The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-31
Sfbieoam Sebnapps.

sfb|soam sebnapps.
OFFICE OF UDoLpHo WOLFE.
SOC Impo' Ter qfhe Sc.iedam aromatic Schnapps,
No 30 Beaver-Sticet.
NEW YORK, November s. 1863
10 the PcoplNpf tho Southern Statoss
WHEN THE ri RE MEDICINAL RESTORATIVE,
now 80 widely Known as wOLFE's sCHIEDAM
eCaNAPPS was in reduced iuto the world under
the endorsement of four thousand leading members
OF the medical profession twenty years ago. its
proprietor was we'll aware that it could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all new and useful
preparations. He therefore, endeavored to invest II
with strongest possible safeguard against counter.
1eiters and to render all attempts to pirate 1t diff
cult and dangerous It wac submitted to d,stn.
8n'shed chemists for analysis, and pronounced by
tAem the pnrest spirit ever manufactured Its pur-
ty and properties having thus ascertained sam
pies of the article were forwarded to ten thousand
physicians Including all the leading practitioners in
tho United States. for purposes of experiment A
circular, requesting trial Of tho preparation and
report OF the result. accompanied each specimen.
Four thousand of the most eminent medical men in
the Union promptly responded. Their opip1ons Of
| the article wore unanimously favorable. Such
preparation they said had long been wanted by
the profession, as no reliance could be placed on the
ordinary liquors Of commerce. all Of which were
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medical purposes. Tho peculiar ex ellence and
strength OF the Of OF jumper which formed one Of
the principal ingredients Of the schnapps together
with an unalloyed character of The alcoholic ele-
ment give 1t. In the estimation Of the faculty, q
marked superiority over every other diausive stimu
liant as . diureic. tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men OF the highest rank we're published in q con-
densed form and enclosed with each bottle of the
schnapps as one of the guarantees OF It's genuine
neas. Other precautions against fraud were also
adopted; patent was obtained for the article the
label was copyrighted ac ssn,e of the prep1ie,ors
autograph sgnatnre was attached to each lebol and
cover hls name aud that Of the preparation were EN-.
Tossed on the bottles and the corks sealed with
bis private seal No article had ever been sold in
this country under tho name Of schnapps prior to
the introduction of Wolfe's schiodam Aromatic
schnspps, In 1863; and the label was deposited as
his trade mark in the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York during tlat
year.
1t might be supposed by persons unacq quaint ed.
with the daring character Of the pirates who prey,
upon the reputatono< honorable merchants by vend-
Ing deletef ous trash under their name that the pro
teotons 80 carefully thrown around these Schnapps
would have precluded the introduc1ons and sale Of
counterfeits They seen, however, only to have
mark OF th, proprietor has been stolen the ndorse
ment which his Schiedam Aromatic schnappsAlone
received from the medical profession has been
claimed by mendaoous humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated hts advertisements para
phrased, his circulars copied, and worse than all,
dishonorabe retailers after disposing Of the genuine
contents of his bottles, have Allied them up with
common gin, the dsleterious of all liquors aud
thus made his name and brlnd cover for polson
he public. the medical profession and The sick
for whom the schiedan Aromatic schnapps is pre-
sertbed as remedy. are equally interested with the
proprietor In the deteOon and suppression Of these
nefarious practices. Tho genuine article, manuiac-
tnred at the establishment Of tho undersigned in
ohiedam. olland, ls distilled from barley of the
finest quality, and favored with an essential extract
OF the berry Of the italian uuipe Of uncqualed pu.
r1ty BY process unknown in the preparation OF
any other iqusr 1t 10 freed from every acrimonious
and corrosive element
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and fanilies In the southern States of
the sale of cheap limitations of tho schiedafn Aro-
luoho sohnapps In those markets.; anu travellers,
who are in the habit oi .s.ll an anidote to the
heuei .s Ssss1ge Of unHho!eSnae river water. tes-
iiiy cttSf gin pat Up ~ Schiedam bottles, is
frequently pul,nei OF upon tho unwary. The
"s"nts q Ahn ",.4i .-aA 1svp requested to
ihSt'rttio i,les on ;i bject and to forward tn
i"m INC names o s'lGiI parties hey may asc.r-
tain 10 DO engaged in the atroious system OF decep
ton In conclusion. the undersigned would saw that
ne has prod uced from under the hands Of the most
distinguished men Of science in America proofs un.
answerab'e OF the purity and medicinal excel
lence OF the Schtedam Aromatic Schnapps that
he has expended many thousand dollars in sur.
roundang 1t with guarantees and safeguards which
he designed should protect the pubic and himself
against fraudulent limitations; that he has shown Il
to De tho only liquor In the world that can be mn,
formly depended upon unad uterated; that he has
challenged investigation. analysis, comparison and
experiment IN alltts foenns; and from every ordeal
the preparation viii bears his name seal and trade
mark. has come of triumphant. He thexetoce. feels
1t duty he owes to llls tslowcitzens gen eraly 70
the medical profession and the sick, to danounce
and expose the charatans who counterfeit these ev
dencies OF identity, and he calls upon the press and
the tue to aid him Ia his efforts to remady great
an evil
The following letters aud certifcates from the
leading phyNcaans and che nlsts Of this city VIII
prove to the reader that all goods sold by the under
signe are al that they are repre- ented to be.
UDOLPHO WOLFE
feel bound to say, that I regard your Schna ops
as beng in every respect pre-snainently pure and
the purest possible article of Holland Gin hereto.
tore nnoDtainaole. and as such may be safely pr.
scribed by physicians.
DAVID L. MOTT, MD.
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New YORK
20 PINE-sTaExr. NEW York,
November a. 1867.
UDoLPHo WOLFE, Ksq., Presens:
Dear Ssr-I have males chemical examination Of
sample Of your Schledam Nchnapps, with tho In.
tent " determining II any foreign or injurious sun
stance baa been added to the SIMPLE dsled sp rits
1he examination has resulted the conclusion
mr. hnrn mi
admtxture. have Le.n unable to discover any
trace OF the deeterious substances wioh are en-.
ployed In the auulterajon of liquors. I would not
hesitate to use myself or to Iecommtn nd to Others
tor medicinal purposes, the Schiedam schnapps as