The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-27
SfhieSan1 Sfbnapps.
OFFICE OF UDoLPHo WOLFE.
Sole Im29, .er ofhe scliedam Arnmohc Schndpps,
NO, 20 Benvcr-strcct.
NEW YORK NoYember 5. 1868.
To the People of the Southern Stntes:

Sole In29, .er If me Schieddm Arnmotic Schndpps,
NO, 20 Benver-strcct.
New YORK, November g. 1868.
To the People of the Southern States:
WHEN The PURE MEDICINAL RESTORATIVE.
now 30 widely known as W0LFE'S SCH1EDAM
SCHNAPPS, was introduced into the world upder
the endorsement of four thousand leading members
of the medical profession some twenty years ago. IFS
proprietor was we'll aware that it could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all new and use'ui
preparations. He therefore, endeavorcd to invest
with strongest possible safeguard against counter
feiters, and to render all attempts to pirate II dn
cult and dangerous. It was submitted 10 osun
ouisbed chemists for analysis and pronounced by
them the pures spirit ever manufactured. lts purl
ty and properties having been thus ascer'alned' sam
piles of the article were forwarded to ten thousand
physicians including all the leading practitioners In
the United States, for purposes OF experiment.
circular, requesting trial Of the preparation ano
report Of the result, accompanied each specimen.
Four thousand of the most eminent medical men In
the Union promptly responded. Their opioions OF
the article were unanimously favorable. Such
preparation, they said, had long been wanted by
the professiop 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
the principal ingredients of the Schnapps, together
with an unalloyed character of the alcoholic ele-
ment, give It, in the estimation OF the faculty. q
marked superiority over every other difusiVe samu
liant as diuretic, tonic and restorative
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men of the highest rank were published in con-
densed form, and enclosed With each bottle OF the
scLnapps. one of the guarantees OF its genuine
ness. Other precautions against fraud were also
adopted; patent was obtained for the article, the
label copyrighted fac simie OF the prop1ielors
autograph signature was attached to each label and
cover his name and that Of the preparation were en-
bossed on the bottles and the corks were sealed with
his private SEAL No article had ever been sold in
this country under the name Of schnapps prior to
the introduction of Wofe's Schiedam Aromatic
Schnupps 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 unaequain'ed
with the daring character of the pirates WHO prey
upon The reputation oihonorable merchants by vend-
ing deleerous trash under their name, that the pro-
tections 80 carefully thrown around these Schnapps
would have precluded the inroductioas and sale OF
counterfets. They seem, however. only to have
stimulated the rapacity Of impostors. The trade
mark of the proprietor has been stolen the ndorse-
meut which his Sohiedam Aromatic schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has been
claimed by mendacious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been inflated, his advertisements para
phrased, his circulars copied and worse than all,
dshonorable retailers. after dsposng of The genuine
contents of his bottles, have filed them up with
common gin, the most deleerous of all liquors, aud
thus made his name and brlnd cover for poison.
1he public, the medical profession and the sick,
for whom the schiedam Aromatic schnapps is pre-
scribed a remedy equally interested with The
proprietor In the detection and suppression OF these
neiarious practices. The genuine article, manulac-
trred at the establishment OF the undersigned in
chiedan, olland. is distilled from barley of The
finest quality and Favored with essential extract
of the berry Of the Itann juuiper oil uncqualed pu'
rity By q process unknown in the preparation OF
any other liquor it ls freed from every acrimonious
and corrosive element
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and families in the Southern States OF
the sale Of cheap limitations OF the schiedam Aro-
matte Schnapps in those markets; and travellers
who in the habit OF using 1t as AL andote TO the
hnnnfr, inf-ou"n nf nnwhnlrenrne ~'"n- 'r"t"- ''-
fy that cheap gin, put up In Schiedam bottles, Is
frequently raln,sd OF 49, ~~warx-Tha \
agents Of the undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries on the subject, and to forward to
him the names Of such parties as they may asccr-
tain to be engaged in the srocious system Of decep
ton. In conclusion. the undersigned would say that
he has produced, from under the hands Of the most
distinguished men of science in America proofs un
apswerable of the purity and medicinal excel
lence of the Schiedam Aromatic schnapps that
he has expended many thousand dollars in BUR-
rounding It with guarantees and safeguards, which
he designed should protect the public and himself
against fraudulent imitations that he has shown 1t
to be the only liquor IN the world that can be uni
formly depended upon as unadulteraed; that he has
challenged investigation. analysis, comparison and
experiment in all its forms; and from every ordeal
the preparation whi.h bears his name, seal and trade
mark, has come oil triumphant He, therefore, feels
it duty he owes to LIS iellow-citzens generally to
the medical profession and the sick, to denounce
and expose the charatans who counterfeit these evil
dences OF identity, and he calls upon the press and
the public to aid him in his efforts to remedy go great
an evil.
The following letters aud certificates from the
leading physicians and enist, Of this city will
prove to The reader that all goods sold by the under
signe are all that they are repre- ented to be.
UDoLPHO WOLFE
Ifeel bound to say, that regard your Schnapps
as being in every respect pre.sminently pure, and
deserving OF medical patronage at a events, it is
the purest possible article of Holland Gin, hereto
lore uuobtanaule. and as such may be safely PIT
scrbed by physicians.
DAVID L. MOTT, NJ. D.,
Pharmaceutical Chemist New York
&c PINE.sTREET, New YORK,
November 2l 1857
UDoLPHo WOLFE, EsQ Present:
Dear Sir have made chemical examination OF
sample of your Schiedam Schnapps, With tue ln-
tent of determining any foreign or rinjurious sub
stance had been added to the simple distilled spirits
The examination has resulted III the conclusion
that the sample contained no POISONOUS or harmful
adnixture have teen unable to discover any
trace OF the deleteriuus substance, wich are en-
ployed in the aduitcration of liquors. would not
hesitate to use myself or to recommend to Others
Tor medicinal purposes, the Schledam schnapps US
nm excellent nd unu Dectionablr variety OF gin.
Very respectfully yours,
isiened,) ChAS. a. sEELY, Chemist,