The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-05
Sfbiebat1l Sfbnapps.
OFFICE OF UDoLpHo WOLFE. |
Sole Inpc, ter Of the Schiedanl Aromatic Schndpps,
No 22 Beaver.Street.
NEW York, November 8. 1868.

OFFICE OF UDoLpHo WOLFE.
Sole Inipc, ter Of the Schiedam Aromatic SclnoPps,
No 22 BeayersStTeet.
NEW York, November g. 1863
To the People of the Southern States:
WHEN THE PURE MEDICINAL RESTORATIVE,
now so widely known as WoLFE'S SCHIEDAM
SCINAPPS, was in reduced into the world under
the endorsement of four thousand leading members
of the medical profession some twenty years ago, its
proprietor was we'll aware that it coud not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all new and useful
preparations. He, therefore, endeavored to invest IL
with strongest possible safeguard against counter.
feitcrs, and to render all attempts to rirate 1t dill
cult and dangerous. Il was submitted to disiin-
guished CHEMISTS for analysis, and pronounced by
them the pures spirit ever manufactured Its purl-
ty and properties having been thus ascertaincd, SAM
pies of tho article were forwarded to ten thousand
physicians including all the leading practitioners in
tue United States, for purposes of experiment. A
circular requesting trial Of the preparation and
report Of the result, accompanied each specimen.
Four thousand of the most eminent medical men In
the Upion promptly responded. Their opinions OF
the article were unanimously favorable. Such
preparation, they said, haS 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 adulterated. and therefore unfit for
medical purposes. The peculiar excellence and
strength of the OF of juniper, which formed one Of
tho principal ingredients OF the schnapps. together
with IN unalloyed character of the alcoholic ele-
ment, give 1t. in the estimation of the faculty,
marked superiority over every other diusivc stmu-
liant as diure'ic tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men of tho highest rank were published in con-
densed form and enclosed with each bottle OF the
Schnapps, as Of the guarantees OF Its genuine
ness Other precautions against fraud were also
adopted; patent was obtained for the article the
label was copyrighted fac sn,iie Of The proprieorS
autograph signature was attached to each label and
cover his and that Of the preparation were I'm
ossed on the bottles and the corkg were sealed With
bis private seal. No article had ever been sold in
this country under the namc Of Schnapps prior to
the introduction of wolfe's schiedam Aromatic
schnapps, in 1851; and tho label was deposited, as
his trade mark, in the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York during that
year.
1t might be supposed by persons unacqaainied
with the d ring character of tho pirates who prey
upoa the reputation othonorable merchants By ycnd'
ing deleteros trash under their name, that the PRO-
tectons so carefully thrown arounl these Schnapps
would have precluded the inlroductoas and falo OF
counterfeits They seem, however only to have
stimulated the rapacity Of impostors. The trade
mark Of th proprietor has been stolen; the ndorsc-
mont which his Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has been
claimed By mcndacious hupbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated, his advertisements para
,,hrased, bis circulars copied and worse than all,
dishonorabe retailers, after dsposing OF the genuine
contents of his bottlos, have hled them up with
common en the most dec:erious of all liquors, and
thus made his name and brInd cover for poison.
Tho public. the medical profession and the sick,
for whom The schiedam Aromatic Schnapps is pre-
scrbcd rs q remedy, equally interested with the
proprietor in the detection und suppression of these
nelarious practices The genuine article, mnnu!ac-
tured at The establishment Of the undersigned in
schicdarn, Holland, is distilled from barley of the
finest quality, and Favored with an essential extract
of the berry of the Italian jurtpc of uncqualled pu-
rty. Dy process unknown in the preparation Of
any other liquor. it Is freed from every acrimonious
aud corrosive element.
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and families in the Southern States of
the sale Of cheap mutations Of the Schtedam Aro-
matte schn1pps in those markets; and travellers,
who are In tho habit OF using it "a an andoie to the
baneful influence of unwholesome river water. tea.
tify that cheap gln put up in Schiedam bottles, Is
frequently puiuied on upon the unwary. The
agents of the undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries the Subject, ana to forward to
linn the names of such parties as they may asc,r-
tain to bo engaged in tho atroous system Of decep
tion In conclusion. the undersigned would say that
he has produced, from under the hands of the most
distpguis hed men of science In America, proofs
apswerable of tho purity and medicinal excel
lcnce of the Schiedam Aromatic schnapps that
no has expended many thousand dollars in sur
rounding 1t with guarantees and safeguards, which
he designed should project the public and himself
against fraudulent limitations; that he has shown 1t
to be tho only liquor in the world that can be uni
formly depended upon as unadulterated that lie has
challenged investigation, analysis, comparison and
experiment in all its forms; anil from every ofde1l
the preparation wh h bears his pame seal and trade
mark has como OF triumphant. He, therefore, feels
il duty he owes to his ielow-citiz'ns generally, to
he medical profession and the sick, to dcnouncs
and expose the charlatIns who counterfeit these evil
denotes of identity. and lie calls upon the press and
the ublc to aid him in his efforts to remedy so great
al evil.
Tho following letters and certificates from the
leading physicians aud che mist OF this city will
prove to the reader that all goods sold Sy the under
sgncl are oil that they are repre- cntcd 10 be.
UDoLPHO WOLFE.