American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-02-20
Stbleoaut Stbnapps.

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NEW YORK NOV. . 1866.
Il" the People OF the Southern STATES.
When the pure medicinal restorative now
50 widely known AS Wolte's Schiedan
Schuapps, was introduced into the world I'M |
der the endorsement of four thousand leads
ing members Of the medica profession some
20 years ago, its proprietor was we'll aware
that it could not wholly escape the peualty
attached to all new and useful preparations.
III therefore, endeavored to invest it with
the strongest possible safe guards against
countelteiters, and to render all attempts to
pirate it difficult and dangerous. 1t was
submitted to distinguished chemists for
analysis, AM pronounced by Them the purest
spirit ever manufactured. Its purity and
properties having been thus ascertained,
samples Of the article were forwarded to ten 2
thousand physicians, including the leading
practitioners Ia the United States, for pur
poses Of experiment. circular requesting
n trial OF the preparation and q report Of the
result, accompanied each specimen. Four
thousand of the most eminent medical mea
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 moro
/ or less adulterated, and therefore unfit for
medical purposes. The peculiar excelleuees
aud strength of the oil of iuniper, which |
formed Of the principal ingredients of
/ the Schnarps, together with an nnallpyed |
| character CT the alcoholic element give it, ia |
the estimation of the faculty, marked su- |
periority over every other diffusive stimu-
liant as Il diuretlc, tonis and restorative.
4 These satisfactory credentials from profes- |
sional men of the highest rank were pub
li5hed in a condensed form, and enclosed
,rith each bottle of the Schnapps, as one Of
the guarantees CT its genuineaess Other nre-
cautions we're also adopted; pateut was OBJ
tained for the article, the label was copy>
righ,ed, fac sln1'le of the trOprietor's auto
graph ggature was attached to each abel and
cover, his name and that of the preparation
were embossed on the bottles and the corks
were sealed with lis private seal. No arti-
Gle has ever been sold in this country under
the name of Schapps prior to the introduc.
, ton of Volts Scheidam Aromatic Schnapps,
, in 1861; and the label was deposited as his
trade mark, IN the United States District
Court for the Southe District Of New York
for that year.
II might be supposed by persons uRae-
, quainted with the daring character Of the
; pirates who prey upon the reputation of
honorable merchants bv vending deIeterious
, fr,sh npdar ,hsir mama that tbs n,o,ectia,,
-, ,,rfrI1, -, - 49,
+ 81 'S '0 ''u"Hc 'neeI 'H"N"PPe
: - p ~
s",e u Io""'e, ieis' ihey seem, ho"e'er,
only 10 nave stimulated the rApncIty OF lt7-
7 posters. The trade mark of the proprietor
has been stolen; the Endorsement which the
(, | ScLo;3o,, .roa.t; $500, -, -a.;-aa
> go ~. ~
, u" - piUie'''o, i'' we"
J., oy hehoacious humouSsi ms laoeis ana Dot
Il ties have been initiated, his advertisements
! paraphrased, his circulars coped and worse
than all. dishonorable retailers after disno,
+ I'M, Of n a r,n,,,i,ina or,ot f 81; h.,fIn,
- VI ny i,'H'o Vi "i'
: nave nieQ tneh up WIN common gin, tne
most deieterlons OF all liquors, and thus 70 g
|. bis name and brand a cover for poison.
:. The public the medical profession and IN
l sick. for whom the Sch.ilan Aronstie
rL,- :; .rao:l,
:" ."Iu ns q leheuS, al
Il "qnaIly increased Wlth Inc proprietor In Inc
detection and suppression OF these nefarions
, practices The genuine article manufse
t tured at the establishment of The pnder
p eignf6 in Schei6nrn HoII,,d i, d;stiIIal
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II "'in d "1i'c! Va ''c h"eS' qu"ltF anu II y
f. 'ored with an essential extract of the berry o
q, the Italian Juniper, Of uncqualcd purity
pr PioIsss Unknown IN the mRhtlastHl'
U II any other liquor, 1t is freed from every
acrimonious ard corrosive element
- Complaints have been received frnrs the leadin,
.,hysjciags and families in iii, SoI-1UFRs ST.rx
l. Of the sale Of cheap limitations of the Srhe;d n
p S-hnapps in those markets and travellers who ar
IN the habit of using it as antidote tn the hanpfu
Ic influence OF unwhoesnlne river water testify tks
t,,a, r, a..