The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-02-12

were moro or less adulterAted, and, therefore.
unfit for medical purposes. The peculiar excel
ience and strength Of the. oil of Juniper which
Schnapps. together with an unalloyed Character
Of the alcoholic element give It, III the estimation
OF the faculty, marked superiority over every
other diffusiye stimulant as dIuretc, tonic and
restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional al
men of tho highest rank were published in a
condensed form, and enclosed with each bottle
OF the Schnapps, as one OF the guarantees of it's
genuineness. Other precautions against fraud
were also adopted; patent was obtained for the
article, tho label was copyrighted, fac Si7nle of
the proprietor's autograph signature was attached
to each label aud cover. his name and that of the
preparation were embossed on the bottles. aud the
corks were sealed with his private seal. No article
had ever been sold III this country under the name
OF SchnappS prior to the Introduction of Wolfes
Schedam Aromatic Schnapps, in 1851 and the
label was deposited. his trade mark in the
United States District Court for the Southern Dis
trict of New York during that Year.
s IL might I be supposed, ny persons unacqnainted
upon the reputation OF honorable merchants, by
vending deloterious trash under their name, that
the projections so carefully thrown around these
and sale of counterseits. They SEEM however
only to have stimulated the rapacty of imposters
the endorsement which his Schiedam Aroma tic
Schnapps alone received from the medical pro-
fcssion has been claimed by mcndacious humbrgs;
his labels an bottles have been initiated his nd :
.' NoPtCu,
anu worse than all, dishonorablc etacrs. after
d1isposing OF the genuine contents of his bottles.
have hlled them up with common gin, the most
deleterions of all liquors. and thus made his name
and brand cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession aud the sick
for whom the Schiedam Aromatic Selma Dps ia
prescribed remedy. are equally Interested with
the proprietor III the detection and suppression of
these nefarious practices: The genuine article,
manufactured nj tho establishment of the UNDER
signed, i'll Schiedam, Holland, is distilled from a
barley of the finest quality. and favored with an
essential extract OF the berry of the Italian
juniper, of uneoualed purity. By Il process un-
freed from every acrimonious a'.d corrosive clc-
ment.
Complaints have been receive, from the lcad;u 9,
PHYSICIANS aud families i'll the Southern States,
of the sale OF cheap limitations of the Scliodam
aromatic Schnapps IN those markets; and travel
ers who arc in the habit of using it as an antidOtc
to the bancful influence Of unwholcsomo river
water. testify that cheap gin, put up in Schiedam
bottles, Is frequently pa.mcd off upon the unwarv.
1he agents of the undersigned have been requested
t" institute Inquiries on the subject and to for
ward to him the names of such parties as they
may ascertain to be engaged in the atrocious
system of deception. IN conclusion, the under
signed would sly that he has produced, from nnder
the hands of the most distinguished men of
science IN America, proofs unanswerablc of the
purity and medicinal excellence os the Schiedam
Aromatic Schnapps; that II" ha- expended many
thousand dollars in surrounding it with guarantees
and safeguards, which he designed should protect
tie publlc and himself against fraudulent imita-
tons that lie has shown it to be the only liuuur in
the world that can be uniformly depended upou
"a una"riturntcd; that he has challenged invcsti-
CATION, analysis compariSon AID experiment in
III! lis forms: and from every ordeal the prcpa-
ration which bears his name, seal and trade mark
has come off triumphant. He therefore, feels il n
duty he owea to his fclow-rtizvus rcucrallv TO
the medical profession and the sick to dcn0nnce
and expose the Chariatans who counterfeit these
evidences of identity, and hc calls upna the press
and the public to aid him in his efforts ID remedy
great evil.
The following letters and certificates from the
leading physicians and chemists of this citv will
prove To the reader that all goods sold i,y the
undersigned are ali :hcy are represented to be.
CDOLPIiO WOLFE.
l feel bound 10 Say, that regard Your Schnapps
as being, III every respect, prc-cniincntly pure
and deserving of medical patronage. At all events
ii is the purcst possible article OF Holland Gin
heretofore nnobtainable; and, rs such NAV be
safely prescribed by PHI! sicians.
DAVID l.. MOTT, ". D.,
Pharmaceutical Chemist New York
2G PINE STREET New YoRK Nov 81, 1867
Utlolpho VOTE, Esq, Present
DEAR SIR: have made n chemical examination
Of sample or your Schicdam Schnapps. with
the intent OF determining any foreign orinurious
substance had been added to tho simple distilled
spirits
DEAR SIR: The want Of pure Wines and Liquors.
profession, and thousands of lives have been sac
rliced by the use of adulterated articles. Delirum
tremens, and other diseases of the brain and
nerves, so rife in this country, are very rare in
Europe; owing, in great degree, to tho difference
in the purity of the spirits cold.
We havo tested the several articles import ed
ana sold by you, including your Gin, which you