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Office of UdOlph0 Wolfe,
SOLE IMPORTER OF THE
schiedam Aromatic Schnapps,
90 BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK,
NnyEMRER 3. 1868.
TO the People of the Southern States

NOVEMBER 3, 1868.
TO the People of the Southern States /:
When the pure medicinal restorative, now so
videlv known as Wolfe's Schiedem Sohnapps, was
introduced into the world under the endorsement OF
four thousand leading members OF the medioel
profession some 20 years ago, its proprietor was
well aware that it could not wholly escape the
penalty attached to all new and useful prepara-
tions He. therefore, endeavored to invest it with
strongest possible safeguard against countereiters
and to render all attempts to pirate it difficult anu
DANGEROUS. 1t was submitted to distinguished
chemists for analysis, and pronounced by them the
unrest spirit ever manufactured. Its purity and
nroperties having been thus ascertained, samples
or the article were forwarded to ten thousand ply
sicians, including all the leading practitioners IN
the United States for purposes OF experiment
circular, requesting trial of the preparation and
renort of the result, accompanied each specimen.
Four thousand of the most eminent medical men
in the Union promptly responded. Their opin-
ion. of the article were unanimously favorable.
Such preparation they said, had long been wanted
bv the profession, as no reliance could be placed
on the ordinary liquors of commerce, all of which
were more or less adulteratcd, and therefore unfit
for medical purposes. The peculiar excellence and
strength of the OF. of juniper, which formed one
of the principal ingredients of the Schnapps, to-
ic element give it, in the estimation of the faculty.
. marked superiority over every other diffusive
stimuiant ms a luretic, tonic cand restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men of the highest rank were published in con-
densed form, and enclosed with each bottle of the
Schnapps as one 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 simae Of the pro-
prietors autograph signature was attached TO each
label and cover his name and that of the p1epara-
tion were embossed on the bottles, and the corks
were sealed with his private seal. No article bad
ever been sold in this country under the name of
Schnapps prior to the introduction of Wolfe's
Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, in 1851; and the
label was deposited as his trade mark in the Uni
ted States District Court for the Southern District
of New York that year.
1t might be supposed by persons unacquanted
with the daring character of the pirates who prey
upon tho reputation Of honorable merchants by
vending delcerious trash under their name, that
the protection so carefully thrown around these
Schnapps would have precuGed the introduction
and sale of counterfeits. They seem, however, to
have only stimulated the rapacity of imposters.
The trade mark of the proprietor has been stolen;
the Endorsement which his Schiedam Aromatic
Schnapps alone received from the medical profess
sion has been claimed by mendacous humbugs;
his labels and bottles have been initiated, his ed-
yertiscments paraphrased his circulars copied, and
worse than ALL dishonorable retailers after dispo-
sing of the genuine contents of his bottles, have
filled them up with common gin, the most delete
rious of all LIQUORS. and thus made his name and
brand cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and the sick,
for whom the Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps is
prescribed ms q remedy, are equally interested
with the proprietor in the detection and suppress
sion Of these nefarious practices. The genuine
article, manufactured at the establishment of the
undersigned, in Schiedam, Holland, is distilled
from barley of the finest quality, and favored
with an essential extract of the berry of the Ital
ian juniper, of unequaled purity. BY process
unknown in the preparation of any other liquor,
it is freed from every Acrimonious and corrosive
element.
Complaints have been received from the leading
nhvsicians and families in the Southern States of
the sale of cheap limitations of the Schiedam Aro-
malic Schnapps in those markets; and travellers,
who are in the habit Of using it as an antidotc TO
the baneful influence of unwholesome river water,
testify that cheap gin, put up in Schledam bottles
is frequently palmed off upon the unwary. The
agents Of the undersigned have been requested to
institute in ,uires on the subject and TO forward
| TO him the names Of such parties as they may as
certain to be engaged in the atrocious system Of
deception In conclusion, the undersigned would
say that he has produced, from under the hands Of
the most distinguished men Of science in America,
proofs unanswerable Of the purity and medicinal
| excellence of the Schedam Aromatic Schnapps; /;
TINT he has expended many thousand dollars in
surrounding it with guarantees and safeguards,
which he designed should protect the public and
himself against fraudulent limitations that lie has
shown it 10 be The only liquor in the world that
can be uniformly depended upon as unadulterated;
that he has challenged investigation. ann ysis,
comparison, and experiment in all its forms; and
from every ordeal the preparation which bears his
nqme seal and trade mark, has come of trium-
plant. He therefore feels it duty he owes to
his felow-citizens generally, to the medical pro-
fession and the sick, 10 dcn0unce and expose the
charlatans who counterfeit these evidences Of
identity. and he calls upon the press and the pub
lie to aid him in his efforts to remedy so great an
evil.
The following lottcrs and certificates from the
leading physicians and chemists of this city will
prove TO the reader that all goods sold by the un-
dersigned are all they arc represented to be.
UDOLPHO WOLFE.
I feel bound TO say, that regard your Schnapps
as being in every respect re-eminently pure, and
deserving of medical patronage. At all events, 1t
is the purest possible article of Holland Gn here
tofore unobtainabe, aud as such may be safely pre-
rori5ed by physicians.
DAVID L. MOTT. NJ. D.,
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New York.
26 PINE STREET, New York, Nov. q, 1867.
UDoLpuo WOLFE Esq, Present:
DEAR SIR: have made chemical examination
of sample of your Schicdam Schnapps, with the
intention of determining if any foreign or injurious
substance hal been added to the simple distilled
spirits.
The examination has resulted in tie conclusion
that the sample contained no poisonous or harmful
admi1ture. | have been unable to discover any
trace pf the deleeri5us substances which are en-
=lA..ad Of linnars I ,rnuld