American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-02-13
StgleSana St5napps.


NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 1866.
To the People of the Southern States.
When the pure medicinal restorative now
so widely known as Wolfe's Schiedan
Schnapps, was introduced into the world I'M
der the endorsement of four thousand leads
ing members of the medical profession some
20 years ago, its proprietor was well aware
that 1t could not wholly escape the penalty
attached to all new and useful preparations.
HI therefore, endeavored to invest it with
the strongest possible safe guards against
counterfeiters, and to render all attempts to
pirate it difficult and dangerous. 1t was
submitted to distinguished chemists for
analysis AMI pronounced by hem the purest
spirit ever manufactured. Its purity and
properties having been thus ascertaiued,
samples of the article were forwarded to ten
thousand physicians, including the leading
practitioners in the United States, for pur-
poses Of experiment y circular requesting
a trial of the preparation and a report Of the
result, accompanied each specimeu.-Eo our
thousand of the most eminent medical mem
in the Union promptly responde d. Their
opinions of the article were unanimously
favorable. Such preparation, they Said,
had long been wanted by the profession, as
reliance could be placed on the ordinary
liquors of commerce, all of which were more !
IT less adulterated, and therefore unfit for .
medical purposes. The peculiar excelleuees .
and strength of the oil of juniper, W hich !
| formed one of the principal ingredients of
! The Schnapps, together with an nnaloyed
character of the alcoholic element, give it, in |
the estimation of the faculty, a marked SUI
| periority over every other dillusire, stimu-
liant as dirretIc, tonic and restorative.
! These satisfactory credentials from profess
=, H. l. lie
ished in a condensed form, and enclosed
with each bottle Of the Schnapps, as one of
he guarantees of its genuineness. Otherpre-
cautions were also adopted; patent was OBJ
| taiued for the article, the label was copy>
| righted, fac Stnsiis of the proprietors auto
graph signature was attached 10 each label and
cover, his name and that of the preparation
were embossed the bottles, and the corks
we're sealed With his private seal. No arti--
Gle has ever been sold in this country under
the name of Schapps prior TO the introduce
ton of Volts Scheidarn Aromatic Schnapps,
in 1865 and the label was Deposited SIS his
trade mark, in the United States District
Court for the Southe District of New York
for that year. -r
1t might be supposed by persons unae-
quRinted with the during character of the
pirates who prey upon the reputation of
honorable merchants by vending deletetious
rash under their name, that the projections
s SO carefully thrown around these Schnapps
would have precuded the Introduction and
sale of counte feits. They seem, however,
only to have stimulated the rapacity of. i'm
posters. The trade mark of the proprietor
has been stolen; the Endorsement which the
Scheidam Aromatic Scnapps alone received
from the medical profession has been claimed
by mendacious humbugs; his labels and bot
: ties have been initiated, his advertisements
APPRAISED, his circulars copied, ana worse
than all, dshonorable retailers after dispos.
ing of the genuine contents of bis bottles,
have filled them MP with common gin, the
most deleterious of all liquors, and thus made
his name and brand cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and III q
sick, for whom the Schei1am Aromatic
Schnapps is prescribed as remedy, are
! equally interested with the proprietor in the
detection and suppression of these nefariou s
,. PRACTICES. The genuine article, manufae-
tured at the establishment of the under
D signed, in Sclieitlam, Honard, i. distilled
from n barley of the finest quality, and fa-
vored with a essential extract Of the berry Of
the Italian Juniper, Of uneqnallrd purity
, By process unknown in the manufacture
: Of any other liquor, it is freed from ever
acrimonious and corrosive element.
