The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-14
Sfbiroam Sfbnapps.
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No :s4 Belvcr-stycct.

SofInpo' ''r = ae ciiedam .tromatic ScsHdPm
| No 22 Belvcr-stycct.
NEW York, November $. leGS =
To ,hc People of the Southern States:
WHEN TIL PURE MEDICINAL RESTORATIVE,
now widely known rs WOLFE'S sCHIEDA0I
sC4NAPPI. was in roducod into tic world under
the endorsement Of four thousand leading members
c the medical procession some twenty years ago, its
proprietor was we'll aware that it could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all new and useful
preparations He, therefore, endeavored to invest II
with strongest possible SAFEGUARD against counter
fecrs, and to render all attempts to rlrate 1t diff
cult and dangerous. It was suhnitted 10 d':lin'
! Gushed chemists for analysis, and pronounced by
them the pures! spirit ma nufacured Its pilri
Is and properties having oecn thus ascertaned san
pies of the article wcr forwarded to ten thousand
Physicians including all the leading practitioners III
TIC United States, for purposes OF experiment. A
circular, requesting trial Of the preparation ana
report OF The result accompanied each specimen.
Four thousand OF the most eminent medical men 10
the Union promptly responded. Their opinions OF
the article were UNANIMOUSLY favorable SUCH
preparation they said, had long been wanted by
1e profession, as no reliance could be placed Oh ihe
| ordinary liquors of commerce. oil of which were
medical purposes. Tho peculiar e1 elence and
strength Of the OF of juniper, which formed one OF
the principal ingredients Of the Schnapps. together
| with an unanoyed character OF the alcoholic ele'
ment. give il. in the estimation Of the faculty,
marked superiority over every other difusVe stmu-
liant as diuredc, tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men of the highest rank were published in con-
depscd form, and enclosed with each bottle Of the
schnapps, as of the guarantees OF ies genuine
ness. Other precautions against fraud were also
adopted; patent was obtained for the article, the
label was copyrighted, foe sn,1s Of the proprieor's
autograph signature was attached to each label and
cover hls name and that of the preparation were e-
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 to
the introduction of wolfe's schiednm Aromatic
schnapps, in 1851; and the label was deposited, as
his trade mark, in the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York during that
year.
It might be supposed by parsons unacquaned
with the daring character of tho pirates who prey
upon the reputation othonorable merchants by venc-
lug dcleerous trash under their name that the pro-
tections 50 carefully thrown around these Schnapps
would have precIuded the inroductious and sale OF
counterfcits. hey seem, however. only to nave
stimulated the rapacity of impostors The trade
mark OF ths proprietor has been stoen the indorsc-
ment which his Schicdan Aromatic Schnapps alone
received from the medical professor has been
claimed by mendacious huwbuss; bis labels and
bottles have been inflated. his advertisements para
phrascd, his circulars copied, and worse than all
dshonorahle rctlicrs after disposing OF the genuine
contents Of h,s bottles, have fIlcd them up with
common sin the most dcloerious of all liquors. and
thus made his name aud brInd cover for poison
ho public the medical profession and the sick,
for whom the schiclam Aromatic Schnapps 's pre-
srrtbcd as remedy, are equally inercsiei with tho
proprietor In tho detection and suppression Of those
nclarious practices. The genuine article, manuIuc-
turcd ut the establishment oil the undersigned in
chieda1n, Holland Is distilled from barley OF The
finest quality, aud favored with an essential extract
OF tho berry OF the Italian uuiper, oil unequaed pu-
riiy. BY process unknown in the preparation OF
any other liquor. It freed from every acrimonious
aud corrosive clement.
Complaints have becn received from the lending
physicians and families in the Southern States of
the sale Of cheap limitations of the schiednm Aro-
matte Schnapps in those markets; and travellers,
who are in the habit oil using it as an anidoe to the
baueful influence of unwholcsome river water. tes-
tify Tint cheap gin, put up In Schedam bottles, Is
frequently polmcd OF upon the unwary. The
agents OF tho undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries the subject, and to forward to
him the names OF such parties as they may ascrr-
tain to be engaged in the atroous system Of decep
fha cd xynu loay hat
he has produced, from under the hands Of the most
distinguished men of science in America. proofs un
apswerable of the purity and medicinal excel
lence Of the Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps ; that
he has expended many thousand dollars in sur
rounding it with guarantees and safeguards, which
he designed should protect the public and himself
against fraudulent imitatons; that he has shown 1t
to be the only liquor in tho world that can be uui-
formIy depended upon as unadulterated that he hos
challenged investigation, analysis, comparison and
experiment in oil Its forms; and from every ordeal
the preparation whi bears his name, seal and trade
mark, has come OF triumphant He, therefore, feels
II duty he owes 10 ls tellow-ctzrns generally. 10
the medical profession and the sick, to dcuounco
aud expose the cuarlatlns who counterfeit these evil
denotes OF identity and he calls upon the press and
tho public to aid him In his efforts to remedy great
an evil.
The following letters and certificates from the
Leading physicians and che n1sti OF this city will
provo to The reader that oil goods sold y tie under
aigncl are all that they are repro onted to be.
UDOLPHO WOLFE.
Iicel bound to say, that regard your Selma 1ps
as being in every respect prc-tminently pure, aud
deserving of medical patronage At all events, it is
the purest possible arlcie OF Holland Gin. hereto
fore uuotta,uable and Us such may be safely PR
scrbed by physcians.
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New York