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Sfhiesanl Sthnapps.
OFFICE OF TDOLpHo WOLFE.
Sole Inlpo7 Ter Of the Schiedam dramatic SchRappS,
No re Eeaver-stJeet.
Mr. 1888


OFFICE OF UDoLpHo WOLFE.
Sole Inipo7 kr Of the Schiedam Arnnahc SchnappS,
No 22 Eeaver-street.
NEW YORK. November 8. 1858.
Tdthe People of tse Southern Statcs'
WHEN THE PURE MEDICINAL RESTORATIVE.
now. so widely known as woLFE's sCHIEDAM
SCHNAPPS, was In reduced into the world uDder
the endorsement Of four thousand leading members
of the medical profession some twenty years ago. Its
proprietor was well aware that 1t could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all new and usoiul
preparations Hc therefore, endeayored to invest II
with etrongeet possible safeauard against counter
feiters and to render all attempts to pirate 1t dill
cult and dangerous It waa submitted to d'siin.
guIshed chemists for analysis. and pronounced by
them the purest spirit ever manufactured Its puri.
y and properties having thus ascertained Sam
pies Of the article were forwarded to ten thousand
physicians including all the esdng practitioners in
the 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 Union promptly responded Their opinions OF
the artice unanimously favorable. Such
preparation. they sold, had long been wanted by
the profession, a. reliance could be placed on the
ordinary liquors Of commerce. all OF which were
more or less adulterated. and therefore unnt for
medical purposes. The peculiar ex elcnoe and
strength Of the OF Of juniper. which formed one OF
the principal ingredients Of the schnapps. together
with an unalloysd character Of the alcoholic ele-
ment. give It, In tho estimation OF the faculty.,
marked supero-.ty over evory other difunVe stnu-
liant as dtureic, tenic 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
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 stite OF the proprietor
autograph signatu:e was attached to eaoh label and
cover his aud that of the preparation we're en-
Tossed the bottles and the corks were scaled with
his private seal. No article had ever been sold in
this country under the nnme Of Schnapps prior to
the introduction OF Wolfes sohiedam Aromatic
Schnspps. in 1851; and the label was deposted, 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:qunined
with tho daring Character of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation honorable merchants by vend
ing deleer GUS trash under their name that the pro-
tections so carefully thrown around these sohnapps
would have precluded the introductions and sale oil
counterfe.s. They seem, however, only to have
stimulated the rapacity Of impostors. The trade
mark OF tn proprietor has been stolen; the lndorse-
ment which his schiedam Aromatic schnapps alone
received from the medical protess,op has been
claimed by mendaeious humbuss; his labels and
.>tf bnua bpan inot a1 a
phrased, his circulars copied. and worse than all.
dshonorable retailers after dsposing of tho genuine
conteuts OF his bottles, have filed them up with
common Gin, the most delesrious of all liquors, and
thus made his name and brInd cover for poison.
he public. the medical profession and the SICK
eor whom tho schiednm Aromatic Schnapps Is pre-.
scrbod as rrmndy, arc equally in;eres:e with the
proprietor In ts detection and suppression Of these
nelarious PRACTICES. TheS genuine aitjcle. manuac-
tured ar tie establishment of the undersigned in
chiedam H oiand, distilled from q barley OF The
finest quality aud favored with al essential extract
OF the berry Of tho Italian ju iper, OF unequoled pu
rity. BY process unknown In the preparation OF
any other liquor it Is freed from every acrimonious
and corrosive element,
Complaints have boon received from the leading
physicians and families In the Southern States OF
thu sale of cheap limitations of the schiedam Aro-
matte ScLlapps in those markets; and travellers,
WHO are In the habit OF using ltas an antdo,e to the
bauefuI influence Of unwholeso1ne river water. tes
tJ that cheap gin. put up in schiedam bottles, Is
frequently palmsd OIL upun the unwary. The
agents Of the undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries on the bcct, and to forward to
him the namas of such parties as they mny asccr-
int fho NJ
ton. In conclusion. ths undersigned would say that
ho has produced, from under the hands Of the most
distinguished ules Of science In America proofs un
answerable OF tho purity end medicinal excel.
leice OF the Schiedsm Aromatic schnapps chat
be has expended msuy thousand dollars in sur
rounding it with guarantees and safeguards, which
he designed should pro.ect the public and himself
against fraudulent limitations; that he has shown IL
to DO the only liquor the world that can be unl-
formly depended upon as naduterated; that LIE has
challenged investigation. analysis, comparison and
experiment III Its iorws; and from every ordeal
the preparation Will bcars his name, seal and trade
mark, has come Of triumphant He, therefore, feels
il duty he owes 10 ts iellow-cirzrns generally to
the medical profession aud the sick, 10 denounce
and expose the cnariatins who counterfeit these evil
dcncies OF identity. and he calls UPON the press and
Tho public 10 id him in bic efforts to remedy 30 great
au evil
Tho following letters and certificates from the
lending physicians and Gle nlstI of this city will
prove to The readcr that all goods sold 10y tho under
signe are all that they ore repre- ented to be.
UDOLPHO WOLFE
feel bound to say, that regard your Schna2ps
as bong in every respect pre.eininently pure, and