American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-02-06
StBleoanl Stbnapps.
NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 1866.


When the pure medicinal restorative now
o widely known us Wolfe's Schiedah
'chnapps, was introduced into the world un-
Ter the endorsement of four thousand leads
ng members of the medical profession some
70 years ago, its proprietor was we'll aware
hat it could not wholly escape the penalty
tttached to all new and useful preparations
lie therefore, endeavored 10 invest it with
the strongest possible safe guards against
and to render all attempt, to
pirate it difficult and dangerous. Il was
to distinguished chemists for
analysis, ana pronounced by hem the puress
pirit ever manufactured. Its purity and
properties having been thus ascertained,
samples of the article were forwarded TO len
thousand physicians, including the leading
practitioners in the United States, for pur-
poses Of experiment. \ circular requesting
| trial OF the preparation and a report Of the
result, accompanied each specimen. Four
housand Of the most eminent medical men
the Union promptly responded. Their
opinions of the article were unanimously
favorable. Such a preparation, they said,
had long been wanted by the profession, as
40 reliance could be placed on the ordinary
liquors of commerce, all of which were more
Ut less aduterated, aud therefore unfit for |
medical purposes. The peculiar excellenees |
and strength of the oil of juniper, which |
formed one Of the principal ingredients of
the Schnarps, together with an nnalloyed |
character CT the alcoholic element, give ii, in
the estimation of the faculty, marked SUI
| periority over every other diffdsive stimu-
liant as diuretlc, tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from profess
sional men Of the highest rank were pub
ished in condensed form, aud enclosed
with each bottle Of the Schnapps, IS one of
the guarantees of its geHuineness. 0therp pre-
cautions were also adopted; patent was OBJ
tanned for the article, the label was copys
righted, fac suaiie Of the proprietor's auto
graph sigature 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 arti-
Gle has ever been sold in this country under
the name of Schspps prior to the introduc-
ton of Volts Scheidam Aromatic Schnapps,
in 1861; and The label was deposited, as his
rade mark, in the United States District
Court for the Southe District of New York
for that year.
1t might be supposed by persons uuac
quainted with the daring character Of the
pirates who prey upon the reputation of
honorable merchants by vending deleterious
rash under their name, that the projections
50 carefully thrown around these Schnapps
would have preciuded the Introduction and
! sale of counte feits. They seem, however,
only TO have stimulated the rapacity of i'm
posters. The trade mark Of the prophet or
has been stolen: the endorsement which the
Schedam Aromatic Scnapp5 alone received
rom the medical profession has been clane ed
2 by mendacious humbugs; his labels and bot
les have been inflated, his advertisements
paraphrased, his circulars copied, ana worse
than all, dishouorabie retailers, after dispos
ing of the genuine contents Of his bottles
have filled them up with common gin, the
= most deeerious of all liquors, and thus made
his name aud brand cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and th'
. sick, for whom the Schei lam Aromatic
5chuapps is prescribed rs remedy, art
y equally interested with The proprietor in til,
= detection and suppression of these nefariou.
g practices. The genuine article, mat ufas
ured at the establishment OF the under
signed, in Scheidam, Holland disiile,
y from barley of the fnest quality, and IA
i. ,oreG with an essential extract OF The berry O
he Italian juniper, Of unequuiled purity
By a process unknown in the manufactur
# any other liquor, it is freed from ever
acrimonious and corrosive element.
Com plants have been received from the eadin
hySciaus and fam lies in The SoUTHERH STATE
If the sac Of cheap im't ,tious uf the Sched
= Srhnupps in those nlriets and travellers who NJ
n the ha'it Of as:rg Il aLtiGnte t. the tanefl
heap gin. Pat NJ Ia scaeidam bottles, is irequen
| pallned off up n tie unwary The agents of III
II nderrgr ed hav" been requested to institute in
4uigies on Tie au jet, and to forward to him III
le hhe1 of sD"h parties they may ascertain to
nsa2ed ia 'he dtrocious system Of deception.
conclusion the md rsian' would say that he HI
l. ,rpdure1 fr'n- UIid"r he hands of TIE most di
'mEui-hed men Of science in America proofs unaI
st SweEAn:e oi the purity and medical excellence
lie Nche d II Arun}atir SrhGapis that he has e.
pended many thousand 9 liars IN surrounding
~ :ith guarantees and SAT, ds. which he d.signe
should ~ ortt the Ahl!c ana himself g4ins fra
4 ultnt limitations that he has shown it to he ii
: -nny ijqGor in the world that can be uniformly d.
nended upon unadIlterated that he has cha
. teHgrd investigation anal ysis comparison and c.
negiment in all its forms and from every orde
,0 the preparation which bears his name. seal ar
trade mark, has come of triumi htnt. He Their
ore feels it a duty he owes /" h S fe!low-cit Eel
generally, L. the medical profession and the sic
3. 10 dennunce ard expose the chaiIutans who cau
- terte til evid NJ. uf identity ana he calls pc
he presa and the public to aid him in his Efforts
cmody great an Cvil.
r. The following letters and certificates from T.
&c eaaing physicians and chemists uf this city W
of prove to the reader tia, all goods sold the
" designed axe all they are Tcn esrntrd to L..
UDOLPLO WOLFE.
feel bonnd to say. that regard yoar Schnap
IL t7 being in every re pest prominently pure, al
at deserving If medical patronage. At al events.
- j. the pugest possible article Of Holland Gin bel
totore unohtIjn lbie, and su,h may be safely pi
. scrihed by physicians. DAVID MOTT. N. u.
OF IS PiSE STREET. New ToHK Nov. 81, lsG7
=, / UDOIPHo WOLFE, ESQ, Present
NC DE.R Sir have made a chemical exaninati
If a sample of your Scheid4m S,hnapps tn l
49, intent ct determining if any foreign or iUjuro
III substance had been added 10 the simple distll
spirits.
u. The examination has res 1t in the conclusi
-; that The sample contained 10 poisonous or harmi
idniXture. have been unable TO discover u
trace If the dPietcrious substances which are eI
pIoved IN the aiulteration Of liquors I would L