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Sfhifoam Sfhnapus.
OFFICE OF UDOLpHO WOLFE,
Sole Impo' ter Of he tchiedum Aromdtic ScAndppS,
NO 22 Bcavcr-Srrcct.

WHEN IHE PURE MEDICIN NJ RESTORATIVE,
now so widely known as WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM
SCaNAPPS, waR in reduced into the world under
the endorsement Of four thousand leading members
Of the medical profession some tweuty years ago. It's
proprietor was we'll aware that 1t could not wholly
escape the penSlty attached to all new and usefu
preparations. He, therefore, endeavored to invest ii
with strongest possible safeguard against counter
fciters, and to 'cndcr ali attempts TO pirate it diff
cult and dangerous. 1t submitted to Dustin.
gu,shed chemists for analysis, and pronounced by
them the pureX spirit manufactured. It's puri-
ty and propor& having oeen thus ascertained, sam
pies of the article forwarded to ten thousand
physicians including oil tue leading practitioners
the United StaV@, for purposes of experiment..
CIRCULAR requesting trial of the preparation aud
report OF the result accompanied eecl. specimen.
Four thousand Of tho most eminent medical men in
the Union promptly responded. The OPINIONS OF
tho article were unanimously favorable. Such
preparation, they said, had long been wanted by
the profession az reliance could be placed the
ordinary liquors of commerce. all of which wero
moro less adulterated, and therefore unfit for
medical purposes. The peculiar ex ellcnce and
strength of the oi of jumper which formed of
the principal ingredients OF the schnapps together
with an uralloyed character of the alcoholic ele-
ment. give it. in the estimation of the faculty,
marked superiority every other drusivo stimu-
liant as q diure ic tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men of the highest rank published in q con-
densed FORM and enclosed with each bottle Of the
Schnapps, one of the guarantees of its genuine.
ness. Other precautions against fraud were also
| adopted; patont was obtained for the article the
label copyrighted s,miie of the prop1ie
autograph signature was attached to each label and
cover, his aud that of the preparation were en-
bossed on the bottles and the corks sealed with
his private seal. No article had ever been sold in
this country under the name Of Schnapps prior to
the introduction of Wolfes Schiedam 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.
1t might be supposed by persons una cquain'ed
with the during character of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation o Honorable merchants by vend
ing dcleter trash under their name, that the
tectons SO carefully thrown around those schnapps
would have precluded the inroductlons and eale OF
counterfeits They seem, however, only to have
stimula ed the rapacity ofe lmpostors. The trade
mark OF tn. proprietor has been stolen; the indorse-
ment which his sahicdam Aromatic Schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has been
| claimed by mendacious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated. his advertisements para
phrascd, his circulars copied, and worse than all,
dishonorabe retailers, alter disposng of tho genuine
contents of his bottles, have filed them up with
common gin, the most dee;erious of all liquors, aud
thus made his name and brlnd a cover for poison.
he public, the medical profession and the sick,
for whom tho Schicdam aromatic Schnapps 10 pre-
scrbed as remedy, equally ntereste with the
proprietor in the deeclon aud suppression of these
neiarious practices The genuine Article, manulac-
| tured at the establishment Of the undersigned in
schiedam, Holland, is distilled from barley of the
Eyac
OF the berry of the Italian u pe, Of uncqualled pu.
rty. By a process unknown in the preparation of
any other liquor it IS trced from every acrimonious
| and corrosive element.
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and families in the southern States of
the sale nf cheap limitations of the Schiedam Aro-
matte Schnapps in those markes; and travellers,
who are in the habit OF using antidote to the
baneful influence of unwhoicsome river water. tes-
ttfy that cheap gin, put up In schiedana bottles
frequently palnled OF upon the unwary , Tho
agents OF the undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries the bjeet, ana to forward to
him the names Of such parties thoy may asccr-
tain to be engaged in the atroious system deccp-
ton. In conclusion the undersigned would say that
he has produced, from under tho hands Of the most
distnguls hed men Of science in America, proofs
answerable of the purity and medicinal excel.
lence OF the Schicdam Aromatic Schnalps that
he has expended many thousand dollars in
rounding 1t with guarantees and safeguards, which
he designed should project the public and himself
against fraudulent limitations; that e has shown
to be the only liquor the world that can be uni
formly depended upon unadulterated; that he has
challenged investigation. analysis, comparison and
experiment in all it's torms and from every ordeal
the preparation viii bears his name seal and trade
mark, has come of triumphant. He, therefore feels
a ha III IL fallo itiZ.
the medical profession and the sick, to denounce
and expose the charatans who counterfeit these evil
denotes Of identity. and he calls upon the press and
the public to aid him In his efforts to remedy so great
an evil.
The following letters aud certificates from the
leading physicians and che nlsts of this city will
prove t. the reader that oil goods sold by the under
signed are all that they are repre- ented to be.
UDOLPHO WOLFE.
I1eel bound to say, that regard your Selma ops
Us beng in every respect pre-eminertly pure, and
deserving OF medical patronage. at all events it is
the purest possible article of Holland Gin hereto
tore unobtalnable. and such may be safely pr,
scribed by physicians.
DAVID L. MOTT. M. D.,
Pharmaceutical Chemist New York
90 p1NE-,rnEEr, New YonK,
November q. 1867. !
UDoLpno WOLFE, Esq. Present:
Dear Sir have made chemical ex xamtnation of
sample OF your Schledam Schnapps, with the in
tent of determining If any foreign Injurious sub
stance had been added to The simple distilled spirits
The examination has resulted IN the conclusion
that the sample contained no poisonous or h4rmful
admxture have been unable to discover any
trace OF the deleterious substances wich are en-
ployed in the adulteraon Of liquors. | would not
hesitate to use myself or to recomm nd to Others
| for medicinal purposes, the Schiedam schnapps as
| an excellent and unobjectionable variety OF GIN
Very respectfully yours,
(signe5,) CHAS A. SELLY, Chemist.
NEW YonK, No 50 CEDAn-srREET
aNoyemoer 26, 1867
UDoLPHo WOLFE, Esq, Present
Dear Sir! have submitted to chemical analysis
two bottles OF '.scniedam Schnapps, :, which Itook
from fresh package in your bon..ed warehouse. ana
find. before, that the spirituous LIQUOR is Tree
from injurious ingredients or falsfcaion; that il
has the marks OF being aged aud recently pre-
pared Dy mechanical admixure Of alcohol and aro.
mates.
| Respectfully. FRED. r. MAYER,
Chemist.