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SebieSaut Sfhnaups
OFFICE OF UDoLPHo WOLFE,
Sote Inpo' ter Of the Schieaan, Aromatic Scanapps
NO 80 Beavcr-st-eot.


| H. OFFICE OF UDOLPHO WOLFE
| ooe importer Of the SchiedGn, aromatic Schnapps,
| NO 80 Beavcr-streot.
NEW YoRK, November 3. 1865
70 the People OF the Southern states.
WHEN TEE PURE MEDfOINAL RESTORATIVE
now so widely known as w0LFB'S sCH1EDAM
| soaNAPPs. was introduced into tho world under
the endorsement Of four thousand LEADING members
OF the medical protession twenty years ago. fts
proprietor was well aware that it could not wholly
escape tho penalty attaubed to all new and rset,.l
preparations He therefore, endeavored to invest n
with strongest possible safeY uard against co,nter-
1sters, Snd to render ah attempts to pirate It di-
| cut end dangerous. 1t submitted to distin.
eushso chemssts for apaTsis, and pronounced by
them tho p'irest spirit manufactured. It's pupi-
ty and properties having thus asoertained SAM
Pies Of the artiole were forwarded to ton Thousand
physicians Including all the leading practitioners in
Che Vnited States. for purposes of experiment.
circular. requesting trfal Of the preparation and
report Of the result, accompanied each specimen.
Foar Thousand of the most ointment medical men in
tho Union promptly responded Their epinlons of
tho artao'e were unanimously favorable. Such a
preparation. they said, had long been wanted by
tile pyefess'on as no reliance could be placed the
ord1nary liquors Of commerce. all Of which
mere or less sdalterated, and therefore unfit for
medical purposes. Tho peculiar silonce and
strength Of the OF Of jumper which formed one Of
the principal ingredients Of the sshnapps together
with an unaaoyed character of the alcoholic elo-
mont give it in tho estimation OF the faosity,
arked superiority over every other dhfssive stfmn-
laRt as diure'io. tonic aud restorative.
| Those satisfactory credentials from professonss
men Of the highest rank published in q con-
deaased form, and enaaosed with each botte Of the
SohnaPps as ono Of the 9uaranteea Of it's Ren1.ine
rets. 0thcr precautions againat fraud were also
adopted; patont was obtained for the article tho
label was copyrighted. tacsie Of the proprissors
auscgraph sigaature attained to each label and
oover ss nams aud that of the preparation were EN-.
bossed ON the bottles, and the wero sealed with
his pssvs*e seM. No artisle had ever bsen sold in
ehss ceunasy under 6he name Of schnapps pEaor to
the ineroductson Of Woles's sohiedam Aromatic
SehnaPps. Ia 1e5a and the label was Deposited an:
his tzadsnark, In the United Stases District Court
for tho Southern District Of Now York during thst
year.
1t might be supposed by persons unacquainted
with the Daring character Of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation OF honorable merchants by vend
ing deetarous trash under eheir nsme that the pro-
tectiens so carefully thrown around these schnapps
would have prec1uded tho introdNeions and sate Of
oeunterfeitsy They seem. however, only to have
stmulsSed the rapa0ity Of impostors. The trade
mark OF ths proprietor has been sscaaa; the ndorse
received from, the medical profeasiop has been
claimed by nzendaeious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been il.ated. his advertisements para
phrased. his circulars copied. and worse than an
rstailers alter disposing Of the genuine
contents Of his bottles. have AIled them up with
common gin. the most dele;erious Of all liquors. aud
thus made hts name ana brlnd a cover for poison.
1he public, the medical profession and tho sick
for whom the sohiedam Aromatic schnapps Is pre-
ser'bed as q rOneds are equally interessel with the
proprietor In the detao ION and suppression these
nefarious practices. The genuine article manuiac-
tured Gt the establishment OF tho undersigned in
ohiedam, 81 olland, Is distilled from barley of the
finest quality and favored with an essential extract
OF the berry OF the Italian juiptr, OF unoquaned pu
r1ty. BY process unknown In the preparation OF
any other liquor. it 10 freed from every acrimonious
and corrosive element
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and families In tho Southern states of
the sale Of cheap imitataons of the schiedam Aro-
matte hchnapps In those markets; and havellers
who are In the habit OF using anido.e to the
banefui influence Of unwhossome river water tes-
tifS that cheap gin. put up in scheaam bottles. is
frequently palned Oh upon tho unWary. Tho
agents Of tho undersigned have been requested 10
institute inquiries On the subject, and to forward to
BAN the names OF saOh parties they may ase,.r-
tain to be engaged in the atrocious systeo Of ecep
ton In conclusion. the understxned would say that
no has produced. from under the hands Of the most
distinguished men Of scaenee In Amsxaca proofs un
answerable OF the purity ana msdacmal excel
lence OF the SAhtedsm AronaHc Schnappe that
he has expended many thousand dollars in sur
rounding tt wtth guasantees and safeauards which
he designed should protect the pubne ana himself
against fraudulent tDitatiens that he has shown 1t
to be the emily liquor IN tho world that can be UNI.
forny depended upen as unad niterated that he has
challenged Investigation, anaaysis comparison and
experiment IN all ts forms; and from every ordeal
the preparation viii h bears his nana seal and trade
maxS. has come of triumphant He, therefore. feels
duly he owes to his fallOw-citzens generally to
the medical profession and the ssak to denousi6e
and expose tho chazlatans who countentett these ev
dsncaes OF identity. apd he cas upon the press and
the ubc to aid him In his eorts to remedy no great
an evsl. rs' INF ~ IN Y 90
The following letters and car3iAea&ss from the
leading physlc,ans and che naats of this city win
prove to the reader thst all goods sold Sy the under
signed are all thahthsy are repre- entsd TO be.
UDOLpHO WOLFE.
Ifeel bound to soy. tAas regard your schna ops
- being In every respeek prn-eminently pure, and
the purest posaibia article Of Holland Gin hereto
scribed by physiciaas.
pharmaceutical Chemist, New York
20 RfHn.sxRRHT, NEW YoRx. y
2 - - Ap- LII November 81, 1857. u, I IN
UDoLPHo WOLFE, Esq.. Present: VI 4.
Dear NSr-I have made o chemical examination OF
asaInpie of your Sohledam sohnspps, with the In
tent Vt determining II any foreign Injurious eub-
e.snne had heea eded to the pnanla disabled sp rsss
The e=e.s.s.s.M has resulted the eenc:n.aea
da ns NJ aes % o
tgaca OF tho deietataouss substances wich ara aus.
play Cd In tha adultegAion Of liquors. ! would NOT
tn IN ,naoN -
TOR raedtcdnal purposes. the Schiedam sehnsnps as
an excellent and unobtectonabe variety of aan.
ts Very respectfully yours, ~
ts.gned,) UHAs. A. BBELY, Chemist.