The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-04
Sfhie1arl Stbnapps.
OFFICE OF UDoLPHO WOLFE. !
Sole impo1 ter of tie Scsieddm Aromatic Schndpps,
Ne. 22 Beavcr.street.
To the People of the Southern states:


Sole Impo' ter Of tie Sesiedanl Aromatic Schnapps,
Nc. 22 Beavcr.street.
New YORK. November 8. 1868.
To the People Of the Southern States:
WHEN THE PURE MEDICINAL RESTORATIVE,
now SO widely known as WoLFE'S sCHIEDAM
SCHNAPPS. was Introduced into the world under
the endorsement of four thousand leading members
of the medical profession some twenty years ago, its
proprietor was well 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
feiters and to render all attempts to pirate 1t diff
cult and dangerous. 1t was submitted to dstin.
guished chemists for analysis, and pronounced by
them the pures spirit ever manufactured Its puri-
ty and properties having oeen thus ascertained sam
pies of the article were forwarded to ten thousand
physicians including all the leading practitioners in
the United States, for purposes OF experiment.
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 OPINIONS OF
the article were unanimously favorable. Such
preparation, they said, had long been wanted oy
the profession as reliance could be placed on the
ordinary liquors Of commerce, oil OF which were
more or less adulterated, and therefore unit for
medical purposes. The peculiar excellence and
strength of the OF Of juniper. which formed one OF
the principal ingredients of the schnapps, together
with an uralloyed character of the alcoholic ele-
meut. give it. in the cstmption of the faculty,
marked superiority over every other diusre stin
liant as diureiic, tenic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men of the highest rank were published in cou-
densed form, and enclosed with each bottle OF the
Scbnapps, as one Of the guarantees Of Its genuine
ness Other precautions against fraud were also
adopted; patent was obtained for the article the
label copyrighted, fac smtfc OF The proprieor's
autograph signature WIS attached to each label and
cover his name aud that Of the preparation were en-
Tossed on the bottles and the corks were sealed with
his private SEAL No article had ever boen sold in
this country under the name Of Schnapps prior to
the introduction Of Wolfc's schedsm Aromatic
Schaapps in 1851; and the label was deposited, 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:quain'ed
with the ,rng character of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation othonorable merchants by vend-
ing dcleterous trash under their name. that the pro-
tectons so carefully thrown around these schnapps
would have precludcd the introluctons and sale oil
counterfcits. They seem, however, only to have
stimulated the rlpacity Of impostor'. The trade
mark OF tn proprietor has been stolen the indorse'
mont which his Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has pcen
claimed by mcndacious huDbuSs; his labels ana
bottles have been initiated, his advertisements para
phrased his circulars copied aud worse than oil,
dishonorabc retailers aitor disrosing of the genuine
contents Of his bottles, have filled them up with
common gin, the most dee;crious Of I'll Liquors, and
thus made his name and brJnd a cover for poison.
Tho public, the medical profession and the sick,
for whom The schiodam Aromatic Schnapps IS pre-
scribed as remedy, arc equally intereste with the
proprietor in the detection aud suppression OF these
ncarous practices The genuine Article, manuIac-
tured at tie establishment OF the undersigned in
Schiodam, Holland, Is distilled from barley OF The
finest Quality, and favored with an essential extract
of the berry OF tho italian u ipe OF unequalled pu'
rity. By u process unknown in the preparation OF
my other liquor it Is freed from every acrimonious
nnd corrosive element.
Complaints have been received from the lending
phys clans and families in tho Southern States of
the sale Of cheap limitations of the Schicdam Aro-
matlc Scbnlpps IN those markets; and travellers
who are in the habit OF using 1t Us an antdote to the
baneful influence of unwholesomc river water. tes-
tify that cheap gin put up in SChiedam bottles Is
frequently palmed off upon the unwary. The
apopts of the undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries on the tbjec and to forward to
him the names of such parties as they may asctr-
tan 10 be engaged in the atrocious system Of decep-
tion In conclusion the undersigned would say that
he has prod duced from under the hands Of the most
distinguished men oil science in America. proofs un
apswerablo of the purity md medicinal excel
lence OF the Schiedam Aromatic schncrps that
lie has expended many thousand dollars IN sur'
rounding it with guarantees and safeguards, which
he DESIGNED should protect the public and himself
AGAINST fraudulent limitations; that he has shown it
TO be the only liquor IN the world that can be unl'
formly dcpended upon as uuadultcrated th1t he has
challenged Investigation, analysis, comparison and
experiment in aliits forms; and from every ordeal
the preparation whi bears his namn senl and trade
mark, has como of triumphant He, therefore, feels
IL duty he owes to lis cllow-ctizens Gcueraly, to
the medical profession and the SICK to denouncc
and expose the charatIns who counterfeit these evil
denotes of identity and he calls upon the press and
te tubc to aid him in his efforts to remedy SO great
an evil.
The following letters aid certificates from the
leading physicians and che nlsts Of this city will
prove to the reader that all goods sold hy the under
siene arc all that they arc repre- ented 10 be.
UDeLPuo WOLFE.
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