American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-01-09
Nav YoRKa Nov. 8, 1886.

Te sso People of sho souihcrn States
when the pure medicinal restorative now
40 widely known as Woife's SchiedanS
Scnvst ps, was itfdrodu6ed into the world un-
der the en- dotsemsns -Four thousand leads
iing mem bers of the medical profession some
az years ago, its proprietor WAS we'll aware
that Il could not wholly escape the penalty
attached 70 oil new nnd ~nsefui preparations.
He therefore, cnsieavored.to invest y Win
the strongest possible safe gueFds taga1ns
oouuterfeiters, and to render all attempts to
pirate it difaonh and dangerous. lI was
IA buaitted TO distinguished tchsmists 10Y
analysis, AMI pronounced by'hem the puress
spirit ever manufactured. Its purity ana
,propertissb having been, thus fascsrbSfneor
samples Of, the article were forwaraesyeo zen
thousand physicians, including the ieaalng
practitioners in the United States, for pur-
noses of experiment. A circular requesting
a trial of the preparation and report Of the
result, accompanied each specimen. Four
thou sand of the most eminent MEDICAL men
in thes Union promptly responded. Thsr
opinions Of the article were nhnimsns'y
favorable, Such a preparation, they sa'dr
had long been wanted by The Professiony y
no reliance could be placed on the oreieSry
liquors of commerce, al of which were mere
or less adulterated, and therefore .unht for
medical purposes. The peculiar excellences
and strength of the oil of Juniper, whish
formed one Of the principal ipgredients OF
the Schnarps, together with an nnalloyed
character cftbc alcoholic element, igiSe.ii, in
the estimation of the mrulty,a marked 1su-
periority over every other di4usive stlniu-
liant as diuretio; tonic
These satisfactory credentials from profess
sional men Of the highest rank were pub
hshed in condensed form, and enclosed
with each bottle. of the SShnapps, as one of
the guarantees Gifts genHin eness. Qher pre-
cautions were also adopted patent was OBJ
tanned for the article, the label was copy>
righted, tsc apaife of the proprietor's auto
graph sigature was attached to each label and
cover, HIS name andttat Of the preparation
were embossed on the bottles ,fand the corks
we're sealed With his private seal. Nc srtis.t,
Gle has ever been sold in this country under
the name of Schapps prior to the introduce
ton of VOLTS Scheidam Aromatic Schnapps,
In 1861; and the label WAS deposited. as his
trade mark, in the United States D;strist
court for the Southe.n District Of New Fotk
for that year. - I.GtN 4
1t might be supposed BY persons unac-
quainted with the daring character Of the
pirates who prey upon the reputation ;of
honorable merchants by vending deleterious
trash under their name, that the prot ectisIs
so carefully thrown around these SchaaEns
would have precluded the Introduction nd
sale of counte feits. They seem, how ever,
only to have stimI lat ed the rapacity Of i'm
posters. The trade mark of the proprietor
has been stolen; the Endorsement which the
Scheidam Aromatic Scnnpps alone received
from the medical profession has been claimed;
by mendacions humbugs; his labels apd, bot
ties have been initiated, his advertisements
psraphrased, his circulars copied, ana worse
than all, dishonorable retailers, after disRqs,
ing Of the genuine contents of his bottles,
have filed them M with common gin; the
most deletcrious of all liquors, n nd thus ma De-
his name aud brand II cover for poison. sr75
The public, the medical profession an tho
sick, for whom the Schriiam Aromatic
Schnapps is prescribed as a remedy. are
equally interested with the propristorin tho
detection and suppression Of these 4nefarious
practices. The genuine article, 'manufse-
tured at the establishment OF the Under,
signed, in Scheidam, Holland, is distilled
from a barley of the finest quality, and fla
vored with an essential extract ofthe befrS'of
the Italian Juniper, of .uncqnalled purity.
By a process unknown ia the man ufactpre
of any other liqnor, it is freed from every
acrimonious ard corrosive element, %
Complaints hrye 1,ecn receNed from the leading
physicians and families in tho SOUTHERN STaTss
Of the sale Of cheap limitations OF the Scheid4m
Schnapps in those markets aud travellers who are
in the habit OF using il Az aitidote to the banefhb
influence Of unwholeSome rivur wafer. testify that
cheap gin put up in ScAcidam bottles, IL frequent
ly paimed OIL upon the unwary- The agents 81 tho
undersigned have been requested to institute ijns'
guiries on the subject, and 10 fOrwufd 10 HIM tiei
names OF such parties rs they may ascertain to To-
engaged in the attractions system of..deception. IN
conclusion. the undersigned would sax thai hrJ iss
produced from Under the hands Of the most dis.
tlngnished men Of science In America, proofs unss,
sworable OF the purity and medical ex:elriics- Of ,
the Soleidam aromatic Schnapps; that he hiss .ss~
pended many thnnsand dollars In surrounding it
with guarantees and safcgua d. which Ire designed
should protect the public and himself against iIsyd-
nlent limitations that he has shown 10 TO be tile
only liquor in the world that can be uniformly de-
pended upon a. unadSlterated that he has chal>
lcngrd investigation, analysis, cOHpaI ison and sx-
pertinent in all its forms aud from every ordeal
the preparation which bears his paine, seal and
trade mark has come oil triumphant. He there
h0'S feel, II u d"ty lie owes to $ telow-ct'Zsns
generally, to the medical profession and tho sick
to denounce and expose tla charlatans who coy.
terfet til 'se svd nee 0f identity and he calls mon
the press and the public TO aid him in his eesrtsta
remedy so great an evil. r-r.. ID.
The following letters and certificates frona the
eddng phySchns and chemists OF this city auill
prove to the reader that all goods sold " lie I'm
iorsigRed are allthey are fepresc nied to Le. j.
- .... UDOLPRO WOLFE
feel honnd to say, that regard your 6chnaEA
IS being In every respect pre.enuvhtiy pnIe, ,aal
deserving ct medical patronage. At all events. it
\ the purest possible article Of Holland Gin here.
ofore unobtainlbc. and srlrh may be safcly me-
crihed by Physicians, DAVID MOTT. II. ~
&c PlTE STREET. NRw YoHK, Nov, al, 1867.
JDoLPHo WOLFE. ESQ.,, Present: - ie,.,rIs.-
DEAR SIR have made chemical examination
U sample OF your Scheidam Schnappsv Wsth, lhe
nient ct determining il any foreign or iniurions
INSTANCE had been added to the. simple distilled
pirits. q, b. f--'~sI9r > =
The examination has result in the conclusion
nat the sample contained no poisonous or harmfIl
dmixture have been unable to discover any
race Of the deleterioas substances which are en-.
loyed In the aduteration OF liquors. would not
estate TO use myself or recommend 10 others fpr
,ed'cal purposes, the Scheidan Schnapps as an ex, e
client and unoljectionable quality Of gin.
Very respectfully oufs, 80 -
(Sgned,l CHAS. A. SEELY, Chemist.
NV YoRK, IS CEDAR STREET,
NoRember rs, 1867; e