The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-11-25
Office Of Udolpho Wolfe,
SOLE IMPORTER OF THE
Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps,
% BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK,
NOVEMBER 8, 1868.

To the People Of the Southern States /:
When the pure medicinal restorative, now go
widely known as Wolfc's Schiedam Schnapps, was
Introduced into the world under the endorsement of
four thousand leading members of the medical
profession some 20 years ago, its proprietor was
we'll aware that it could not wholly escape the
nenalty attached to all new and useful prepara-
Tons. He therefore, cndeayorcd 10 invest il with
strongest possible safeguard against conn:erteters,
end 10 render all attempts TO pirate 1t difficult anu
dangerous. 1t was submitted to distinguished
chemists for analysis, and pronounced by them the
purest spirit ever manufactured. Its purity and
properties having been thus ascertained samples
Of the article were forwarded to ten thousand ply
sican., including all the leading practitioners in
the United States, for purposes OF experiment.
circular. requesting trial of the preparation and
q report of The result accompanied each specimen.
Four thousand Of The most eminent medical men
in tho Union promptly responded. Their opin-
;ons of the article were unanimously favorable.
Such preparation they said, had long been wanted.
by the profession, as no reliance couiu DC pmceo
on the ordinary liquors of commerce, ali OF which
were more or less adullerated and therefore unit
for medical purposes The peculiar excellence ana
strength of the oil of juniper which formed one
of the principal ingredients of the Schnarps, to-
rether with on unaoycd character OF the alcohol
c element, give it, in the estimation of the faculty
n marked superiority over every other dltusYe
stimuiaut ns n diurctic, tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men OF the highest rank were published in con-
dcuscd form, and enclosed with each bottle of The
Schnapps, rs one of the guarantees of its genuine
ness Other precautions against fraud were also
adoptcd: patent was obtained for the article.
the label was copyrighted, fic s'niie Of the pro-
] pricor's autograph signature was attached to each
| label and cover his name and that Of the plepara-
tion were embossed on the bottles, and tho corks
were scaled with his private seal No article bad
ever been sold in this country under the name OF
Schnapps prior TO the introduction of Wolfe S
Schiedam Aromatic Sclnapps, in 1901 and the
label wGs deposited, his trade mark, in The Uni
ted States District Court for the Southern District
of New York that year.
Il might be supposedly persons unacqualnted
with The daring character Of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation OF honorable merchants 10y
vending delctcrious trash under their name, that
the protection so carefully thrown around these
Schnapps would have prccudcd the introduction
! md sale of counierfeits. 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 mcndacOus humbugs;
his labcs and bottles have been initiated, his nfl-
ycrsemcnts paraphrascd, his circulars copied, and
worse than all, dshonorabc retailers, alter dispo'
sing of the genuine contents of his bottles, have
filled them up with common gin, the Inost delete,
rious of all liquors. and thus made his name ana
brand cover for poison
The public the medical profession and the sick,
for whom the Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps 10
prescribed as remedy, are equally interested
with the proprietor in the detection and suppress
sion Of these nefarious practices. The genuine
article, manufactured at The establishment OF me
undersigned, in Schiedam, Holland IS distilled
from barley of the finest quaiity' ana haS0red
viii, m essential extract of the berry of the ltal-
inn %, juniper, of unequnlled purity By process
unknown in the preparation Of any ether liquor,
it is freed from every acrimonious and corrosive
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