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Sfbieoanl Sfbnapps.
OFFICE OF UDoLPHo WOLFE. J
Soc Impo, ter Of The Schieaam aromatic Schndpps,
No. &3 Bcnver-strcct.
NEw yoRE November g. 1868.


OFFICE OF UDoLPHo WOLFE. ,
Soc IMp0' ter Of the Schieddm aromatic Schndpps
No. &3 Bcnver-strect.
NEW YORK, November s. 1865.
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 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 It
with strongest possible safeguard against counter
feiers, and to render al attempts to pirate 1t diff
cult and dangerous. 1t was submitted to dtstin-
guished chemists for analysis, and pronounced by
them the purest spirit ever manufactured Its puri-
y and properties having been thus ascertained, SAM
Piles 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 opioions of
the article were unanimously favorable. Such
preparation, they eaid, had long been wanted by
the profession as reliance could be placed on the
ordir .ry liquors of commerce, all OF which were
more or less adulterated, and therefore unfit for
medical purposes. The peculiar excellence and
strength of the oi Of juniper, which formed one OF
the principal ingredients of the scbnappH, together
with an unalloyed character of the alcoholic ele-
ment, give It, In the estimation Of the faculty, o
marked superiority every other difusive stimu-
liant as diuretic. tonic and restorative.
a1c
men of the highest rank we're published in con-
densed 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; patent was obtained for the article, the
label was copyrighted fac siie of the proprietor's
autograph signature attached to each label and
cover his aud that Of the preparation were en-
bossed on the bottles and the corks 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 schiedam Aromatic
Schnnpps, in 1851; and the label was deposited,
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 unacquainied
with the daring character Of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation ofhonorsble merchants by vend-
ing deleerous trash under their name, that the pro-
tections so carefully thrown around these schnapps
would have precluded the introductons and sale Of
counterfeits. They seem, however. only to have
stimulated the rapacity of impostors. The trade
mark of the proprietor has been stolen the ndorse
ment which his Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps alo,ir
received from the medical profession has been
claimed by mendacious humbugs; his labels and
bottles have been initiated, his advertisements para
phrased his circulars copied, and worse than all,
dishonorabe retailers after dsposing Of the genuine
contents of his bottles, have filled them mp with
common Gin, the most deeterious of all liquors, aud
thus made his name and brand cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and the sick,
for whom the Schiedam Aromatic schnapps is pre-
scribed as remedy ore equally interested with the
proprietor in the detection and suppression Of these
neiarious practices. The genuine article, manufac
tured Mt the establishment of tho undersigned in
chieda1n oland, is distilled from barley of the
finest quality and favored with essential extract
of the berry of the italian juniper of uncquaned pu
rity. BY process unknown IN the preparation OF
any other liquor 1t is freed from every acrimonious
and corrosive element.
Complaints have been.received from the leading
physicians and families in the Southern States OF
the sole of cheap limitations OF the Schiedam Aro-
matte schnapps in those markets; and travellers
who are in the habit OF using 1t as an antdote to the
banetul influence of unwholesome river water tes-
tify that cheap gn put up in Schiedam bottles, is
frequently palmed OF upon the -, unwary y:,. The ie
aBeuts OF tne uuucteisucu nafe oeen relUes@u W
institute inquiries on tho subject, and to forward to
him the names Of such parties as they may asccr.
tain be engaged In rhc ntrocious system Of decep
ton. 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
aDswerable of the purity and medicinal excel
lence of the Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps thht
he has expended many thousand dollars in Sur
rounding 1t with guarantees and safeguards, which
he designed should protect the public and himself
against fraudulent limitations; TINT he has shown 1t
to be the only liquor in the world that can be uni
formly depended upon unadulterated; that ho has
challenged investigation. analysis, comparison and
experiment in oil its forms and from every ordeal
the preparation whch bears his 2ame seal and trade
mark, has come of triumphant. BE, therefore, feels
il duty he owes to his tellow-citizens generally, to
the medical profession and the sick, to denounce
and expose the charlatans who counterfeit these ey
denotes Of identity, and he calls upon the press and
the public to aid him in his efforts to remedy so great
au evil.
The following letters aud certificates from the
leading physicians and che enists Of this city will
prove to the reader that all goods sold by the under
siguel are oil that they are repres ented to be.
UDoLPHO WOLFE.
Iieel bound TO say, that regard your schnapps
as being in every respect pre-eminently pure, and
deserving OF medical patronage At all events, 1t is
the purest possible article of Holland Gin, hereto
tore unobtaRable. and as such may be safely pr.
scribed by physicians.
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New York
26 P1NE-srnEET, NEW YORK;
November 81, 1867.
UpoLrHo WOLFE, ESQ.,, Present:
Dear Sir have made chemical examination OF
sample OF your Schiedam Schnapps, with the ill.,
tent odeternining if any foreign or injurious sub
stance had been added to the simple distilled spirits.
The examination has resulted IN the conclusion
that the sample contained no poisonous or harmful
admixture have been unable to discover any
trace OF the deleterious substances wich are EN-.
ployed In the adulteraton of liquors. would not
hesitate to use myself or TO recommend to others,
for medicinal purposes, the Schicdam Schnapps as
mn excellent and unobj bjectionablo variety Of GIN
Very respectfully yours,
tc{ona3I SRlSl,Y. Chemist.