The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-01-21
Office Of UdOlpho Wolfe,
SOLE IMPORTER OF THE
Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps,
% BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK,
NOVEMBER 8, 1868.
70 the People of the Southern States:

70 the People of the Southern States /:
When the pure medicinal restorative, now so
widely known as Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps, was
in,rotuced into the orld under the endorsement OF
four thousand leading members OF the medical
profession some 20 years ago, Its proprietor was
we'll aware that it could not wholly escape the
penalty attached to all new and useful prepara-
tiops. He, therefore, cndeavored tc invest it with
strongest possible safeguard against couuerfeiers,
and to render all attempts to pirate it difficult and
dnnrcrous 1t was submitted TO distinguished
chemists for analysis, and pronounced by them the
purest spirit ever manufactured. Its purity and
properties having been thus ascertained, samples
of the article were forwarded to ten thousand ply
sicians inct,ding all the leading practitioners in
the United States, for purposes OF experiment. A
circular, requesting trial of the preparation and
u report of the result, accompanied each specimen,
Four thousand ef the most eminent medical men
in the Union promptly responded. Their opn-
ions Of the article were unanimously favorable.
Such preparation they said, had long been wanted
by the profession, 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 oil of juniper, which formed one
OF the principal ingredients of the Schnapps, to-
scther with an unallcyed character of the alcohol
ic element give it, in the estimation OF the faculty,
\ marked superiority over every other dltfasive
simuiaut as a durctic, tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men of the highest rank were published in con-
deused 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 4 patent obtained for the article,
the label was copyrighted, fac simHe Of the pro-
prietors autograph signature was attached 10 each
label and cover, his and that of the pIepara
ton were embossed 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
Schuapps prior TO the introduction Of Wofe's
Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, in 1851; and the
label was deposited, his trade mark, in the Uni
ted States District Court for the Southern District
of New York that year.
II might be supposed by persons uuacquanted
with the daring character of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation Of honorable merchants by
vending deleterious trash under their name, that
the protection so carefully thrown around these
Schnapps would have prccluded the introtuctio"
and sale OF couuterfeits. They seem, however, to
have only stimulated the i:,pacity of imposters
The trade mark Of the proprietor has been stolen;
the Endorsement which his Schedam Aromatic
Schnapps alone received from the medical profess
sion has been claimed by mendacious humougs
his labels and bottles have been inflated his ad-
vertisemcns paraphr;sed his circulars copied, and
worse than all lishonorable retailers, after dSpo'
sing Of the genuine contents of his bottles, have
filled them up with common gin, the nost delete
rious of all liquors, and thus made'his name and
brand cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and the sick.
for whom the Scaiedam Aromatic Schnapps is
prescribed remedy, are equally interested
with the proprietor in the detection aud suppress
sion nf these netarious practices. The genuine
article manufactured at the establishment OF The
undersigned in Schiedan, Holland, is distilled
from barley Of the finest quality, and favored
with an essential extract OF the berry OF the ltal
ian juniper. of uncquailcd purity. By process
unknown in the preparation Of any other liquor |
it is freed from every acrimonious and corrosive
element.
Complaints hare been received from the leading |
physicians and farics in The Southern Siates OF
the sale of cheap limitations Of the Sc'iicdam Aro-
matte Schnapps in those markets and travellers |
,cho arc in he habit OF using it rs an anidote 10
',he bsueful influence Of uuHiocsome river water
testify that cheap gin, put up in Schecnm bottles,
is frequently palmcI Gil upcn The unwary. The
agents of the undersigned have been requested TO
institute int turies on The sub ect, ana 10 forward
10 kim the names OF scch parties rs they may as
certain 10 be engaged in the atrocioUs system OF
deception In conclusion the undersigned would
say that lie has produced from under The hands oil
the most distinguished men of science in America, |
excellence of the Scei,.n Aromatic Sclnapps
that he has expended many thousaad dollars in
surrounding it with guarantees and safeguards.
which he designed SHOULD protect The public and
himself against fraudulent limitations; that hchas
shown it TO be Tie only liquor in the world that
can be uniformly depended upon as unaduelaIed;
that he has challenged investigation. analysis:
comparison and experiment in ali its forms; ana
from every ordeal the preparation which bears his
~. hoe off riu
.nhant. lie therefore feels it duty he owes TO
his feiow-citizens generally, 10 the medical pro-
fessiou ard the sick, TO dcnounce and expose the
.cl,ar;atans who counterfeit these evidences OF
identity, and he calls upon the press and the pub
lie to aid him in his efforts TO remedy great an
evil. /
The following letters and certificates from the
leading physicians anu chemists OF inns cty VIII
prove to the reader that all goods sold by the nn
dersgned are all they are represented TO DC.
UDOLPH0 WOLFE.
feel bound 10 say, that regard your Schuapps
IS being in every respect -emincnly pure, anu
deserving of meaca! patronage. tall events, 1t
is the purest possible article of Holland Gin. here
tofore unobtanable, and as suchmay be safely pre-
.scri oed by ply ysicians.
DAVID L. MOTT. NJ. D..
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New York.
&c PINE STREET. New York, Nov. 81, 1857.
UpoLpuo WOLFE, Esq, Present.
DEAR SIR: have made chemical examination
of sample of your Schicdam Schnapps, with the
intention of determining if any foreign or injurious
substance had been added to the simple distilled
spirits.
The examination has resulted in tie conclusion
thai the sample contained no poisonous or harmful
ad,ni.ture. | have been Unable 10 discover any
trace Of the deeterous substances which are en-
ploycd IN the adulteration OF liquors. would not
hesitate 10 use myself or to recommend to others,