The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-12-14
sfhisban1 i stbnapps.
OFFICE OF UDOLpHO WOLFE. |
Sole Ip,po, Ter ofthe Schiedam Aromatic Schndpps,
No 22 Beavcr-strcct.
NEM York November 5. 1868.

New YORK, November 3. 1868.
To the People of the Southern states'
WHEN THE PURE MEDICINAL RESTORATIVE,
now so widely known as WOLfE's sCHIEDAM
SCaNAPPS, was in reduced into the world nnder
the endorsement of four thousand leading members
of the medical profession some twenty years ago. its
proprietor was we'll aware that it could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all new and useful
rreparations He, therefore, endeavorcu to invest
with strongest possible safeguard against counter
feiters and to lender all attempts to Pirate 1t dill
cult and dangerous. It was submitted to d'siir'
nu,shed chemists for analysis, and pronounced oy
them Tic purest spirit ever manufactured Its puri-
ty and properties having been thus ascertaincd sam
ples of the article wer, forwarded to ten thousand
physicians including all the leading prachtoncrs N
the United States, for purposes OF experiment. a
circular, requesting trial of the preparation and
report of The result, accompanied each specimen.
Four thousand 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 wantcd by
the profession as 70 reliance could be placcd on the
ordinary LIQUORS of commerce, all OF which were
moro or less adulterated and therefore unfit for
medical purposes. The peculiar excellence ano
strength OF the OF of juniper which formed one OF
the principal ingredients Of the Schnapps' toSe'ner
with an uralloyed character OF the aicohohc eie-
ment. give It, in the estimation OF the faculty. q
marked superiority over every other dfusiVe shmu-
liant as diurc,ic, tcnic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men of the highest rank we're published IN con-
dcnsed form, and enclosed with each bo:ue OF tne
Schnapps as one of the guarantees OF its genuine
ness. Other precautions against fraud were also
adopted; patent was obtained for the aflcie Inc
label was copyrighted, ac simHe OF the proprietor
autograph signature wns attached to each aoei ana
cover his name aud that of the preparation were en-
Tossed on the bottles and the corks we're sealed with
his private SEAL No article had over been sold IN
this country under the name Of Schnapps prior 10
the introduction of Wolfe's schiedam Aromatic
Schnapps in 1851; and the label was deposited, Us
his trade mark in the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York during that
year.
1t might be supposed by persons una"quain'ed
with the dlring character of the pirates VINO prey
upoa tho reputation o:honorable merchants by Veno-
ing ecterous trash under their name, that the pro-
tectons 50 carefully thrown around these Schnapps
would have prccluded The introductions and salo Of
countcrlcits They seem. however. only to have
stimula cd the r1pacity Of impostor'. The uade
mark OF til; proprietor has been stolen; the indorse
meut 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 advertisements para-
phrased, his circulars copied and worse than oil,
retailers, after dsposing ofthe genuine
contents OF his bottles. have filed them up with
common gin the most dce!erious of all liquors, and
thus made his name and brlnd cover for poison.
Tho public the medical profession and The sick,
for whom tho Schejam Arom.tc schnapps is pre-
scrbcd as remedy, are equally intcres.e' with the
in the detection and suppression Of these
netarious practices. The genuine a.tic!c, manuiac-
turel at tho establishment of tho undersigned in
scliedam, Holland Is distilled from barley of the
finest quality and Favored with an essential extract
Of the berry OF :hc 1alinn jurpc" OF uncquaed pu'
lity. by Z process unknown in the preparation OF
any other liGIor it is freed from every acrimonious
1pd corrosive clement.
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and families in the Southern States of
the salc Of cheap int,tions of tho schiedam Aro-
madc Schnlpps in those marke's; and travellers,
wao ere in the habit OF using it as an antidoe to the
baneful influence Of unwhoiesomc river water. tcs-
iify that cheap gin, put IN in Schicdan bottles Ia
fri tanently palaed of upon the unwary. The
ngcuts OF the undersigned have been requested TO
institute inquiries Oh the sbject, AMI 10 forward 10
him the names of such parties az they may ascrr-
tain to be engaged in the atro;ous system Of derep-
tion. In conclusion tho undersigned would say that
he has produced from under the hands or the most
hed men of science in America, proofs un
answcrabie of tie purity and medicinal excel
lenco OF tho Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps that
he has expended many thousand dollars in Sur.
it with guarantees and safeguards, which
he dcsisncd should protect the public and himself
aeains. fraudulent limitations; that ne has shown it
10 be the only liquor in the world that can be uui
formly depended upon as unaduserated; that he has
investigation, analysis, comparison and
experiment in oil its forms; and from every ordeal
The preparation whi bears his name, seal and trade
mark, hes como of triumphant He, therefore, feels
it dutylc owes to his :ollow.citZ'ns generally, to
tho medical profession and the sick, to denoance
and expose the clarlatIns who counterfeit these evil
dencies oil identity and he calls upon the pres and
the ubc to aid him in his efforts to remedy so great
au evil
The following letters and certificates from the
leading physicians and chemist; OF this city will
prove to the reader that all goods sold hy toe under
sisnc are ell ;bat they are repre- cntcd to be.
UDoLpHO WOLFE.