHNAPPS, was in reduced into the world under
the endorsement of four thousand leading members
of The medical profession some twenty years ago, Its
proprietor was we'll aware that it could not wholly
esc1po the penalty attached to all new and useful
preparations. He therefore, endeavored 10 invest ii
with strongest possible safeguard against counter
feters and to render all attempts to pirate it diff
cult and dangerous. II was submitted to distin-
eulshed chemists for analysis, and pronounced by
them the pures spirit ever manufactured its puri-
ty and properties having thus rtained, SAM
plcs of the article were forwarded 10 ten thousand
physicians including all the leading practitioners in
the United States, for purposes of experiment 4
circular, requesting trial OF the preparation and
report of The result, accompanied each specimen.
Four thousand of the most eminent medical men IN
the Union promptly responded. Their opinions OF
the article were unanimously favorable. Such
preparation, they said, had long been wanted by
lie profession az no reliance could be placed on the
ordinary liquors of commerce. all Of which were
more or less adulteratcd, and therefore unfit for
medical purposes. Tic peculiar excellence and
strength of the OF of juniper which formed one Of
The principal ingredients OF the schnapps together
with an unalsycd character of the alcoholic ele-
mept give it, in the estimation of the faculty.
marked superiority over every other dhusive snmu-
liant as diurclic tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men Of the highest rank were published i'll con-
densed form, and enclosed with each bottle OF the
Schnapps as one of the guarantees OF its genuine
ness. Other precautions against fraud were @iSo
adopted; patent was obtained for the article the
label was copyrighted fac simae OF The propIlcors
autograph signature was attached " each laoe and
cover hi. name and that Of the preparation We're m
Tossed on the bottles aud the corks were sealed WIN
his private seal. No article had ever been SOLD IN
this country under the name of Schnapps prior TO
fine introduction of Wolfe's Schicdam Aromatic
scbnapps, in 1851; and the label was deposited, MS
his trade mark in the United States District Court
for ibe Southern District Of New York during that
year.
1t might be supposed by persons unacqnain'ea
with the diriAg character of the pirates VINO prey
upo, The reputation orhonorabo merchants by vend-
;nr delcterous trash under their NAME that the Pro-
t-ctions SO carefully thrown around these schhapps
vrould have prccluded the introductions and sale OF
countcrfcits. They seem, however, only to have
stimulated the rapacity Of impostors. The uaoe
mark of the proprietor has been stolen; the indofse
ment which his Schicdam Aromatic schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has Deen
claimed by mendacous humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been inflated his advertisements para
phrased, his circulars copied, and worse than ALL
dshoporable retailers after disposing of the genuine
contents of his bottles, have filed them up with
common gin, the most deleerous of all liquors. and
thus made his name and brlnd cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and The Sick
for whom the schicdnm Aromatic Schnapps is pre-
scrbcd us remedy are equally intercse; with the
proprietor in the detection and suppression OF these
ne;arious practices. The genuine article, mauuac-
tllred at the establishment Of the undersigned IN
schiedam, Holland, is distilled from barley OF Inc
finest quality and Favored With all essential extract
Of the berry of the Italian juripe, OF uncquaed pu-
rity By process unknown in the preparation OF
any other liquor it is freed from every acrimonious
and corrosive element.
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians aud families in the Southern States oil
the sale of cheap limitations of the schiedam Aro-
matte schnlpps in those markc:s; and travellers,
who are in the habit OF using it Us an antidoc TO lac
baneful influence of unwholesomc river wafer tcs-
tify that cheap gin, put up in Schcdam bottles. is
frequently palined OF upon the uuwary. The
agents OF the undersigned have been requested 10
institute inquiries the subject, and to forward TO
him the names Of such parties as they may asc'r-
tain 10 be engaged in the atrooous system OF deccp
tion. In conclusion the undersigned would say that
he has produced, from undor tho hands Of the most
distinguished men Of scioRce in America, proofs I'm
answerablc Of the purity and medicinal excel.
lcnce OF the Schiedam Aromatic Schnarps ; that
Lc has expended many thousand dollars in sur
rounding it with guarantees and safeguards, which
hc designed should protect the public and himself
against fraudulent limitations; that lie has shown it
to be the only liquor in tho world that can be uni
fornly depended upon unadulterated; that lie has
challenged investigation, analysis, comparison and
experiment in oil Its terms; and from every ordeal
the preparation which bears his name, seal and trade
mark, has come off triumphant. lie, therefore, feels
II duty he owos to lis iellow-ct;z generally, to
tho medical profession and the sick, to dcnouncc
and cxpese the charlaaus who counterfeit these evil
dences of identity and he calls upon the press and
the tublic 10 aid him in his efforts to remedy so great
an evil.
The following letters aud certificates from the
leading Physicians and chemists of this city will
prove to the reader that all goods sold ny tue under
signcl arc all that they are repre- ented TO he.
UDoLPH0 WOLFE.