Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-01-15
Now York, Nov. 8. 1858.
To the People of tho Southern states:

When the pure medicinal restorative, now SO
widely kn"wn Wolfe's Sch ie1nm Scl,,ap,s.
Rs introduced irio the wei III under the en-
Corstmcnt of fur thousand lcnd;pg m.mbcrs
Of the medical profession some 20 Years ugo ills
proprietor was we'll aware that il could not
wholly escape the penalty attached 10 all new
nn'l useful preparations. lie, therefore, ell
'irnvorcd TO invest il with strongest. possible
safeguard a..ninst counterfei,ers, and to render
all attempts 10 pirate il difficult anil danger
nus. 1t was submitted 10 distinguished chem
ists for analysis. aud picuounc-d by them the
purrst spirit ever manufactured 1t, purify
ana properties having been thus ascert rtaned
samples IF the article were forwarded to Ten
thousand Physicians including all the leading
ruct itioncrs in the United States, for 1uri,,ses
of experiment. circular, requesting Trial
of the prefaration and report of the result.
accompanied each specimen. -Four thousand
OF the most eminent medical men in the Union
promptly responded. Their opinions of the
article were unanimously favorable. Such u
preparation they SAID, had lo.g been wnn,v:
hy the profession, ns no reliance rorll be placed
IN the ordinary liquor. of commerce, eIl Of
which were more q: less nduteratei, and there.
fore unfit tor medical purposes. The peculiar
excellence shd strength of the oil Of iuriper
which formed Que Of the principle inri e,lien,s
"f the Srhnapps, together with an unalloyed
character Of the alcoholic element, give it, iu
! the cst'E;nt:oa Of the faculty, a marked sure
rioritF over every other ,lilfuslve s,iuulaut az
! dinrrt'c, t"nic and rec. oru,ive.
These satisfactory credentials from profa
! +:onal men of the highest rank were published
III cnndcused form, and enclosed with each
bottle of the S"hnapps, az one of the guar.n-
te"s of ns genuin-nrss. Other precautions
| against fraud We're nisu adopted q Patent WI
obtained for the nrtIcle. the Iab.I was cory
ri. htrd, J"c stmiie Of the proprieior's auto
yrIIi signature WIS att ached to each iabcI NJ i
q fl.,
were embossed on the bottles, and the cork.
were semt"d with his private seai. No article
had ever been sold in this country under the
name OF Schnapps prior to the introduction Of
Wolfe y Schirdu,n Aromatic Sclinupi,s. in 1851:
and tho label was deposited, as his trade mark
in the United Suites District Court for the Sou
lhern District Of New York during that wear
II might he supposed by persons unacquaia-
ed with the daring character Of the pirates
who prey upon the reputation Of kouora bic
mel elchants by vending deleterious trasi, under
their name, that the prot ections SO. carefully
thrown around these SchnapJs would have
I'recluded the inroduc:ions and sale of cuun-
serfeits. They seem, however, only to have
ttEulated the rapaci:y Of imPostors The
trade mark Of the prorrie'o or has tecn stolen
| he Endorsement which Iis Schi.dam Il Aromatic
Srhnapps alone received from the medical pro-
f-ss"n hus heen claimed by ,nendnciuus hum
bugs; lie labels and bottles have been imta-
ted his advertssnents parnphrased. his circn
Lara copied, and woise Than ALL dishonorabie
| etailers. after diaposing Of the genuine con-
tents Of his bottles. have filled them up With
! common gin the most deleterious OF all liquors
and thus made his nnms and brand cover for
pPison. :
THE public, the medical profession and the
sick, for whom the Shiedam n roinatic Scllnapps
Ia prescribed rs a remedy, are equally interes-
ted with tIe proprietor in the detection aid
suppression OF these nefarious practices. The
genuine article, manufactured at the establish
ment of The undersigned, in Schiedam. lIol-
and; is distilled from a hurley of the fines,
quality, md favored with an essential extract
Of the berry Of the Italian juniper, of unequal
ed purity. BY process unknown in ihs pre-
paration OF any other liquor, it is freed from
every acrimonious and corrosive element
Complaints hive been received from the
leading ply sic'nns apd families ia the Southern
States Of the sale Of cheap limitations of the
kets an,i travellers, who are in tie habit of
using it ne an autidote TO the baneiul influence
Of uuwholesome river waller. testify that cheap
gin. put up 10 Srheidam bottles, is frequently
palm-d off upon the unwary. The agents Of
The undersigned have been requested to insti-
tutr inquiries on the subject, and to forward To
i,im the names Of iuch parties as they mny as
certain to be engaged In the a,rcc,ous system
Of deception. In conclusion, the undersigned
would say that he has produced, from under
The hands of tho most distinguished men of SCI
.ncs in America. proofs unanswerable Of the
purity and medicinal excellence Of tho Schei-
dam aromatic Sshnapps; that he has expen
d-d many thousand dollars in surrounding it
with guarantees and safeguards. which he de
signed should protect tha public and himself
against fraudulent init iatons; that he ha.
shown it to be the only liquor in the world
that Gun be uniformly depanded upon as un-
adulteraied; that be has challenged inveati-
CATION, analysis, comparison, aud experimen,
in all ita forms; and from every ordeal the
: preparation which bears his name, seal and
trade mark has como of triumphant. lie
therefore feels il . duty he owes to his fellow
, citizens generally. 10 the medical profession
. and the sick. to denounce aud expnse the chri,
tians who counte rfeit these evidences Of ide n.
tity. and he calls upon the press and the pub
lie to aid him In his sfforts 10 remedy 90 grea
an evil. sfEE s;..t - l. =
Tho following let era and certificates from
f the leading piy sieinns and chemists, Of ;thi,
city will prove TO the reader that all good
sold by the undersigned are all they are rep,
= uDoLPuo WOLFE
feel bound to say, that regard you
schnapps as being in avery respect pre-emi-
neptly pure and deserving of medical patronage