The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-12-26
Sfbieoant Sfbnapps.
OFFICE OF UDoLpHo WOLFE.

OFFICE OF UDOLFHO
Sole Empo, ter of the Schiedam Aromatic Schndpps,
No. &c Bcaver-stroet.
NEW YonK, November B. 1862
To the People Of the Southern States:
WHEN THE PURE MEDICINAL RESTORATIVE.
now SO widely knsnn WoLFE'S sCH1EDAM
sCYNAPPS was in reduced into the world under
the endorsement of four thousand leadin. members
of the medical profession some twenty years ago, its
proprietor was well aware that it could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all new and useful
preyaratons H. therefore, cndcavercd 10 invest II
with strongest possible safeguard against counter
feiters, and to render all attempts to pirate it diff
cult and dangerous. I. was submitted to d'stin-
cuished chemists for analysis, and pronounced by
them the pures spirit ever manufactured Its pur-
ty and properties having been thus a5certnincd' SAM
pies of the article forwarded to ten thousand
physicians including all the leading practitioners in
tho United States, for purposes of experiment. A
circular, requesting trial of the preparation and
rcpsrt Of The result, accompanied each specimen.
Four thousand of the most eminent mealcal men Ill
the Union promptly responded. Their OPINIONS OF
the article were unanimously favorable. such
preparation, they said, had long been wanted by
the profession reliance could be placed on the
ordinary liquors of commerce. all OF which were
moro or less adulterated, and therefore unfit for
medical purposes. The peculiar excellence and
strength of the OF Of juniper. which formed one OF
the principal ingredients of the schnapps, together
with IN unalloyed character of the alcoheiic ele-
ment, give it, in the estimation OF the faculty,
marked superiority over every other dfusiVe shuu-
liant as diureiic tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men of the highest rank we're published in con-
densed form, and enclosed with each bstte OF tho
schnapps, as one of the guarantees of Its genuine
ness. Othor precautions against fraud were also
adopted; patent was obtained for the article. the
label copyrighted, fac simc OF the prcpIlelors
autograph signature attached to each label and
coyer his name and that of the preparation were en-
bosscd the bottles and the corks were scaled with
lis private seal. No article had over been sold in
this country under the name Of Schnapps prior TO
the introduction of Wolfe's schiedam Aromatic
schnapps in 1851; and the label was deposited, as
his trade mark, in the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York during that
year.
It might be supposed by persons unacquained
with the d ring character of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation ofhonorable merchants by vend-
ing deeter:eus trash under their name that the pro-
tections SO carefully thrown around these Schnapps
would have precluaed the introductons and sale Of
counterfeits. They seem, however only TO have
stimulated the rapacity Of impcstors. The trade
mark of tb, proprietor has boon stolen the indorse-
ment which his Schedam Aromatic schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has been
claimed by mendacious hunbugs; his labels and
bottles have been inflated his advertisements para
phrased, his circulars copied, and worse than all,
dishonerabo retailers, after disposng of the genuine
contents of his bottles, have 1led them up with
common Gin, the most delelerious Of all liquors. and
thus made lis name and br)nd q cover for poison.
Tho public, the medical profession and the sick,
for whom the schiedam Aromatic schnapps is pre-
scribod as remedy, are equally ntereste with the
proprietor in the detecisn und suppression of these
nefarsus practices The genuine article, manuiac-
tured at the establishment of tue undersigned in
Schiedam, Holland, is distilled from barley Of the
finest quality, and favored with an essential extract
of the berry Of the Ialian juripc, of uncquacd pm
rity. BY process unknown in the preparation of
any other liquor it is freed from every acrimonious
and corrosive clement.
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and families in the Southern States OF
the sale of cheap limitations Of the Schiedam Aro-
matte Schnapps in those markets; end Travellers
who arc in the hab OF using it as an dptidoe to the
banoful influence OF uHwhoesome river water tee-
tify that cheap gin put ny in schedam bottles. is
frequently ralmed of upon tho unwary. The |
agents of the undersigned have been requested 10
institute inquiries the Subject, AMI to forward to
him the names of such parties as they may asc,r-
tain to be engaged in the atro-ious system of decep-
tien In conclusion the undersigned would say that
he has produced from undor the hands Of the most
dstinguis heu men CT science in America proofs lin
apswerabc Of the purity and medicinal excel |
Iencc OF tho Schiedan Aromatic Schnafps that |
he has expended many thousand dollars in sur. |
rounding il with guarantees and safeguards which |
he designed should project the public and bimself |
AGAINST fraudulen. limitations; that he has shown it |
to be the only liquor in the wcrld that can be uni
formly depended upon as unaddlteraed; that lie has
challenged investigation, analysis comparison and |
experiment in all its forms; and from every ordeil |
the preparation viii bears his name, zeal and trade
marx, has cemc OF triumphant He, therefore. feels |
it duty he owes to his iellow-ctz.ns generally to
the medical profession and the sick, to dcrouncc
aud expose the char!alns who counterfeit these evil
denotes OF identity and he calls upon the press and
tho uhlic Ia aid him in his efforts 20 remedy SO great
an evil.
The following letters and certificates from the
leading physicians aad che mist. Of this city will |
prove to the reader that all goods sold by the under
aicnc arc all that they are repre- catcd 10 be.
UDoLPHO WOLFE.