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o., 49,. OFFICE OF UDoLpHo WOLFE,
Sote An,po' ter Of the Schtedam Aromatic Scanapps
- No ~ Beaver-strcet.
NEW YORK. November 8. 1868.
40 oemS FeOple or the Southern States.
WHEN THE PURE MEDICINAL RESTORATIVE.
now 80 widely known as wOLFE'S sCHIEDAM
SCHNAPPS, was introduced into the world under
the endorsement Of four thousand leading members
OF the medical profession some twenty years ago. it's
proprietor was well aware that 1t could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all new and usefu,
preparations He, therefore, endeavored to invest II
with strongest possible safeguard against counter
letters, and to render all attempts to pirate 1t diff
cult and dangerous. It was submitted to disin.
guished chemists for analysis, and pronounced by
them the purest spirit manufactured Its puri-
ty and properties having been thus sam
pies OF the article were forwarded to ten thousand
physicians including all the leading practitioners in
the United States, for purposes Of experiment. A
circular, requesting trial Of tho preparation and
report OF the result. accompanied each specimen.
urthousand of the most eminent medical men in
the Union promptly responded Their OPINIONS of
tho article were unanimously favorable. Such a
preparation, they said, had long been wanted by
the profession as reliance could be placed on the
ordinary liquors OF commerce, all Of which were
more or less adulterated. and therefore unit for
medical purposes. The peculiar excellence and
strength Of the Of of juniper which formed one of
the principal ingredients of the Schnapps together
with an unalloyed character of the alcoholic ele-
ment give 1t, In the estimation Of the faculty, q
marked superiority every other diusive stimu-
liant as o diuretic. tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men of the highest rank were published in q con-
densed form, and enclosed 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, tac smie Of the proprelors
autograph signature was attached to each label and
cover his name aud that Of the preparation were en-
bossed on the bottles and Che corks sealed with
his private seal No article had ever been sold in
this country under the name Of Schnapps prior to
the introduction # wolfes schiedam Aromatic
schnapps, in 1851; and the label was deposited as
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 unacquainted
with the daring character of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation honorable merchants by vend-
ing deeterous trash under their nama that the
tections 80 carefully thrown around these Schnapps
would have precuded the introductons and sale of
counterfeits. They seem, however, only to have
stimulated the rapacity of impostors. The trade
mark of tn, proprietor has been stolen the indorse
ment which his schedam Aromatic schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has been
claimed by mendacious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated hs advertisements para
phrased, his cird krs copied. and worse than all,
dishonorabe retailers, after disposng Of the genuine
contents of his bottles, have Rlled them up with
common gin, the most deleerious Of all liquors, aud
thus made his name and brlnd a cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and the sick,
for whom the Schiedam Aromatic schnapps is pre-
scrtbed as remedy, are equally interested with the
proprietor In the detection and suppression Of these
nearious plactees. The genuine article manufac-
tured ut the establishment of the undersigned in
schiedam. Hod is distilled from barley of the
finest quality, and favored with an essential extract
Of the berry Of the Italian juniper Of unequaled pu.
rity. BY process unknown in the preparation of
any other liquor 1t Is freed from every acrimonious
and corrosive element. 81,
Complaints lave been received from the leading
physicians and families in the Southern States of
the sale of cheap limitations Of the Schiedam Aro-
matte Schnapps In those markets; and traveIers,
who in the habit of using it antidote to the
baneYuf influence Of unwholesome river water, tes-
tify that cheap gin, put up in Schedam bottles, Is
frequently pslmed of 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 asc.r-
tain to be engaged in the atrocious system Of decep-
tion In conclusion. tho undersigned would say that
he has proc uced from under the hands Of the most
distinguished men Of science In America, proofs un
answerabe Of the purity and medicinal excel.
lence Of the Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps that
he Las expended many thousand dollars in sur.
rounding 1t with guarantees and safeguards, which
he designed should protect the public and himeelf
against fraudulent limitations; that he has shown 1t
to be the only liquor in the world that can be uni
formly depended upon unadulterated; that he has
challenged investigation, analysis, comparison and
experiment in oil Its forms; and from every ordeal
the preparation whit. bears his name seal and trade
mark, has come of triumphant. He, therefore feels
1t dutyh owes to his fellow-ctizens generally. to
the medical profession and the SICK to denonnce
and expose the charlatans who counterfeit these evi
denotes OF identity, and he calls upon the press and
the public to aid him IN his efforts to remedy so great
an evil.
The following letters and certificates from the
leading physicians and chemists of this city Will
prove to the reader that all goods sold by the under
signed are all that they are repre- ented to be.
UDOLPHO WOLFE.
I feel bound to say, that regard your Selma ops
as being in every respect pre.eminently pure and
deserving OF medical patronage at sli events it ia
the purest possible article of Holland Gin hereto
tore unobtainable. and as such may be safety pre-
scribed by physicians.
DAVID L. MOTT, MD.
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New YORK
20 f1NE-srREET. NEW YORK,
November 81, 1867.
UDoLpHo WOLFE, Esq, Present:
Dear Sir-I have male chemical examination of
sample ofyour schiedam schnapps, with the in
rjN{,r ric
stance bad been added to The simple distilled spirits
The examination has resulted In the conclusion
that the sample contained no poisonous or harmful
admixture. I have Uetn unable to discover any
trace OF the deleterious substances wich are emu
ployed In the Sdulteration Of liquors. I would not
hesitate to use myself or to recomme nd to Others
an excellent and unobjectionable variety Of GIN
Very respectfully yonrs, Il
tsigned,) CHAs. A. sRELY, Chemist.
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