The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-16
Sfbieoant Sfbuapps.

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OFFICE OF UDOLPHO WOLFE,
oote 1mpos ter Of the Schied6n romGtic Schndpps,
No 30 Benvcr-street.
NEW YORK, November 3. 1868.
40 tho People NJ tsee Southern Statess
VIXEN THE PURE MEDICINAL RESTORATIVE
now 80 widely known as WOLFE'S sCHIEDAM
ScHNAPPs was Introduced into the world under
tho endorsement Of four thousand leading members
OF the medical profession twenty years ago. tts
proprietor was we'll aware that it could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all new and useful
preparations he, therefore. endcavored to invest i,
with strongest possible safeguard against counter
feiters and to render all attempts to pirate 1t dif
cult and dangerous. 1t submitted to disttn.
guisned chemists for analysis and pronounced by
them the purcst spirit ever manufactured. Its puri
" ana properties having been thus ascertained sam
Pies Of the artiole forwarded to ten thousand
phystcias Including all the leading practitioners in
ehe United States. for purposes Of experiment A
circular. requesting trial Of the preparation and
report Of the result accompanied each specimen
Four thousand OF the most eminent medical men in
tho Union promptly responded. Their opinions Of
the article vere unanimously favorable. suoh q
preparation, they said, had long been wanted by
the profession. as reliance could be placed ON the
ordinary liquors Of commerce. all of which wore
more or less adulberated. and therefore unit for
med1cal purposes The peculiar excellence and
strenRth OF the OF of juniper. which formed of
the principal ingredients Of the schnapps together
with an unaIoyed character Of tho alcoholic Gle.
ment. give 1t. in the estimation Of tho faculty.
marked superiority over every other diusive stimu.
liant as diuro,ic, tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men OF the highest rank were published in q con-
densed form, and enclosed with eaoh bottle Of tho
sohnspps as one of the guarantees Of its genuine.
adopted; patent was obtained for the article the
label was copyrighted. aJac snte Of the proprisors
autograph signature was attached to each label and
cover. his name aud that Of the preparation were en-.
bossed On the bottles and the corks were sealed with
his private SEAL No article had ever been sold in
this country under the name Of Schnapps prior 10
the Introduction Of Wolfes schiedam Aromatic
schnapps, in 1861; and the label was deposited an
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 acquainted
with the Daring character Of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation OF honorable merchants by vend
ing deleter trash under their nape that tho pro-
tections carefully thrown around those schnapps
would have precluded che ntroductions and sale OF
oounterfeits. They seem. however, only to have
stimulated tho rapaoaty Of impostors. The trade
mark OF tho proprietor has been stolen the indorse-
mont whioh hts schiedam Aromatic aohnappa alone
received from the medical profession has been
claimed by mendacious hupbugs; hts labels and
bottles have been Initiated his advertisements para
phrased, hts circulars copied, and worse than ALL
retailers after dispoaing of the genuine
contents of his bottles, have filed them up with
common gan, the most deeterious Of AL liquors. aud
thus made his name and brand a cover for poison
The public the medical profession and the sick.
ser'oed as remedy. equally interes1et with the
proprietor In the deteclon suppression OF these
nefax1ous practices. The genuine article manulac.
cured ae the establishment Of the undersigned in
chedan, d olland, Is distilled from barley Of the
nnest quality. and favored with essential extract
OF the berry Of the Italian ju ps OF unoQualed pu.
rtty. By a process unknown in the preparation of
any other liquor. it s freed from every acrimonious
and corrosive element.
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and families In tho Southern States of
ths sale of cheap limitations of the schiedam Aro.
matte Schnapps In those markets; and travellers.
who are In the habit OF using 1t as an Andote to the
bsneful influence Of unwholesome river water tes
thy that eheap gin. put up in schiedam botlea is
frequently palmed OF upon the unwary. The
agents OF the undersigned have been requested to
ansUtute inquiries on the bjeot to forward to
nim the names Of such parties as they may asc.r-
tain to DO engaged in the atrocious systa OF decep.
ton. In conclusion. the undersigned would say that
he has produced, from under tho hands Of the most
distinguished men Of science In Ameracs proofs un
answesable Of the purity and medicinal excel.
lencs OF the Schtsdam Aromatic Schnapps that
he has expended many thousand dollars in sur.
rounding 1t with guarantees and safeausrds, which
he designed should project the public and himself
aeainst fraudulent limitations; that he has shown Il
IN tho
formly depended upon unad ulerated; that he haa
challenged Investigation, analysis, comparison and
experiment in all Its forms and from every ordeal
the preparation whi bears his pame seal and trade
mark, has como OF triumphant He, therefore feels
duty he owes to l,s fellow-citizens generally To
the medical profession and the slok, to denounce
and expose the chsrlaans who oountertet these evt
denotes OF identity and he calls upon the press and
the public to aid him In his efforts to remedy SO great
evil. tt .'e ,l<a
The following letters and certificates from the
leading physiclana and che nlsts of this city will
prove to tho reader that all goods sold 0y the under
signe are all that they are repre- entsd to be,
UDOLPHO WOLFE
Il feel bound TO say. that regard your Schna ops
q De,Ig IN every respect pre.sminentiy pure. and
the pures pessSe ares o aaad At AZ a events II is
sCrlbed Ty physicians. 's
DAVID l.. MOTT, M. D..
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New York
70 PINE-sTREET, NEW YonK.a
November 2l, lSG7.
UDoLPHo WOLFE, Esq, Present:
Oe0r Ssr-I havs laale cassaioal examination of
Q asampe OF your schiedsm eohnapps, with the in
tent of determ,ningH any foreign or injurious cub.
stance had been adued to the SIMPLE distled en ts
. The examination has resulted in the couc usion
that the sample contained poisonous or harmful
adWixturo have Ueoa unable to discover sny
trace o. the deleterious substances wioh are GU.
pioyed In the adulteration Of liquors. would moi
hesitate to use myself or to recomme nd to Others.
TOR medicinal purposes, tho Schledam Schnapps as
an excellent and unobjectionable variety of gun.
Very respectfully yours.
(eigned,) OHAS. A. Sicily. Chemist.
NEW YoRK, No. So CEDAnsrRsEr
November 26 l867
UDoLPHo WolFE, Eeq., Present
Dedr Sy-I have submitted to chemical anaIysia
TWO bottles OF s.schiedam Selnapps." which TOOK
from fresh package In your bon"ed warehouse ana
nHd. aB before, tnat the spirituous LIQUOR is trea
IRON injurious ingredients or fAlsif1eais:,n. that ~