The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-17
Sfbieoam Sebnapps.

Sebisoam Sebnapps.
OFFICE OF UDOLpHO WOLFE.
Sole Inip0t of the Schied0m Aromatic SchndppS,
No ~ Beaver-strcot
New YORK, November 8. 1868.
TO tho People OF the Southern Statcss
WHEN TIE PURE MEDICiN, NJ RESTORATIVE.
now widely known as WOLFE's SCHIEDAM
ScHNAPPS was in reduced into the world under
the endorsement Of four thousand leadna members
OF the medical profession twenty ago. it's
proprietor wns we'll aware that 1t could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all and useful
preparations He, therefore, endeavored to invest
with strongest possible safeguard against
feiters and to render all attempts to pirate 1t dif-
cult and dangerous. It was submitted to dst,n-
gu,shed chemists for analysis. and pronounced by
them the puress spirit ever manufactured. Its puri
ty and properties having tfHs ascertaincd
plea of the article forwarded to ton thousand
physr'tans Including ali the eadiug practitioners in
the United States. for purposes OF experiment. A
circular, requesting tEsal Of the preparation and
report of the result accompanied each specimen.
Four thousand Of she NEST eminent medical men in
the Union promptly responded. -as'f opi"issis 81
the article were unanimously favorable. Such
preparation, they eatd, had long been wanted by
the profession. reliance could be placed the
ordinary liquors Of oemmerce. all Of wlich were
more or less aSaltereted. and therefore unit for
medioA purposes. The pecusaar ellenoe and
strength of tho OF Of Jumper. which formed one Of
the principal ingredients OF the schnapps together
with an unaalayed character Of the alcoholic ele-
meat. give II. In the eshnoation of the faculty,
marked superiority over every other diauaive stmu-
liant as diureie. Ac.s.e ana restorative
These satisfactory credentials from professional
nen'of tho highest rank were published in o con-
HAv Govsrr .ikA
schnapps. rs 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. fac siLe of the proprieors
autograph signature was attached to each label and
cover, his name aud that of the preparation were en-
bossed on the bottles. and the corks sealed with
hts private seal No article had ever been sold in
this country under. tho name Of schnapps prior to
the Introduction of Wolfes schiedam Aromatic
Schnspps. in 1851; and the label was deposited az
his Trade mark in the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York during that
year. 1a ii5 4nli gu,A -.
II might be supposed by persons unac quanted
with the daring character of the ptratos who prey
upon the reputation honorable merchants by veno-
ing deleer trash under their nae that the pro-
tections 80 carefully thrown around these sChnapps
would have prcclnded the introduotlens and sale Of
counterfeits. They seem, however, only to have
stimulated the rapacity Of impostors. The trade
mark OF tn, proprietor has been stolen; the indo
ment which his schiedam Aromatic schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has been
claimed by mendnoious chumbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated, his advertisements para
phraeed, hIs circulars copied, and, worse than ALL
dishonorabls retailers. after dsposing the genuine
contents OF his bottles. have f,ied them up with
common Gin. tho most dele erous of all liquors. and
IN hr nd for
The public, the medical protes ssion and The sick
for whom tho schiedam aromatic Sehnspps Is pre-
scr'bed as o remedy, ere equally interese with the
proprietor In the deteclon and suppression Of these
nefarious practices. The genuine atice, manuiac-
sured at tie establishment OF the under>igned in
chiedaln. olsand, distilled from barley of The
finest quality. and favored with 81 essential extract
OF the berry of the Italian ju ipe, Of unqualled pu
rity. BY Process unknown in the preparation OF
any other liquor. it freed from every acrimonious
end corrosive element. t@e.'
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and families In the southern states of
the sale Of cheap limitations of the achiedam Apo-
matte scannpps In those mark1s; and travellers
who In the habit OF using Antidote to the
banefui influence Of unwholesome river water. .,tes
THY that cheap gn pSt up In Schiedam bottles, is
treq equenty pd1med& upon the unwary fhe
agents OF the undersigned hnvo been requested to
institute lnQniries the bjert, and to forward to
him the names Of such parties as they may asc,r-
tain to be engaged in the atroious system of decep
tion In conclusion the undersigned would say that
he has PROD uced, from under tho hands Of the
distingms hea nan Of science in America proofs un
answerable Of the purity Bnd meliclual excei.
ience OF the Sohiedam Aromatic schnapps /; that
he has expended many Thousand dollars In sur.
rounding It with guarantees aud fesuards, whioh
he desi2ned should project the public and himself
against fraudulent limitations; tha he has shown IL
TO DC the only liquor IN the world THAI can be uul-
formly depended upon uuadutterated; tbs he has
challenged investigation. analysis. comparison and
experiment IN alltts forms; and from every ordeal
the preparation wh> bears h,s pame zeal and trade
mark has come OF triumphant. HIS. therefore, feels
II duty he to follow-cttz ens generally to
the medical profession and the sIck to denounce
and expose the oharlatns who counterfeit these ev1
denotes OF identity, and he calls upon the press and
The lubc to aid him in his efforts to remedy so great
an evil. 'lta III y, r,
The following letters and certificates from the
leading physicians and che nlsts Of this city viii
prove to the reader hat all goods sold by under-
signed are all that they are repre- ented to be.
UDOLPH0 WOLFE. d,
feel bound to say, that regard your Selma ,ps
being in every respect pre- -snlinsntly pure and
deserving medical patronage. At ali events It ia
the purest possible ar1cie OF Holland Gin hereto
tore unontaihaole. and as such may be safely prt
sorbed by physio.ans. Ms 8ai
DAVID L. MOTT, Md.
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New York
* 26 P1EE-srRERT, New YonK,)
a November III, 1867.
UDebpHo WoLRF, Esqs Present: jlL
Oeay iSirAI have made chemical examination Of
sample Of your schiedam Schuapps, with the In
tent of determ'ning Y any foreign Or Injurious
stace had been added to th. sirpis disled sp r4ts
Ihe examination has resulted Ill the cons. usion
that the sample contained poisonoJ or Harmful
adMixtufo. Il have Ceen unable TO Discover any
trace oi tho deieterions substances wioh ire oui.
pl0yed in the adulteratiOn OF liquors. I wUuia not
hesitate TO use myself or to re0Ommt nd to others
tor nicslicinal purposes, the Scnedam suhnapps as
an excellent and unObjectionable variety Of H,ll.
Very respectfully yours
tsignedJ CHAS. a. BEi4IY. Chemist.
NEW YORK, No. So CEDAR.sTREEr.
NOyenaOe 26 1857 I