The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-02-05

unfit for medical purposes. The peculiar excal
fnnsd and strength OF the oil of juniper whcl
Schnapps. together with an unalloyed characte
the alcoholic element, give it, in the estimation
OF the faculty, q marked superiority over ever,
other diffusive stinulsnt as dluretic, tonic an;
, restorative. ftH+
These satisfactory credentials from professions
men OF tho highest rank were published in ,
condehsed form, and enclosed with each bottl,
OF the Schnapps, az one Of the guarantees OF it,
genuineness Other precautions against fraut
were also adopted q patent was obtained for the
article, the label was copyrighted, fac simile o
the proprietor's autograph signature was attached
to each label and cover. his name and that of the
preparation were embossed on the bottles and the
corks were scaled with his private seal. No article
had ever been sold i'll this country under the name
OF schnapps prior to the introduction OF Wolfet
Schledam Aromatic Schnapps, in 1851; and the
label was deposited. AZ his trade mark, in the
United States District Court for the Southern Dis
trict OF New York during that year.
1t might be supposed, by persons unacquainte6
with the daring character Of the pirates who pre-,
upon the reputation OF honorable merchants. by
vending deleterious trash under their name thai
the projections carefully thrown around these
Schnapps would have precluded the introductions
and sale OF counterfeits. They seem however
only TO have stimulated the rapacty of imposters
Ihe trade mark OF the proprietor has been stolen
tho endorsement which his Schiedam Aromatic
Schnapps alono received from the medical pro
fession has been claimed by mendacious humbugs
his labels an bottles have been initiated, his ad
vertisements paraphrased, his circulars copied
and, worse than all, diehonorable retailers, afte,
uisposlnS OF the genuine contents Of his bottles
nave TILED them up with common GIN the mosi
deeterious of all liquors. and thus made his ma me
anu brand cover for poison
The public, the medical profession and the al *
1or whom the schiedam Aromatic Schnapps is
prescribed as remedy, are equally Interested with
the proprietor in the detection and suppression o
these nefarious practices Tho genuine article
manufactured at the establish iacnt of the under.
signed, in Schiedam, Eolland, is distilled from a
essential extract Of the berry of the T,I aiar ar
jumper, OF unequalled purity. BY process nm
known in the preparation of any other liquor it is
freed from every acrimonious and corrosive elc
ment.
Complaints have been received from the leading
physlclaiis and families i'll the Southern States
nt the sale OF cheap limitations of the Schicdam
aromatic Schnapps in those markets; and travel
ers who in the habit of using it as an antidote
to the baneful influence of unwholesomc river
water testify that cheap gin, pnt up in Schietlan
bottles, Is frequently palmrd off upon the unwarv
The agents of the undersigned have been reouce ted
10 institute inquiries on the subject and to for
ward to him the names of such parties III the,
may ascertain to he engaged in the atrocious
system of deception. In conclusion the under
signed would say that he has PRODUCED from under
the hands OF the most disting guished mon o
science IN America, proofs unauswcrablc of tho
purity and medicinal excellence of tho Schiednn
Aromatic Schnapps; that he has expended man,
Thousand dollars IN surrounding il with guarantees
ana safeguards. Which he designed should prot cc
the public and himself against fraudulent imi, a
tions; that he has shown to bc the Only liquor il
the world that can be uniformly depended upor
as nnadulturated; that he has challenged inycsti
Entloh, analysis, comparison, and experiment in
all it's forms: and from every ordeal the ,rrno
ration which bears his name, seal and trade mark
has come Oft triumphant. Ne, therefore, feels it d
duty he owes to his fcllow-ci,izens generally to
the medical profession and the sick, to tlenounct
and expose the Charlatans who counterfeit these
evidences OF identity, and he calls npon the press
ana the public to aid him in his efforts to rcnncd,
40 great evil.
The following letters and certificates, from tho
leading physicians and chemists of this city viii
prove to the reader that ali goods sold by tho
undersigned are all they are represented to bc.
UDOLPHO WOLFE
feel bound o say, that regard your Schnann.
as being, in every respect prc-emnentIy pure
and deserving OF medical patronage. At ali events
IL is the purest possible article OF Holland Gin
heretofore unobtainablc; and, as such, may bt
safely prescribed by ply sicans.
DAVID L. MOTT, NJ D.,
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New York.