The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-31
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ECafEDAft AROMATIC SoHNApps

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When the pure. medicinal restorative.
now 70 widely known ss wOLFE'S sCHIE-
DAM SCHNAPPs, was introduced into the
world, under the endorsement Of 1000
leading members Of the medical profess
sion, some twenty years ago, it's proprie.
tor was well aware that it could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all new and
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 snhmit.et:
to distinguished che mists 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 10, 900 physi.
ciens, including all the leading practition-
ers in the United States, for purposes of
experiment.. A circular, requesting trial
OF the preparation and report of the re-
suit, accompanied each specimen. 1000
OF the most eminent medical men in the
Union promptly responded. Their opinions
Of the article wero unanimously favorable.
Such preparation, they said, had long
been wanted by the profession, as no reli-
ance could be placed on the ordinary
liquors Of commerce; all of which were
more or less adulterated, and, therefore,
unfit for medical purposes. The peculiar
excellence end strength OF the oil of juni-
per, which formed one of the principal in
gradients OF the Schnapps. together with
an unalloyed character of tho alcoholic
element, give 1T, liz the estimation Of the
1aculty, marked superiority over every
other diffusive stimulant as dIuretic.
tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from pro-
fesslonal men OF the highest rank we're
published i'll 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
Tor the article, the label was copyrighted,
a fac simQe of the proprietor's autograph
signature was attached to each label and
cover, his name and that of the prepare.
ton were embossed on the bottles, and the
corks were sealed with his private seal.
NO article had ever been sold in this coun-
try undor the name of Schnapps prior to
the introduction of Wolfe's Schiedam Aro-
matte Schnapps, in 1851; and the label was
deposited, AZ his trade mark in the United
States District Court for the Southern Dis
trict of New York during that year.
1t might be supposed, by persons unac-
qnalnted with the daring character of the
pirates who prey upon tho reputation of
honorable merchants, by vending delete
rlous trash under their name, that the
projections 80 carefully thrown around
these Schnapps would have precluded the
lntroductrons and sale of counterfeits.
They seem, however, only to have stimu-
lated the rapacity of impostcrs. The trade
mark of the proprietor has been stolen:
the endorsement which his Scbiedam
Aromatic Schnapps alone received from
the medical profession has been claimed
by mendacious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated, his ADVERTISE
ments paraphrased, his circulars copied,
and, worse than all, dishonorable retailers.
after disposing OF the genuine contents Of
his bottles, have hHed them mp with COM
mon gin, the most deleterious of all
liquors. and thus made his name and
brand cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and
the 81, X, for whom the Schiedam Aromatic
Schnapps is prescribed as remedy, are
equally interested with the proprietor in
farious practices. The genuine article,
manufactured at the establishment of the
undersigned, in Schiedam, Holland, is dis
titled from barley OF the finest quality
and favored with an essential extract Of
the berry of the Italian juniper, of une-
qualled purity. BY process unknown in
the preparation of any other liquor, it is
freed from every acrimonious aud corro-
sive element.
Complaints have been received from the
leading physicians and families in the
Southern States, of tho sale Of cheap imi-
tations of the Schiedam Aromatic
Schnapps in those markets.; and travellers,
who are in the habit of using it as an anti
dote to the bancful influence of unwhole-
some river water, testify that cheap gin,
put up in Schiedam bottles, is frequently
palmed off upon the unwarv. The agents
Of the undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries on the subject, and to
forward to him the names Of such parties
as they may ascertain to be engaged in
the atrocious system Of deception. In
conclusion, tho undersigned would say
that he has produced, from under the
hands Of the most distinguished men of
science i'll America, proofs unanswerable
OF the purity and medicinal excellence of
the Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps; that he
has expended many thousand dollars in
surrounding it with guarantees and safe
guards, which he designed should protect
the public and himself against fraudulent
limitations; that he has shown it to be the
only liquor in the world that can be uni.
formly depended upon as unadulterated;
that he has challenged investigation,
analysis, comparison, and experiment in
all its forms; and from every ordeal the
preparation which bears his name, zeal
and trade mark, has come off triumphant.
He, therefore, feels it a duty he owes to his
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