Complaints have been received from the leading
5 physicians and families in the SotTuEKS STATES
Of the sale of cheap limitations of the Scheidrn
Schnarps in those markets and travellers who arr
in the habit of using it aItidote to the bantfu
n influence OF unwholesOme rivar water, testify thai
cheap gin, put up in Scheidam bottles is freuue mt
I iy pamed on upon the unwary The agents of I'll,
undersigned have been requested to institute in
guirles on the subject, and to forward TO him tn,
It names Of snh parties they may ascertain h
engaged i'll the atrocnus system If DECEPTION. Ii
y Conclusion, the undersigned would say that he ha
produced. from under the hand. OF the most dis
q sfsip in
y Swerahe Of the purity and medical ex-ell-nre o
II he Sclr d. M Aromatic SCtlnaps that lie has
pended many thonsaud dollars in surrounding i
With guarantees and safeguards. which he d"siSne,
t honld protect the public and himself aganst iraud
f dent limitations that he has show. it to he th
" ouly liquor in the world that be uniformly dc
pended upon unadnterated that he has cha
r. '"ngcd Investigation. analysis comparison and eS
u Derment in all its forms and from every ordea
= the preparation which hears his Name seal an
trada mark has come oil Triumphant He there
tore feels it duty he owes to his fellow citizen
g generally, In the medical profession and The SIGH
- 10 dencunce and expose the chariTtans who cour
terfet th-se evidence of identity he calls Lpo
the press and the public TO aid him in his efforts
remedy great evil.
j. The iolowing letters and certificates from III
A elding physicians and chemists Of this city wi
prove tn the reader that all goods sold ty the VI
dersisned are all they represented To lie.
UDOLPH0 WOLFE.
-, feel bonnd to say, that regard yonr SchnapI
IS being IN every respect pre- emnentiy pure, an
deserving OF medical patronage. At all events.
- the purest possible article Of Holland Gin her,
l. tofore unobtainabe and as su~h NAV be safely pr
k scrihed by physicians. DAVID MOTT. NJ. u.
26 Piss STREET, New York. Nov. Il, 1867.
UnOLPHn WOLFE. ESQ, Present
II DEAR SIR have madr a chemical exsminstio
= IT IA sample of your Schpidnm Schnapps tn II
t intent cf determining if any foreign iujuror
'ulistaace had been added to the simple dIstle
spirits.
IA The examination has result in the concusio
he that the sample contained no poisonous or harnf
idmiXture. have been unable to discover an
trace Of the dnleteriOus substances which are en-
in ployed in the adulteraton of liqnnrs | world NJ
" hesitate to use myself recommend to others fl
l medical purposes, the Schelam Schnapps as an g.
ccllent and unohectionahle quality OF gin.
Very respectfully Yours,
rs (oiGned,) tHAS. A. SEETY. Chemist.
n New YORK. SO CEDAR STREET
" November rs, 1867;
UpoLPHO WOLFE, Esq. Present:
40 DEAR sIR:-I have submitted to chemical anal
~ as two bottles OF - Schejdam SchnlppSf which
IL took from fresh package in your bonded war
house. and find as before, that the spirituous Iiqn
Is free from injurious ingredients falls feat o.
D. that it has the marks OF being aged and not
:, ly prepared by mechanical admixinre Of a!coh
II and anomalies. Respectfully,
70 FRED +, MAYER Chemist
NEw YORK, Tuesday, May /.
,r UDoLPHo WOLFE Esq:
- DEAR SEa:-TAe want of pure Wines and IiQuo
lie for medicinal par poses has long been felt by Il
II. profession, and thousands of lives have been
iced by the use Of Htuiterated Articles Deliriu
trenenS, and other diseases of the brain and nerve
r. so rife i'll this country. very rare il Eliop
=" owing in great degree 10 the difference in Il
n, purity of the spirits sold.
. We have tested the several articles imported az
sold by you. lac hiding yOur Gin which you sc
under the name of Aromatic Schedam Srhnapp
al which W. consider justly entitled to the high rep
tatton II has required in this country and fro
wv your long experience foreign importer, yol
f.. Bottled Vines and Liquors should meet with tt
same demand.
We would recommend you to appoint some Of Il
N respectable apothecares in different PARTS of Il
- city agents fof the sale of Your Bra.dies al
IL Wines, where the profession obtain the san
pr when needed for medicinal Purposes.
Wishing you success in your new enterprise, '
remain your obedient servants.
oil VALEN TINE MOTT, NJ. D., Professor Of Surge