The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-20
omoe & Udolp6o wolfe.
SoLE LEiHEFoRTER on TKE

- ScHrEDAM AROMATIC EcHNAPps,
~ Beaver STREET, NEW YosK, Nov, 8, 'ge. s.
10 ths People Of; the So,sthern States. ~
When the pure medicinal restorative.
now so widely known as woLFES sCHIE-
DAM soHNAPPS, was introduced into the
world, under the endorsen,ant nf 1000
leading members OF the medical profess
sion, some twenty years ago, its 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 submitted
to distinguished chemists for analysis, and
pronounced by them the purest spirit ever
manufactured. It's purity and properties
havi1s Dooa titus ascertained, samples Of
the article were forwarded to 10, 900 physi-
clans, including oil the leading practition.'
ers IN the United States, for purposes Of
experiment. circular, requesting q 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 were unanimously favorable.
Such preparation, they said, had long
been wanted by the profession, rs no reli-
ance could be placed on the ordinary
liquors of commerce: all of which wore
more or less adulterated, and, therefore,
unfit for medical purposes. The peculiar
excellence and strength OF the oil of juni-
per, which formed one of the principal in
gredients of the Schnapps. together with
an unalloyed character of the alcoholic
element, give it, i'll the estimation of the
faculty, marked superiority over every
other diffusive stimulant as diuretic,
tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from pro-
fessional men Of tho highest rank were
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
for the article, the label was copyrighted,
atdc siniae of the proprietor's autograph
signature was attached to each label and
cover, his name and that of the prepara-
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 under the name of Schnapps prior to
the introduction of Wolfe's Schiedam Aro
matte Schnapps, in 1851; and the label was
deposited, as his trade mark, in the United
states District Court for the Southern Dis
trlct OF New York during that year.
IL might be supposed, by persons unac-
qualnted with the daring character of the
pirates who prey upon the reputation Of
honorable merchants, by vending delete
rious trash under their name, that the
projections so carefully thrown around
these Schnapps would have precluded the
lntroductions and sale of counterfeits.
Ihcy seem, however, only to have stimu-
iated the rapaclty OF imposters;; 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 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 filed them up with COM
mon gin, the most deleterious of all
liquors: and thus made his name and
brand cover for poison.
Ahe puDllc, 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
farous practices. The genuine article,
manufactured at the establish nent of the
undersigned, i'll Schiedam, Holland, is dis
titled from a barley of tho finest quality.
and favored with an essential extract of
the berry of the Italian juniper, of une-
qualled purity. BY n process unknown in
the preparation of any other liquor, it is
freed from every acrimonious and corro-
sive element.
Complaints have been received from the
leading physicians and families in the
South ern States, of the 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 baneful influence of unwhole-
some river water, testify that cheap gin.
put up in Schiedam bottles, is frequently
palmed off upon the unwary. 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, the undersigned would saw
that he has produced, from under the
hands Of the most distinguished men of
science in 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