The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-24
Office of Udolpho Wolfe,
SOLE IMPORTER OF THE
SCHIEDAM AROMATIC SCuNAPPs.

b'ShhEbhu SAhOMhIlC SCHNAPPS,
% BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK, Nov. 8, G9.
To The People Of The Southern States.
When the pure medicinal restorative.
now 80 widely known as WOLFE'S SCHIE-
DAM SCHNAPPS, was introduced into the
world, under the endorsement of 4 1000
leading members of the medical profess
sion, some twenty years ago, its propric-
tor was we'll 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 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 10, 900 physi.
clans, including all the leading practition-
crs in the United States, for purposes of
experiment. circular, requesting trial
OF the preparation and y report OF the re-
suit. accompanied each specimen. 1000
OF tho 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 the profession, al no rcli-
anco could be placed on the ordinary
liquors of commerce; all of which were
more or less adulteratcd, and, therefore.
unfit FOR medical purposes. The peculiar
excellence and strength OF the oil of juni-
per, which formed one of the principal in
gradients OF tho Schnapps. together with
an nnailoyed character Of the alcoholic
clement, give 1t. in the estimation Of the
faculty, married superiority over every
other Gitlusiyc stimuiant rs a dluretic.
tonic and restorative
These satisfactory credentials from pro-
iesslonai men OF the highest rank wero
published i'll 4 condensed form, AMI 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 coDyrighted.
a.fdc Snaue OF the prOprictor's autograph
signature was attached to each label and
cover. his name and that of the Drepar..
ton were embossed on the bottles, and the
III.
No article had ever been sold i'm this conn
try under the name of Schnapps prior to
the introduction of Wolfe's Schiedam Aro-
matte Schnapps, in 1851; and tho label was
deposited. as his trade mark, in the United
States District Court for the Southern Dis
trlct of New 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 .heir name, that the
projections so carefully thrown around
these Schnapps would have precluded tho
introductions and sale of counterseits.
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 Schiedam
Aromatic Schnapps alone received from
the medical profession has been claimed
by mcndacous humbugs his labels and
bottles have been imta ted, his ADVERTISE
ments paraphrased, his circulars copied
and, worse than all, dishonorable retailers'
after dispOsing Of the genuine contents of
his bottles, have filed them up with com
mon gin, tho most deleterious of all
liquors, and thus made his name and
brand cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and
the sick, for whom the Schiedam Aromatic
Schnapps Is prescribed as 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 the
Undersigned, in Schiedam. Holland, is dis
tlied from barley OF the finest quality,
the berry OF the Italian juniper, OF une-