The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-19
To the People of the Southern states

Sole hippo, Ter ofthe Scaeoam Aromatic !Schndpps,
40 S2 Ec.lvcr-sercct.
NEW YORK, November 3. 186S.
To the People of the Southern States:
WHEN THE PURE MEDICINAL RESTORATIVE.
now so widely known as WoLFE'S SCHIEDAM
SCaNAPPS, was in reduced into the world under
the endorsement of four thousand leading members
of the medical profession some twenty years ago, Its
proprietor well aware that it could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all pew and uscfu
preparations He, therefore. endeavorcd to invest II
with strongest possible safeguard against counter
feitcrs and to render all attempts to pirate it dill
cult and dangerous. It was submitted to d'stlp-
guIshpd chemists Or analysis, and pronounced by
them the purest spirit ever manufactured Its puri-
ty and properties having oeen thus ascertained SAM
Piles of the article werc forwarded to ten thousand
physicians including all tue leading practitioners in
the United States, for purposes of experiment q
circular, requesting trial Of tho preparation ana
report of The result, accompanied each specimen.
Four thousand OF the most eminent medical men IN
the Union promptly responded. Their opinions Oh
the article were unanimously favorable. such
preparation, they said, had long been wanted. by
the profession as no reliance could be placed on the
ordinary LIQUORS of commerce. all Of which were
more or less adulterated and therefore unit for
medical purposes. The peculiar ex elience and
strength of the oi of jumper. which formed one OF
the principal Ingredients oil the Schnapps together
with IN uralloyel character of the alcoholic ele-
ment. give it. in the estimation Of the faculty, o
marked supero-ty over every other dffuslre stimu-
liant as a diure'ic, tcnic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
IN n
denscd form and enclosed With each bottle OF the
schnapps rs one Of the guarantees Of its genuine.
ncus. O.Ler precautions against fraud were also
adopted; patent obtained for the article. the
label was copyrighted, fac sic of the proprleors
autograph scnature was attached to each label and
cover his name aod that Of the preparation were I'M
Tossed on The bottles aud the corks were sealed with
his private SEAL No article. had ever been sold in
this country under the name Of Schnapps prior to
the introduction of Wolfo's Schiedam Aromatic
Schnapps, In 1851 and the label was deposited, as
his trade Inarl in the United States District Court
for tho Southern District of New York during that
year.
It might be supposed ry persons una:quain'ed
with the ring character OF the pira.cs WHO prey
upon the reputation o,honorable merchants by vcnd-
ing deicer trash under their nape that the rro-
tections go carefully thrown around these schnapps
would have prccluded tho introductlons and sae OF
counterfeite They seem, however, only 10 have
stimulated the rapacity of imposlor'. The trade
mark OF tn proprietor has been solen The indorse-
mcut which his Sehieian Aromatic Schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has been
claimed by mcndacious hulubugs; his labels and
bottles have been inflated. his advertisements par-
phrased, his circulars copied. and worse than all
dshonorable retailers after dsposipg of The genuine
contents of his bottles, have filed them up with
common eir, tho most dcc:erious of Ill liquors. and
thus made his name aud brInd cover for poison.
he public, the medical profession and the SICK
for whom tho scLicdam Aromatic schnapps ia pre-
scribed us a remedy, equally Ntercsc' with the
proprietor in the detection upd suppression of those
nclarious practices. Tho genuine article, mapuac-
turcd at the establishment OF the undersigned in
Schicdaln, Holland Is distilled trom barley Of The
finest quality, and Favored with an essential extract
OF tho berry OF tho Ialian jurIpe oi unequailed pu
rity. BY . process unknown IN the preparation OF
arr other Eouor it IS freed from every acrimonious
aud corrosive ee,ncut
Complaints have boon received from tho Leading
phys CLANS and families in tho Southern States OF
tl- sale II cheap mutations OF tho Schiedam aro-
matte Schnlpps in those markets; and travellers,
who ore in the habit OF using 1t as an ando:e to the
Laneful influence of unwholcscme rive. water 'es-
tfy that cheap gin, put mp III schiedam bottles, Is
frequently palmed off upon tho unwary The
agents OF the undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries ih" sEbjcr AMI to forward to
him the names OF such parties as the may ascrr-
tain 10 DO engaged in the atrocous system OF decep-
tlca. In conclusion the undersigned would s3y that
bo has produced from under the hands Of the most
apswerable of the purity and medicinal excel
lence OF the Schielam Aromatic Schnc.us that
lie has expended many thousand dollars in sur
rounding it with guarantees and safeguards, which
hu designed should protect the public and himself
against fraudulent limitations; that ne has shown it
TO pc the only liquor IN the world that eau be unl-
formly depended upon uuadultrrated; that ho has
challenged investigation, analysis, comparison anu
experiment in oil its iorms; and from every ordeal
the preparation viii Ii bears his name, zeal and trade
mark las come OF triumphant He. therefore. feels
il duty he to ls tellow-citiz' Generaiy, to
the medical profession and the sick, to denounce
oud expose the charatans who counterfeit these evil
denotes OF identity. and e calls upon the press and
Tho ubl,c to aid him in his efforts to remedy SO great
IN owl.
The following letters aud certificates from the
leading physicians and che nlsts of this city will
prove to the reader that all goods sold 'y tue undor
signel are all that they arc repre- entcd to be.
UDoLPHO WOLFE.