The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-13
0Hoe Of gdolpho Wolfe. !
SOLE 1SfPoRTER OF rH

3 kss'nrkDAadsARoEAT1oS SoHNAPPs,
"a BEAVER STREET, NEW Yoak, Nov. 5, i8s.
I0he People Of. ,tte Sorsherp States.
When the pure medicinal restorative
nowso widely known as WoLFE'S sCaIE-
DAM SCHNAPPS, was introduced into the
world, under the endorsement of 1000
leading members Of the medical profess
sion, some twenty years ag it's proprie-
tor was well aware that it could not wholly
escape the penalty attached 10 aii new and
useful preparations. he, therefore, en-
deavored to invest it with the stroupest
possible safeguard againat counterfeiters,
and to render all attempts to pirate it diff
hcult 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 asccrtained, samples of
Il article wore forwarded to IO, 600 physi.
clans, including all the leading practition-
ers i'll tho United States, for purposes of
experiment 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 were unanimonalv fe fevo~abIc.
Such n preparation, they said, had long
been wanted ~ the profession, as no rcli
ancc could be placed GU the ordinary
liquors OF commerce; all uf which wore
moro or less adultcratcd. and, therefore,
unfit for medical purposes. The peculiar
excellence and strength or the oil of iuni-
per, which formed one of the principal in.
Srcdicnts of the Schnapps. together with
an unailoycd character OF the alcoholic
element, give it, in tho estimation of the
faculty, marked superiority over every
other diffusive -timulaut az diurctic.
tonic and restorative
These satisfactory credentials from pro-
fcssional mon OF tho highest rank we're
published i'll condensed form, and en-
closed with each bottle of tho Schnapps,
az 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,
aJdc Stmue OF the proprietor's autograph
signature was attached to each label and
cover Ills name and that of tho prcpara.
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 Schielam Aro-
matte Schnapps, in 1851; and the label was
deposited, as his trade mark, in the United
states District Court for the Southern Dis
trict of New York during that wear.
1t might be supposed, by persons unac-
quainted with the daring character of the
pirates who prey upon the reputation Of
honorable merchants, by vending delete
al n lni
projections so carefully thrown around
these Schnapps would have prccludcd the
introductions and sale of countcrseits.
They seem, however, only to have stimu-
lated the rapacity of imposters. The trade
mark of the proprietor has been stolen:
the endorsement which his Schiedani
Aromatic Schnapps alone received from
the medical profession has been claimed
by mendacious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated, his ADVERTISE
ments paraphrascd, his circulars copied.
and, worse than all, dishOnorablc retailers
after dlsposing of the genuine contents of
his bottles, have filled them up with com
mon gin, the most delctcrious of all
liquors. and thus made his name and
brand a cover for poison.
Tho public, the medical profession and
the sick, for whom the rchicdam Aromatic
Schnapps is prescribed as a remedy, are
equally interested with the proprietor in
tho detection and suppression of these ne
farious practices. The genuine article.
manufactured at the establishment of the
undersigned, in Schiedam, Holland, is dis
titled from barley OF tho 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 and corro-
sivc element.
Complaints have been received from the
leading physicians and families in the
Southern States, of the sale of cheap iui-
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 say
that ho has produced, from under tho
hands of the most distinguished men of
science in America, proofs unanswerable
OF the purity and medicinal excellence of
tho Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps; that he
has expended many thousand dollars i'm
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 inyestip alton