The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-02-04

of Schnapps prior to the Introduction of WaIfa,s
SGhledam Aromatic Schnapps, in 1851; and tho
United States District Court for the Southern Dis
trict OF New York during that year.
with h 9y he
upon the reputation OF honorable merchants BY
vending deletcrious trash under their name that
the projections so carefully thrown around these
Schnapps would have prccuded the introductions
and sale OF counterfcits. They seem, however,
only to have stimulated the rapacity OF imposte
The trade mark of the proprietor has been stolen:
the endorsement which Ills Schiedam Aromatic
Schnapps alone received from tho medical pro-
iesson has been claimed by mendacious hunibugs;
MS Labels an bottles have been initiated, lis ad-
vortisoments paraphrased, hi. circulars copied,
and, worse than ALL dshonorab!c retailers after
disrhslng OF the genuine contents of hs bottles,
nave allied thcm up with common gin, the most
deleterlo'ls OF all liquors and thus made his name
ana brand Il cover for poison.
The public, the medical proIcs sion and the s k
for whom tho Echictam Aromatic Schnapps il
prescribed M arcmedy, are equally interested with
the proprietor i'll the detection and suppression OF
these ncfarions practices. The genuine article,
manufactured at the establishment of the under,
Signed, IN Schiedam, Holland, is distilled from n
barley OF tho finest quality. and favored with an
Juniper, of nnequalled purity. BY Il process un-
known i'll the preparation of any other liquor it is
freed from every acrimonious AID corrosive eic-
ment.
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and families in the Southern States
OF the sale of cheap limitations of the Schicdnm
Aromatic Schnapps III those markets; and travel
ers who arc in the bit of using il az an antidotc
to the baneful influence of unwlolcsome river
waller, testify that cheap gin, put up in Schedam
bottles, is frequently palmed off upon the unwarv
The agents OF the undersigned have been re equested
to institute inquiries on the subject, and to for
ward to him the names of such parties as they
may ascertain to be engaged in the atrocious
system OF deception. In conclusion, the under
signed would sIy that he has Produced from under
the hands of the most distinguished men of
science i'll America, proofs unanswerable of the
purity and medicinal excellence Of tho Schedam
Arn fiO Snh, kl<,k L.
Thousand dollars in surrounding it with guarantees
and safeguards, which he designed should protect
the public and himself against fraudulent mita-
tions that he has shown it to be the oply liquor in
the world that can be uniformly depended upon
as nnadnlturated; that he has challenged invcsti.
CATION, analysis, comparison, and experiment in
all IT'S forms: and from every ordeal the prepa-
ration which bears his name, seal and trade mark
has como of triumphant. He therefore, feels it a
duty he owes to his fellow-citizens generally to
the medical profession and tho sick to denounce
and expose the Charlatans who counterfeit these
evidences of identity and he calls upon the press
and the public to aid him in his efforts to remcdy
30 great evil.
The following lcttcrs and certificates. from the
icadihS physicians and chemists Of this citv will
prove to the reader that ali goods sold by the
| undersigned are all they are represented to he
UDOIPHO WOLFE.
feel bound to say, that regard your Schnapps
| as being, i'll every respect pre-cmincntly pure.
and deserving of medical patronage. Al ali events,
it is the purcst possible article of Holland Gin
heretofore unobtaina blc and, as such NAV be
safely prescribed by ph, sicians
DAVID l.. MOTT. NJ. D..
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New York.
% PINE STREET, NEW York Nov 81, 1867.
| t,,olpho Vote Esq, Present.
DEAR SIR: have made a chemical examination
or sample OF your Schie}am Schnapps with
the intent of determining if any foreign ornurious
substance had been added to the simple distilled
| spirits.
DEAR SIR The want OF pure Wines and Liquors
tor medicinal purposes, has been long felt by the
profession, and thousands OF lives have been sac
rificed by the use of adulteratcd articles Delirum
tremens, and other diseases of the brain and
nerves, 80 rife in this country. are very rare in
in the purity of tho spirits sold
! We have tested the several articles imported
aGd aa soId by you including your Gin, which you
Schnapps, which we consider justly entitled to the
high reputation it has acquired in this country;
nato ana' IRON & your long experience as foreign I'M
porter, your Bottled Wines and Liquors should
meet with the same demand
=, we would recommend you to appoint some of
the respectable apothecaries in different parts of
the city as agents for tho sale of your Brandies
and Wines, where the profession can obtain the
sane W;,,'; when needed for medicinal purposes
Wishing you success your new ENTERPRISE we
remain your Obedient servants.
VALENTINE MOTT, M. D., Professor of Surgery,
Cnivsrsity sa Hy nNs Medieal l College, New York.
Surgery, Surgeon-in- Chief to the State Hospital,
etc, No. IA East 10th street.
The examination has resulted i'll the conclusion
that the sample contained no poisonous or harm
1ul admlXturc. l have been unable to discover
any trace of the deletcrious substances which are
EMPLOYED III the adulteration of liquors. would
not hesitate to use myself or to recommend to
Others, for medicinal purposes, the Schiedam
Schnapps as an excellent and unobcc;ionable
variety OF gin. Very respectfully yours,
! tSiSncd) CHARLES a. SEELY Chemist
=, New IonK, 53 CEDAR STREET. Nov. &c, 1867.
Udoloho IvoJe, Esq, Present.
DEAR SIR: have submittedto chemical analysl,
two bottles of Schiedam Schnapps, which L took
from fresh package in your bonded warehouse
and find, as before, that the spirtuous liquor
s free from injurious ingro lients or falsifcaton
that it has the marks of being aged and not re-
Gently prepared by mechanical admxturo of
alcohol and aroma!ics. Respectfully,
FRED. +. MAYER Chemist.