The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-01-28

To TIE People 9i' tie ,S9M'hern States
When the pure medicinal restorative, now so
widely known as VOTES Schicdam Schnapps, was
introduced into the world under I.ie endorsement OF
four thousand leading members of the medical
profession some 20 years ago, its proprietor was
well aware that il could not wholly escape the
penalty attached TO all new and useful prcpara-
lions. lie, therefore, eudcavorcd TO invest it with
strongest possible safeguard against couutcrfeitcrs
and TO render ai attempts 10 pirate ii difficult and
dangerous. 1t was submitted TO distinguished
chemists for analysis, and pronounced by them the
purcst spirit ever manufactured. It's purity and
properties having been thus ascer:aincd, samples
of the article were forwarded TO ten thousand ply
sicians, including all the leading practitioners in
the United States, for purposes OF experiment
circular requesting trial Of the preparation and
u report of the result, accompanied each specimen
Four thousand OF the most eminent medical men
in The Union promptly responded. Their opin-
ions of 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 adulcratcd, and therefore unfit
for medical purposes. The peculiar excellence and
strength of the oil ef juniper, which formed one
of the principal ingredients Of the Schnapps, TO-
ee,hcr with an unalioycd character Of the alcohol
a marked superiority over every other ditiuslve
stimuiant as II diuretic, tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men of the highest rank were published in con-
denscd form, aud enclosed with each bottle oil The
Schnapps. as ore of the guarantees Of lis genuine
ness Other precautions against fraud were also
adopted. n patent was obtained for the article
the label was copyrighted. fac stmHe ef the pro-
prietOr' autograph signature was attached 20 eacu
Il fhnf nf Q thn 0rn
ton werr embossed on the bottles, and the corks
were scaled with his private seal. No article bad
ever been sold in this country under the name of
Schnapps prior to the introduction OF Wofes
Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps. III 1891 ; and the
label was deposited ns his trade mark, in the Uni
ted States District Court for the Southern District
OF New York that year.
1t might be supposed by persons unacquantcd
with the daring character Of the prat es who prey
upon tho reputation Of honorable merchants by
vending dceterious trash under their name that
The protection so carefully thrown around ;hcse
Schnapps would have precuded the introduction
and sale of countcrlcits. They seem, however, TO
have. only stimulated the rapacity Of imposters.
The trade mark of the proprietor has been stoien
the Endorsement which his Schicdam Aromatic
Schnapps alone received from the medical profess
sion has been claimed by mendacious humbugs
his labels and bottles have been initiated, his ad-
veriscmcn:s paraphrascd, his circulars c"pieu anu
worse tiinn all dishonorable retailers, alter dlspo
sing of the gcnrne contents Of his bottles, have
filled them up with common gin, The most delete.
rious of all liquors, and thus made Ills name and
brand n cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and the sick,
for whom Tic ScAicdam Aromatic Schnapps is
prescribed as remedy, are equally Interested
with the proprietor in the detection and suppress
sion bf these neIarous practices The genuine
article, manufactured at the establishment OF the
undersigned, in Scho 'am Holland, is distilled
from barley of the finest quality, and favored
with IN essential extract of the berry of the Ital-
ian juniper of unequalled purify. BY process
unknown in the preparation of any other liquor,
it is freed from every acrimonious and corrosive
element.
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and families in the Soufhcrn States OF
the sale of cheap limitations of the Schiedam Aro-
matte Schnapps in those markets; and travellers,
who arc in the habit Of using it rs an antidoic TO
the baneful influence of unwholesome river water,
testify that cheap gin put up in Schiedam bottles,