The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-19
SfAiebanl Sfhaapps.
OFFICE OF UDoLpHo WOLFE.
Sole Impoa Ter of the Sohieda'n Aromatic Sesndpps,
NO 20 Bcnrcr-stJcet.

OFFICE OF UDOLPHO WOLFF.
Sole Impo Ter Of the Sohiedan Aromatic Ses1dpps,
No 20 Bcarcr-stJcet-
NEW Yo1K, November 3. 1868.
Tothe People of tho Southern Statcs'
WHEN THE PURE MEDICINAL RESTORATIVE.
now 30 widely known as WoLFEs sCHIbDaM
scaNAPps. was IN reduced into the world up'ler
the endorsement of four thousand lead;na members
OF tbe medical profession some tivcuty years ago. its
proprietor was we'll aware that It could not wholly
escape the peoalty attached to all new and useiui
preparations He, therefore, cndeavored to invest II
with strongest possible safesuard against counter
feiters, and to render oil attempts to pirate 1t dill
cult and Dangerous. II was submitted to d's''n'
eushrd chemists for analysis, and pronounced oy
them the pures spirit ever manufactured Its puri-
ty and properties having oeen thus asctrtaised sam
piles of the article wer, forwarded 10 ton thousand
physicians including al the leading praoatoners In
the United states, for purposes OF experiment.
circular, requesting trial Of the preparation and
report Of tho result. accompanied eaeh specimen.
Four thousand of the most eminent medical men IN
the Union promptly responded. Their opinions OF
the artclc were unanimously favorable. Such
preparation, they said, had long been wanted bJ
the profession a. no reliance could be placed on Tho
ordinary liquors OF commerce, all OF which were
more or less adulterated, and therefore unit for
medical purposes. The peculiar enence and
strength of the OF Of jumper. which formed ono OF
the principal ingredients OF tho schnapps. togsther
with an upailoyed character Of the alcoholic ele-
ment. give It, ia the estimation Of tho faculty.
marked supertety every 9th er diustve sti nu-
liant as O aiure ic tnie and restorative.
These satisfactory credentials from professional
mea Of the highest rank were published in con.
densed form, and enclosed With each bottle OF the
Sohnapps as one OF the guarantees Of Its genuine.
ness. Other precautions against fraud were also
adopted; a patent Was obtained for the article the
label was copyrighted, fac simic OF tho propeers
autograph slguature was attached to each label and
oovsr hs name aud that Of the preparation were I'm.
tossed on the botes and the corko were sealed with
his private seal Ne article had ever been sold in
this county under the name Of schnapps prior to
the introduction of Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic
Hahnspps In 1S5l; and tho Label vas deposited, as
his trade mark IN tho United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York during that
year.
It might be supposed BY persons unacquained
with the daring character Of the pirates who prey
upoa the reputation ofhonorabie merchants by vend.
ing aeletar trash under their nsrps that tho pro-
tectons 80 carefully thrown around these schnapps
would have precluded tho introductons and sale Of
counterfeib. They seem, however, only to have
stimula ed the rapaoity Of impostors. The trade
mark OF th, proprietor has been stolen; the lndorse-
ment which his schi.dam Aromatic schnapps aIone
received from the medical profession hns been
claimed by nendacious humsugs; his labels and
bottles h9vc been initiated. his advertisements para
phrased his circulars copied. and worse than oil,
dshonorsSle retailers aftor disposing Of the genuine
costsnbs of his bostles, have filled them up With
common gin, the most deleerious Of all liquors, and
thus made his name and br md cover for poison.
he public, the medical profession and the sck,
for whom ihe sohiedam Aromatic schnapps ID pre-
scrtbed as o remedy are equally intersste' with The
proprietor in the detecon aud suppression Of these
neiarious plaoaoes. The genuine articlA mauuInc-
tured ut tte establishment OF the updprsianed IN
ohiedaln ollund, distilled from barley Of the
finest quality and Favored with On essential extract
Of e berry Of the Italian u fper, OF unequhied pu-
rity. By a process unknown In the PREPARATION OF
any other liquor it freed from every acrimonious
and corrosive element
Conplsints have been received from the leading
phys,oisns and families In the Southern States of
thu sale of cheap lmitatons Of the schiedam Aro-
matte schnapps in those markets; and travellers,
who are In the habit OF using 1t ss On Ando,e to the
banefuI influence of unwholesome river water. tes-
tif5 that cheap gin, put up 81 6chisdam bottles is
frequently palmed of upon the unwury. The
agents of the undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries the subject, and to forward to
him the names Of suoh parties as they may ascer-
tain to be engaged In the aroous system Of derep-
t1op. In conclusion, the undersigned would say that
he has prod uced from under the hands Of the most
distingu. .hed men Of science In America, proofs nm
answerable Of the purity and meodcznal excel
lence OF the Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps /; that
LIE has expended many thousand dollars In sur.
rosnding il with gsarantses and safeguards, which
he designed should project the public aad hiInssh
against fraudulent limitations; TIM he has shown 1t
to 30 the only liquor In the world ths. can be UNI
formly depended upon uuad aitsrated that he has
challenged investigation. eDalysis, comparison and
experinent IN oil It's forms; and from every ordeal
the preparation viii: bears his name. sea and trade
marx, has come OF triumphant He. therefore. feeds
IL duty he owes to lns tellow-ctz'ns generally, 10
the medical profession and the sick, to denounce
and expose the cnaratns who counterfeit these EVIL
dencie. OF identity and be calls upon the press and
The rubo to aid him in his efforts to remedy 80 great
an evil
The following letters aud certificates from the
lending physicians and che nrstt Of this city will
prove to the reader that all goods sold ~ the under.
siRne are al that they are repre- entod to be.
UDOLPHO WOLFE.
I1cel bound to say, that regard your Selma 2ps
90 beng in every respect prc.srninentiy pure and
deserving OF medical patronage. At all events, 10 il
the purest possible arice OF Holland Gin, hereto
tore uuoutaInaule. aud US such may be safely PIT
DAVID L. MO TT, N. D.,
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New YORK
26 PINB-sTREET, NEW YORK,
November Il, 15G7.
UpoLrao WOLFE, ESQ., Present:
0enr Sir--I huve made chemical examination Of
n sumpe of your sohiedam schnspps, witn tue in-
tent uf devcrniniugr auy foreign Or injurious SUBJ
atancs lad besu sdusd to tht SIMPLE distilled sp r,ts
The examination has resulted LII tho cunc.Gsion
that Inc sample contained no poisonoas or harmful
adniylure have ,c.n unable 10 discover any
-, =, ,bo daister1ous substance, Wlon uro o1L-