The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-01-20
Office of Udolpho Wolfe.

| "iue'S Known rs Wolfe : SCHlEDAM SCHNAPPS
was introduced into the world uudcr the endorse
ment of 1000 leading members of the medical pro
1esslon, some twenty years ago. it's proprietor was
well aware that it could not wholly escape the
penalty attached to new and useful preparations
he, therefore, cndcav0red to invest it with tho
strongest possible safeguard against counterfeit
ers, and to render all attempts to pirate it difficult
and dangerous. 1t WAS submitted to distinguish
ed chemists for analysis, and pronounced by the
the purest spirit ever manufactured. Its purity
and properties having been thus ascertaine ed
| samples OF the article were forwarded to TO- OOC
physicians, lncluJing all the leading practitioners
In the United States, for purposes Of experiment
circular, requesting trial of the preparation
and report Of the result accompanied each
specimen 1000 OF the most eminent medical IN en-
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 cemmcrce; ali of which
were more or less adu!terated, and therefore
nnht for medical purposes. The peculiar excel
ience and strength Of the oil OF juniper whicl,
formed one OF the principal ingredients of the
Schnapps. together with an unalloycd character
OF the alcoholic element, give it, ill the estimation
OF the faculty, marked superiority over every
other ditfusve stimulant a dluretic tonic and
restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men OF tho highest rank published in a
condensed form, and enclosed with each bottle
Oh the Schnapps, as one OF the guarantees OF its
genuineness. Other precautions against fraud
were also adopted; patent was obtainel for tho
artlcle, the label was copyrighted fac SinlQe of
the proprletor's autograph signature was attached
to each label and cover. his name and that of the
preparation were embossed on the bottles. and the
corks were sealed with his private seal No article
had ever been sold in this country under the name
or OF Schnapps prior to the introduction of Wolfe's
Schledam Aromatic Schnapps, in 1851 and the
iaDel was deposited. as his trade mark in the
United States District Court for the Southern Dis.
trlct OF New York during that year.
1t might be supposed by persons unacouaintcd
with the daring character of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation OF honorable merchants, by
vtenang deieterlous trash under their name, that
the projections so carefully thrown around these
Schnapps would have precuded the introtuctions
ana sale OF connterfeits. They seem, however
only to have stimulated tho ra apucity of org
Inc trade mark OF the proprietor has been stolen:
the endorsement which his Schicdam Aromatic
Schnapps alono 'eccived from the medical pro-
iesslon mas been aimed by mcndacious humbngs
his labels an bottles have been initiated his ad-
vcrtisements par lphrased, his circulars copcd
ana, worse than all, dishonorablc retailers after
disposinS of the genuine contents of his bottles
nave Tiled them mp with common gin, the most
deeterious of all liquors. and thus made his name
and brand cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and the al *
for whom tho Schiedam Aromatic Selma ,ps is
prescribed as remedy, are equally interested will
the proprietor In tho detection and suppression OF
these nefarious practices. The genuine article.
manufactured at the establish inent of the under,
signed, in Schiedam, Holland, is distilled from a
barley OF the finest quality, and favored with an
juniper, of unequaed purity. BY n process I'M
known IN the preparation of any other LIQUOR it s
freed from every acrimonious and corrosive clc-
ment.
Complaints have been received from the LEADING
physlcians and families in the Southern States,
OF tho sale of cheap limitations of the Schicdam
na Aroiatc ochnapps IN those markets; ana travel
crs who are in tho habit of using it as an tidotc
10 the Daneful influence of unwholesOme river
water, testify that cheap gin put up in Schledam
Dottles Is frequently palmcd off upOn the unwary
Thc.aGents of the undersigned have beenreouested
10 institute inquiries on the subject and to for
ward TO him the names of such parties they
may ascertain eel to be engaged in the atrocous
system or deception. In conclusion the under
signed would say that he has produced, from under
the hands of the most distinguished men of
science in America proofs unaI, swerablo of thc
purity and medicinal excellence of the Schiedam
aromatic Schnapps; that he has expended MANY
Thousand dollars i'll surrounding it with guarantees
ana s safeguards which he designed should protect
the pubic and himself against fraudulent imita-
tions that he has shown it to be the only ouor in
the world that can be uniformly depended upon
as unadulturated; that he has challenged inyesti
8muoh, analysis, comparison, and experiment in
all It's forms; and from every ordeal the prepa-
ration which bears his name, seal and trade mark,
dnr ns cIo OH trlumphant He, therefore, feels it
DUTY nc 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 rcpnedv
80 great an evil.
e6The following letters and certificates. from the
leading @ physicians and chemists of this city, will
prove to the reader that all goods sold by the
undersigned are all they are represented to be-
UDOLPHO WOLFE.
feel bound to say, that regard your Schnapps
as being, in every respect -eninently pure.
ana deserving OF medical patronage; Az all events,
II Is the purest possible article of Holland Gin.
heretofore unobtanable; and, as such. NAV be
DAVID Z. MOTT, MD,
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New York.
26 PINE STREET, New York, Nov. 2l, 1867
Odolpho Vote; Esq, Present.
DEAR SIR: have made chemical examination
OF sample OF your Schiedam Schnapps with
the intent of determining if any foreign orinjurous
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