The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-27
Sfbiebanl .SfAnapps.
OFFICE OF UDoLpHo WOLFE. /
Sole Impoa ter ftae Sehiedans Aromatic Schnapps,
No. 22 Beavcr.street.
NEW YORK, November 3, 1868.

OFFICE OF UDoLpHO WOLFE,
Sole Impo, ter of the Sehiedan Aromatic Schndpps
No. 90 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 1t could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all new and useful
preparations. He, therefore, endeavored to invest 1t
with strongest possible safeguard against counter
feters and to render all attempts to pirate 1t difh-
cult and dangerous. It was submitted to d'stin-
guished chemists for analysis, and pronounced by
them the purest spirit ever manufactured Its purl-
ty and properties having been 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 the 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 by
the profession as no reliance could be placed on the
ordinary liquors of commerce, all Of which were
more or less adulterated, aud therefore unfit for
medical purposes. The peculiar excellence and
strength Of the oi of juniper, which formed one OF
the principal ingredients of the schnapps, together
with an unalloyed character Of the alcoholic ele.
ment, give It, in the estimation OF the faculty,
marked superiority every other difusve stm1i-
liant as diurelic tonic and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men OF the highest rank we're published in con-
densed form, and enclosed with each bottle OF the
Schnnpps, as one of the guarantees Of Its genuine
ness. Other precautions against fraud were aiso
adopted; patent was obtained for the article. the
label was copyrighted fac sn,ile Of the proprieors
autograph signature was attached to each label and
cover his name aud that of the preparation were en-
tossed on the bottles and the corks were eeaod 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 schiedam Aromatic
schnnpps. 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.
It might be supposed by persons una:quain'ed
with the dlring character of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation ofhonorablc merchants by vend-
ing deleerous trash under their name, that the pro-
tections carefully thrown around these Schnapps
would have precluded the introductons and sole OF
counterfeits. They seem, however. only to nave
stimulated the rapacity of impostors. The trade
mark of til, proprietor has been stolen the indorse'
ment which his Schiedam Aromatic schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has been
claimed by mendacious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been inflated his advertisements para
phrased, his circulars copied. and than all,
dishonorablo retailers after disposng of the genuine
conteuts of his bottles, have filed them up with
common gin, tho most deleierious Of all liquors, and
thus made his name and brInd cover for poison.
Tho public. the medical profession and the sick,
for whom Tho Schiedam Aromatic schnapps is pre-
scribed as remedy, equally interested with the
proprietor in tho detection and suppression OF these
ne!arious practices. The genuine article, manulac.
tured ut tie 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 Italian uripe OF uncqualled pu'
rity. BY process unknown in the preparation OF
any other liquor. it Is freed from every &C -montous
and corrosive clement.
Complaints have been received from the Lending
physicians and families in the southern States of
the sale of cheap limitations of the Schiedam Aro-
matte Schnapps in those markets; and travellers,
who are in the habit OF using it as an antdoe to the
bancfu influence Of unwhoesome river water. tes-
tify that cheap gin, put up in schiedam bottles is
frequently palmed of upon the unwary. The
agents of the undersigned have becn requested to
institute inquiries on the subject an1 to forward to
him the pames of such parties as they may ascrr-
tain to be engaged in the atroclous system of dcccp-
ton In conclusion, the undersigned would say that
he has produced from under the heDds OF the most
distinguished OF science in America. proofs un
apswerabIe Of the purity and medicinal excel
lence OF the Schiedam Aromatic Schnnpps that
he has expended many thousand dollars in sur
rounding it with guarantees and safeguards, which
he designed should protect tho public and himself
against fraudulent limitations; that e has shown 1t
TO bc the only liquor IN The world that can be uni
formly depended upon unadulterated; that he has
challenged investigation, analysis, comparison and
experiment in all It's forms; and from every ordeal
the preparation viii bears his name, seal and trade
mark, has come OF triumphant. he, therefore, feels
IL duty he owes to lls ellow-ctizrns generally, to
the medical profession and the sick, to denounce
and expose the chsralns who counterfeit these evil
denotes Of identity. and he calls upon the press and
the public to aid him In his efforts to remedy go great
au evil.
The following letters aud certificates from the
leading phyeiclans aud che nlsts OF this ct9 will
provo to the reader that all goods sold y the under
signe are oil that they aro repre- ented 10 be.
UDoLPHO WOLFE.
I feel bound 10 say, that regard your Sohnapps
rs bong in every respect prc-eminently pure, aud
deserving medical patronage At all events, It 10
the purest possible article Of Holland Gin. hereto
fore uuoutainuUlc. ami such may be safely pre-
scribed by physicians.
DAVID L. MOTT, NJ. D.,
Pharmaceutical Chemist New York.
&c FISE-sTREET New YoRE,
November 81, 1867.
UpoLpHo WOLFE, Esq, Present:
DeIr Sir ilaYc ma ~ % chemical examination Oh
a sample Of you' Schtcdaln >clnupps, With the in-
tent vi detrrm,ning II ahy for ign Orinjurious sur
stanoo lad bceu added TO ill., simple disuled spirits.
The examlultiou las resulted III tho conclusion
that the sample contained no pcsono or Ii .rmtul
admixlure. 1 have uuabe 10 discover auy
tracs o. the dccieriuus Substance. witch arc em-
n .,f I mi,