The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-20
Sfbiebanl Sfbnapps.
OFFICE OF UDoLPHO WOLFE,
Sole Impo, ter of The Schieddrs aromatic Schnapps,
No. 22 Benvcr-street.
NEW YORK, November D. 1o6S.

Sole Impo, ter of The Schiedar, Aromatic Schnapps,
No. 90 Benvcr.street.
NEW YORK. November 8. 1868. J
To the People of the Southern Statcs'
WHEN THE PURE MEDICINAL RESTORATIVE.
now so 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. i's
proprietor was well aware that 1t could not wholly
escape tho penalty attached to all new and useful
preparations He, therefore, endeayorcd TO invest II
with strongest possible safeguard against counter
feiters and TO render all attempts to pirate 1t dh-
cult md dangerous It was submitted to distin'
guished chemists for analysis, and pronounced oy
them the purest spirit ever manufactured Its puri-
y and properties having been thus ascertancd, 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 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 ol
the article were unanimously favorable. such
| preparation, they said, had long been wanted Dy
the profession, as reliance could be placed on 'he
ordinary liquors Of commerce. oil OF which were
| moro or less adulteratcd and therefore unit Tor
| medical purposes. Tho peculiar excellence and
streneth Of the OF of juniper which formed one OF
the principal ingredients OF the Schnapps togetner
with an unalloyed character of the alcoholic elc-
mcnt. give it. in the estimation OF the faculty.
marked superiority over every other dfusire shmu-
| liant as diuretic, tonic and restorative.
| These satisfactory credentials from professional
men Of the highest rank were published in con-
depsed form, and enclosed with each bottle OF the
Scbnapps as one of the guarantees of Its genuine
ncss. Other precautions against fraud were also
adopted patent was obtained for tho article, the
label was copyrighted fac siuiie of the proprelors
autograph signature was attached to each label and
cover his name aud that Of the preparation were t-
Tossed on the botes and the corks were sealed win
his private seal. No article had ever beon sold In
this country under tho name Of Schnapps prior to
| the introduction of Wolfe's schiedam AROMATIC
Schnnpps, in 1851; and the label was deposited, Us
his trade mark, in the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Now York during thht
year.
| It might be supposed by persons unacquain'ed
with the daring character of tie pirates who prey
upon the reputation ofhonorabe merchants by vend-
ing deeterous trash under their namc that the pro-
tections SO carefully thrown around these Schnapps
would have precluded the inroductions and sale OF
counterfcits. They eeem, however, only to nave
stimulated tho rapacity Of impostors The trade
mark of tn proprietor has been stolen; the indorse'
| ment which his Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has been
claimed by mcndacious hupbugs; his labels and
bottles have been inflated. his advertisement. g para
phrascd, his circulars copied, and worse unn ALL
dshonorable retailers atter disposDG OIL genuine
| contents of his bottles, have fIled them up with
common gin, the most dcle.erious OF a liquors, aud
| titus made his name md br1nd cover for poison
The public, the medical profession and the sick,
| for whom ihe Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps IS pre-
scribcd as 4 remedy, equally interesic with the
proprietor in the detection und suppression OF these
nelerious practices. The genuine article manulac-
turcd at tie establishment OF the undersigned in
Schicda,n, Holland Is distilled FROM barley Of The
finest quality ard favored with an essential extract
of the berry o. the italian ju pe, OF unequallcd pu'
| rity. BY process unknown In the preparation OF
any other LIQUOR it is freed from every acrimonious
| aud corrosive clement
Complaints have been received from the Lending
physicians and families in the Southern states OF
the sale of cheap lmitahons of the schedam Aro.
matte schnapps in those markets; and travellers,
who are in the habit using it as an antidoe to the
bancful influence of unwhoesone river water. tes-
life tuL ,lsa.., .i. pAl Llis is
| frequently pa,aled of upon tho unwary. The
agents of tho undersigned have boon requested to
institute inquiries the subject, and to forward 10
him the names of such parties as they may asctr-
tain to be engaged in tho atro:ous system Of docep.
ton In conclusion. the undersigned would say that
he has produced, from under the hands OF tho most
distinguished men of science In America, proofs lin
answerable of the purity and medicinal excel
lcnce OF the Schedam Aromatic Schnapps that
be has expended many thousand dollars in sur
rounding it with guarantees and safeguards, which
he designed should project the public and himself
against fraudulent imitatons that he has shown it
10 be The only liquor in the world that can be uni
formly depended upon as unaduteratcd; that he hos
challenged investigation, analysis, comparison and
experiment in oil its forms; and from every ordeal
the preparation VIII. bears his name, seal and trade
mars, has come OF triumphant He, therefore, feels
IL duty he owes to his iclov-citzens generally to
he medical profession and the sick, to denounce
and expose the charlatans who counterfeit these cv1
denotes Of identity and he calls upon the press and
the ublic TO aid him i'll his efforts to remedy great
an evil.
The following letters aud certificates from the
leading physicians aud che nists of this city will
prove to the reader that all goods sold by the undor
sirne Il are all that they are repre- ented 10 be.
UDOLPHO WOLFE.
Ifccl bowl to say, that regard your Selma ops
as beng -: every respect prc-eminenly pure, and
deserving mcdica! patronage. At al! events it Is
the purtst possible article OF Holland Gin herctu-
fore unoutaluaole aud such may be safely pre-
DAVID l.. MOTT, n. D.,
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New YORK.
&c fISE-sTREET, NEW YORK,
November 81, 1SG1.
UpuLpuo WOLFE, Esq. Present:
Deur Sir-I have ma lie chemical examination of
a sauipc uf your Schledam achnapps, with l!,o i'll
tent Of detcrnuninI II any foreign injurious sI."-
stance ;ad bceu addcd to th simple Jisl led spirits.
lhc examination las resulted III tue conclusion
that the sample contained no posuno or rmiul
a,lmix.u.c | have uutu uuabe TO discover any
ttuce OF tho dcictcrious substauco> wich cni-
uloycd in the iultcralion of liquors. would no.
hesitate to use myself or 10 rccuinn III TO others.
tur medicinal PURPOSES tho Sch.cdam Scl:napp9 as
au cxccllout and unoLjectonabic variety OF gin.
Very respectfully yours,
(sicned0 CHAS. a. SEELY, Chemist