The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-31
Sfbisban1 Sfbnapps.
OFFICE OF UDOLpHO WOLFE. /
So's imlo' 'r ofthe !rchiedam Aromatic SchnoppS,
No 22 Beaver-strcct.
NEW YORK NoYnmber 3. 1888.

OFFICE OF UDOLpHO WOLFF.
she impoI ''r ofthe !FchiedGm Aromatic SchnoppS,
NO 22 Beaver-strcct.
New YoRK, November 8. 1883. J
To tho People Of tho Southern States:
WHEN THE PURE MEDICiNAL IL RESTORATIVE.
now so widely known as WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM
sCaNAPPS, was Introduced into the world under
the endorsement of four thousand leading members
of the medical profession some twenty years ago. its
proprietor wns well aware that it could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to oil new and useful
preparations He, therefore, endeavored to invest il
with strongest possible safegunrd against counter
feiters and to render all attempts to pirate it diff
cult and dangerous. It was submitted to Dustin.
guIshed chemists for analysis and pronounced by
them the purest spirit manufactured 1ts puri-
ty and properties having thus ascertained sam
pies of the article were forwarded to ten thousand
physicians including all the leading practitioners in
the United States. for purposes OF experiment.
CIRCULAR, requesting tal Of tho preparation and
report Of the result accompanied eacn specimen.
Four thousand Of the most eminent medical men In
the Union promptly responded. Their OPINIONS Oh
the article were unanimously favorable. such
preparation, they said. had long been wanted by
the profession, as no reliance could be placed on LIDO
ordinary liquors OF commerce. all OF which were
more or less aduiterated. and therefore unit for
medical purposes. The peculiar ex ellenoe and
strength Of the d Of jumper. WHICH formed one OF
tho principal ingredients Of the schnapps, together
with an uralloysd character of the alcoholic ele-
ment. give it. in the estimation Of the faculty,
marked superiority over every other dihusiVe stmu-
liant as diureiic tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men of the highest rank were published In con-
densed form. and enclosed with eaoh bottle OF the
sohnapps as one Of the guarantees Of its genuine
neAs. Other psecsutons sgamst fraud were also
adopted; patent was obtained for the article, the
label copyrighted fac nuse OF the propIfei
autograph signature was attached to each Label and
cover his name aud that Of the preparation were en-
Tossed on the bottles and the corks we're sealed with
hts private seal No article had ever been sold IN
this county under The name Of Schnapp5 prior to
the introduction Of Molfe's schiedam Aromatic
schnapps, in 1851; and he label was deposited, "a
his trade mark, in tho United States District Court
for the Southern District Of New York during that
year.
II might be supposed by persons unacquainted
with the daring character OF the pirates who prey
upon the reputation ofhonoraoie merchants by vend
ing deleserious ash under their nae, TINT the pro-
tsotons 80 carefully thrown ground these Schnappe
would have preoiuded tbe inroductions and save OF
counterfeits. They seen. however. only to have
stimulated the rspaaty Of lmpostors. The trade
m ark OF tn, proprietor has been stolen the indorse
men. which his Sohiedam Aromatic Schnapps alone
received from the medical profesaop has been
claimed by mendacious humbugs; his labels ana
bottles have been initiated his advertisements para
phrased, his circulars copied, and worse than all,
dishonorabe retailers after disposng OF the genuine
contents Of hIs BOTTLES, have filed them up with
common gin, the most deleterious OF all liquors, and
thus made his name ana br md a cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and The sick,
for whom the schiedam aromatic schnapps is pre-
scribed "a remedy equally interestei with tho
proprietor in the detection und suppression OF these
nearious practices. The genuine article, manuIac-
tured at tie establishment of the under: igned In
chiedaIn Il olland, s disilod from barley OF the
finest quality aud favored WITH IN essential extract
Of the berry OF the italian u ipe, OF uncqualed pu
rity. BY O process unknown In the preparation OF
auy other liquor. it is treed from every acrimonious
und corrosive clement
Complaints hayo been rereived from the leading
physicians and families in the southnrn states OF
the sale OF cheap limitations OF tho Schiedam Aro-
mahc schnspps in those markets; and taVeners'
Who are in the habit OF using 1t a. an anote to the
banefuI influence Of unwholesome river water tes'
tify that cheap gin, put up in schiedam bottles 10
frequently palmed of upon the un"ary. fha
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