The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-10


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WHEN TIE pUItG 4lED AIINsI liEsroR Arlyt.
now so widely known as WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM
sCaNAPPS, was introduced into the worId under
the endorsement of four thousand leading members
OF the medical profession twenty years ago. its
proprietor we'll aware that it could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all new and nsef,l,
preparations. He therefore, endeavorcd to invest il
Win strongest possible safeR uard against counter
fetcrs, and to ronder all attempts to pirate it diff
cult and daDgeroWs. It was submitted to dstin.
gu'rhed chemists for analysis, and pronounced by
them the pures spirit manufactured. Its puri-
ty and properties having been thus asce rtained sam
pies Of the article were forwarded to ten thousand
physicians including oil the leading practitioners in
the United Statess. for purposes of experiment.
circular, requestngra 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 q
preparation, they said, had long been wanted by
the profession as no reliance could be placed the
ordinary liquors of commerce, all of which were
more or less adulterated. and therefore unfit for
medical purposesa Tho peculiar excellence and
strength Of the oi of juniper, which formed one of
the principal ingredients of the Schnapps together
with an unailoyed character of the alcoholic ele-
ment give it, in~ the estimation of the faculty.
marked supono-ty every other diffusve stir mu-
liant as diure;ic. tsnic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men Of the highest rank were published in con-
densed form, and enclosed with each bottle of the
schnapps, as oneNof the guarantees Of its genuine
ness. Other precautions against fraud were also
adopted; patcnt was obtained for the article the
label was copyrighted fac s,ilc of the proprieors
autograph signature was attached to each label and
cover his maine aad that Of the preparation were en-
bossed on the bos3es and the corks sealed with
his private SEAL 10 article had ever been sold in
this country under the name of schnapps prior to
the introduction of Wolfes schiedam Aromatic
schnaPPs, in 1857 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 unacuuained
WIN the daring Character of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation honorable merchants by yend-
ing deeterous trash under their name, that the pro-
tections carefully thrown ground these schnapps
would have precluded the ntroductions and sale of
csunterfeits. They seem, however, only to have
simulated the rapacity Of imposters. The trade
marx OF ths proprietor has been stoen the indorse
ment which his schiedann Aromatic schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has been
claimed by mcndacious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated. his advertisements para
phrasod, his circulars copied, and worse than ALL
dshonorable retailers after disposng of the genuine
contents OF his bottles, have filed them up with
common gin, the most deletericus of all liquors. and
thus made his Aazne and br lnd a cover for poison.
1he public, the medical profession and the sick
for whom the Schiedam Aromatic schnapps is pre-.
scrtbed as remedy, equally interested with the
or in ietn tion
neiarious practices. The genuine article manulac-
tured ut tho establishment of the undersigned in
Schedam, Holland, Is distilled FROM barley of the
finest quality and favored with an essential extract
OF the berry of the italian juuiper, of uncquaed pu-
rity BY process unknown in the preparation OF
any other liquor. it freed from every acrimonious
and corrosive element.
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and families in the Southern States of
the sale Of cheap limitations of the Schicdam Aro-
nadc Schnapps in those markets; and travellers,
who are In tue habit of using it antidoe to the
baneful influence Of uawholeeome river water tes-
tfy trrlt cheap GIN, put Up Az Schetlam bottles "a
frequently palmed of upon the unwary. rnz
agents OF the undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries on the subject to forward to
him the names of such parties as they may asc,r-
tain to be engaged in the atrocious system Of decep
ton. In conclusion. the undersigned would say that
he has duced. from under the hands of the most
distinguished men of science in America proofs un
answerable of the purity and medicinal excel
lence Of the Schiedam Aromatic Schnayps (: that
he has expended many thousand dollars in sur.
rounding it with guarantees and safeguards, which
he designed should protect the public and himself
against fraudulent imitations shat he has shown it
10 be the only liquor in tho world that can be uni
formly depended upon unadulterated; that he has
experiment in all Its forms; and from every ordeal
the preparation which bears his name seal and trade
mark, has come of triumphant He, therefore, feels
it duty he owes to his tellow-citzens generally to
the medical profession and the sick, to denounce
and expose tn, charlatans who counterfeit these evil
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
to the reader that all goods sold by the UNDER
signed are all that they repre- ented to be-
UD0LPHO WOLFE.
Ifeel bound to say, that regard your schnapp
as being in every respect pre-eminently pure and
deserving OF medical patronage At an events it is
fore unobtainable and as such may be safaly pre
scrbed by physicians.
David L. MOTT, M. d.,
TK,
26 p1NE-sTREEr, NEW YonK.)
November 81, 1867.
UDoLpHo WoI.FE, Esq, Present:
Dear Sir-I have made chemical examination of
sample OF your Schledam schnapps, with the in.
tent OF determining ii any foreign injurious sub
stance had been added to the simple distilled spirits
The examination has resulted In the conclusion
that the sample contained no poisonous or harmful
admtxture. l have been unable to discover any
trace OF the deleterious substances witch are en-.
ployed in tho adulteration Of liquors. l would not
hesitate to use myself to recomme nd to others
for medicinal purposes the schiedam schnapps as
an excellent and unobjectionable variety Of gin.
Very respectfully yours,
(signed) 0HAS. A. SEELY. Chemist.
New YoRK, No. SO CEDAR.sTREET
-s November 20, 1887
UDoLPHo WOLFE, Esq. Present
Dear Sirf-s have submitted to chemical araalysis
two bottlesof ''schiednm schnapps,' which took
from fresh package In your bonned warehouse ana
find. as before, that the spirituous liquor is tree
from injurhus ingredients falsihcation; that it
has the marks of being aged and not recently pre-