The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-03-09


lence and strength of the hol 6ftjanibef which
chnapps tosetRcr ss, an unsilosea charaoIep M aae
OF the alcoholic element give it, In the estimation
of the faculty, a marked superiority over every
other diffusve stimulant as dlurotic tonic and
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men OF tho highest rank woro published in
condensed form, and enclosed with each bottle
as S it's
were also adopted; patent was obtained for the
article, the label was copyrighted, fac sinle of
the proprietor's autograph signature was attached
to each label and cover. his name and that Of tho
preparation were embossed on the bottles. and the
corks wero sealed with his private seal No article
had ever been sold in this country under the name
OF Schnapps prior to the introduction of Wolre's
SGhisdam SEN, Aromatio sehnapps in 1851; and the
United States District Court for the Southern Dis
triet of New York during that year.
w;, - mlgnt & be supposed ny persons unacGuainted
upon tho reputation Of honorable merchants, by
vending dcletcrious trash under their name that
the projections 80 carefully thrown around these
Schnapps would have precludcd the introductions
and sale OF counterseits. They SEEM however
only to have stimulated the rapacity of imposters
tho endorsement which his Schiedam Aromatic
Schnapps alone received from tho medical pro-
fesson has been claimed by mendacous hum bugs;
his labels an bottles have been initiated his ad-
vertisemcnts paraphrascd, his circulars copicd
and, worse than all, dishonorabe retailers. after
dleposing or the genuine contents of his bottles
have tiled them up with common gin. the most
deleterioms of all liquors. and thus made his name
and brand n cover for poison.
The pubic, the medical profession and the sick
for whom the Echiedam Aromatic Schnapps is
prescribed as remedy, are equally Interested with
tho proprietor i'll the detection and suppression of
these nefari0us practices. Tho genuine article
manufactured at tho establishment of the under
signed, in Schiedam, Holland, is dietiled from
barley of the finest quality. and favored with an
essential extract nf the berry of tho italian
juniper, of unrqualled purity. BY process un-
known in the preparation of any other liquor it is
s.l1f
mcnt.
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicans and families in the Southern States
ut tho sale OF cheap limitations of the Schlcdam
Aromatic Schnapps in those markets; and travel
ers who are i'll the habit OF using it as an antdotc
to the banefu influence of unwhul.snr.e river
water, TESTIFY that cheap gin, put up in Schiodam
bottles, IL frequently pa!mcd of upon the unwarv
The agents of the undersigned have been requested
To institute inquiries on tho subject, and to for
ward to Inn the names of such parties they
may ascertain to be engaged in the atrocious
system OF deception. In conclusion, the under
signed would ~ that he has produced, from under
the hands OF the most distinguished men of
science IN America, proofs unansworable of the
purity and medicinal excellence Of tho Schiedam
Aromatic Sclnapps; that he has expended many
Thousand dollars in surrounding it with guarantees
and safeguards, which he designed should protect
the public and himself against fraudulent imita-
tons; that he has shown it to be the only liquor in
the world that can he uniformly depended upon
u nnadnlturated; that he has challenged investi
CATION, analysis, comparison, and experiment in
all Its forms: and from every ordeal the prepn-
ration which bears his name, seal ANA trade mark
has come off triumphant. He, therefore feels il a
duty he owes to his fcllow-citizcns generally, to
the medical profession and the sick to dcnounce
aud expose the Charatans who counterfeit these
evidences OF identity, and he calls upon tho press
and tho public to aid him in his efforts 10 remedy
80 great an evil.
The following letters and certificates from tho
leading physicians and chemists of this citv will
prove to the reader that all goods sold by the
undersigned arc all they arc represented to be.
UDOLplIO WOLFE.
feel bound % say, that | regard Your Schnapps