The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-22
To the People of the Southern. States:

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Sois Impo' ter y- Me schiedam Arnmatt- cisGppS,
No. az Beavers Get
NEW YORK, November I. l86S
To the People Of tho Southern States:
WHEN The PURE MEDICINAL l. sToRATTyE.
now so widely known as WOLFF SCHIEDAM
SCaNAPPS, was Introduced into the world under
the endorsement of four thousand lc, ding members
of the medical profession some twe wears ago, its
proprietor was well aware that 1t uld not wholly
escape the penalty attached TO all cew and useful
preparations. BE, therefore, endea cred to invest II
with strongest possible safeguard gainst counter
eiters and to render all attempts to pirate 1t di
cult and dangerous. was SUI tted to distin.
guished chemists for analysis, al pronounced by
them the purest spirit ever manu- ;ured Its purl-
y and properties having been thu Iscertained, SAM
pies of the article were forwardc to ten thousand
physicians. including oil the lead practitioners IN
the United States, for purposes ct experiment. a
circular, requesting trial of the preparation and
report of The result, accompanied each specimen.
Four thousand Of the most eminent medical men IN
the Union promptly responded. Their opiuions OF
the article were unanimously favorable. Such o
preparation they said, had long been wanted by
tile profession as 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 OF of juniper which formed one OF
tho principal ingredients of the schnappf together
with an unailoyed character of the alcoholic ee-
ment, give 1t. in the estimation OF the faculty, o
marked superiority over every other difudre stimu'
liant as diuretic. tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men Of the highest rank were published In a con-
densed form, and enclosed with each bottle OF tho
Schnapps as one of the guarantees of Its genuine
ness. Other precautions against fraud were also
adopted patent was obtained for the article. the
label was copyrighted, fac sne of the proprieors
autograph signature was attached to each label and
cover, his name and that of the preparation were en-
bossed on the bottes and the corks were sealed with
his private SEAL No article had ever been sold IN
this country under the name Of Schnapps prior TO
the introduction of wolfe's echiedam Aromatic
schnapps, In 1851 and the label was deposited, Us
his trade mark in the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York during that
year.
It might be supposed by persons unacquainled
with the daring character of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation ofhonorabe merchants by venc-
ing deleterous trash under their name that the pro-
tections so carefully thrown around these Schnapps
would have preciuded the introductions and sale OF
counterfeits. They seem, however, only to have
stimulated the rapacity of impostors. The trade
mark of tn, proprietor has been solen the indorse-
ment which his Sohiedam Aromatic Schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has been
claimed by mendacious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated his advertisements para
phrascd, his circulars copied, and worse than all,
dishonorabe retailers after dsposing of the genuine
contents of his bottles, have filled them up with
common en, the most deloerious of all liquors, aud
thus made his name and brInd cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and The sick,
for whom the Schicdam Aromatic Schnapps is pre-
scribed as remedy, are equally interested with the
proprietor in the detection and suppression Of these
nearous practices. The genuine article, manutac-
tured at tho establishment OF the undersigned in
chiedam Holland, is distilled from barley of the
finest quality and favored with an essential extract
of the berry of the Italinn juniper of uncquaed pli.
rity. By q process unknown In the preparation Oh
any other liquor is freed from every acrimonious
and corrosive clement.
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and families in the Southern States OF
the salo of cheap limitations of the Schiedam Aro-
ma6c Schnapps in those markets; and travellers,
who are in the habit OF using it Us an antidote to the
baneful influence of unwholesome river water. tes-
tify that cheap gin, put up in schledam ootles Is
frequently palIned of upon the unWary. Inc
agents of the undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries the subject, and to forward to
uIu, ,n- VI suvn laitco as rheJ- laS, oser.
tain to be engaged in the atrocous system OF decep-
tion In conclusion. The undersigned would say that
he has produced from under the hands of the most
distinguished men Of science in America, proofs un
apswerable Of the purity and medicinal excel.
lence OF the schiedam Aromatic schnapps that
he has expended many thousand dollars In sur.
rounding 1t with guarantees and safeguards, which
he designed should protect the public and himseli
against fraudulent limitations; that he has shown II
to be the only liquor in the world that can be uni
formly depended upon as unadulterated that be has
challenged investigation, analysis, comparison and
experiment in oil Its forms; and from every ordeal
the preparation whil bears his Dame zeal and trade
mark, has como of triumphant. He, therefore, feels
II duty he owes to his tellowcitizens generally tc
the medical profession and the sick, to denounce
and expose the charlatans who counterfeit these ev
dencies of identity and he calls upon the press and
The rublic to aid him in his efforts to remedy great
| an evil.
The following letters and certificates from the
leading physicians and chemists Of this city will
prove to the reader that all goods sold by the under
signe are all that they are repres ented to be.
UDoLPHo WOLFE
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