The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-23
Sfbieoaln Sfbnapps.

SfDtf0qm SfgnappS.
OFFICE oF UDoLpHo WOLFE.
Sole Impo7 ter Of the Scfieddna Aroudc ScaHdpps,
No. 90 Benver.Etrect.
|. NEW YORK, November 8, 1858.
To the'Peoplc of the Southern Statess
WHEN THE PURE MEDICINAL RESTORATIVE,
now 80 widely uonn ss -WoLFE,s .sCHIEDAM
scHNhPPs, was Introduced into theiworh under
Of the medical profession some twenty years ago, Its
proprietor was well aware that It could not wholly
escape the penalty attached to all and useful
preparations. He, therefore, endeayored to invest
with strongest possible safeguard against counter
feiers and to render all attempts to pirate 1t di-
cult and dangerous. It was submitted to dtstin-
| guished chemists for analysis and pronounced oy
them the purest spirit ever manufactured Its pur1-
ty and properties having been thus ascertained sam
pies 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 opiuions 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, oil of which were
more or less adulterated, and therefore unit for
medical purposes. The peculiar excellence and
strength of the OF of juniper which formed one OF
the principal ingredients of the schnapps together
with an unalloyed character Of the alcoholic ele-
ment give it, in the estimation OF the faculty.
marked superiority over every other diuBiVe sh
liant as diuretic, tonic and restorative
These satisfactory credentials from professional
men Of the highest rank were 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 we're also
adopted patent was obtained for tho article, the
label WAS copyrighted, ac sin,ic of the proprieors
autograph signature was attached to each label and
cover his name and that Of the preparation were en-
bossed on the boes and the corkn were 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
schnapps in 1851; and the label was deposited, as
his trade mark, in the United States District Court
for the Southern District Of New York during that
year.
1t might be supposed BY persons unacquain'ed
with the d;rinS character of the pirates who prey
upon the reputation ofhonorable merchants by yend-
ing deeterious trash under their name that the pro-
tections so carefully thrown around these schnapps
would have prccluded the introductions and sale OF
counterfeits. They seem. however, only TO nave
stimulated the rapacity Of impostors. The trade
mark of tho proprietor has been stolen; the indorse-
ment which his scbicdam Aromatic schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has been
claimed by mendacious humbugs; his, labels and
bottles have been inflated his advertisements para
phrased, his circulars copied, and worse than oil,
dishonorabe retailers after dsposing the genuine
contents of his bottles, have filled them up with
common en the most deleerious of all liquors, and
thus made his name and brlnd cover for poison.
The public, the medical profession and the sick
for whom the schiedam Aromatic schnapps is pre-
scrbed as remedy, arc equally intcrestei with the
proprietor In the detection and suppression OF these
neiarious practices. The genuine article, manuac-
tured ut tho establishment of the undersigned IN
Schiedam, Holland, Is distilled from barley OF the
finest quality und favored with essential extract
Of the berry Of tho tailor uripe", Of uncquaed pu-
rity. By q process unknown in the preparation Of
any other LIQUOR it L. -eci from every acrimonious
and corrosive element.
Complaints hrve been received from the lending
physicians and families in tho Southern States OF
the sale of cheap limitations Of the Schiedam Aro-
mahc Schnapps in those markets; and travellers,
who are in the habit of using it rs an antdoo to the
baneful influence OF unwholesome river water. tes
tfy that cheap gin put up In Schicdam bottles, is
frequently palncd OF upon tho unwary. Tho
ngeuts of the undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries on the subject, ana to forward 10
him the names OF such parties as they may. asc.r-
tdin to engaged in the arocious system Of dcccp
ton. In conclusion. the undersigned would say that
he has produced, from under the hands Of the most
distinguishec uen of science In America proofs un
apswerable of Sbe purity and medicinal excel
lcnce OF the Schiedam Aromatic Schnarps; that
he has expended many thousand dollars in sur
rounding 1t with guarantees and safeguards, which
he designed should protect the public and hindelf
against fraudulent limitations; that he has shown 1t
to be the only liquor In the world that can be uul-
formly depended upon as unaduterated; that Ee has
challenged investigation. analysis, comparison and
experiment in all Its forms; and from every ordeal
the preparation viii, bears HE name, seal and tr:de
mark has come of triumphant. He therefore, ieels
il dutyhe owes to his telow-citzens generally to
the medical profession and the sick, TO denounce
and expose the charlatans who counterfeit those evil
denotes of identity and ho calls upon tho press and
the ublic to aid him in his efforts to remedy 80 great
au evil.
The following letters and certificates from th,
leading physicians and henista Of this city will
prove to The reader that all goods sold 10y the under
sicnei are oil that they arc repre- ented to be.
UDOLPHo WOLFE.
Ifcel bound to say, that I regard your Schna2ps
as be,ug in every respect prc-.minently pure, and
deserving OF medical patronage. At all events 1t Is
the purest possible article Of Holland Gin. hereto
lore uuobtainablc, aud such may be safaly pre-
scrbcd by physicians.
DAVID L. MOTT, NJ. D.,
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New York.
&c IISE-srREET, NEW YonK,
November 81, lSGi.
UpoLPHo WOLFE, Esq, Present:
Dear Sir-I lave ma c q chemical examination of
sample of your schIedam schnapps, With the in
tent uf determ ming Ii any for i,u furious sun
stance had been added 10 th simple dist led spirits.
The examination has resulted III tho conclusion
that the sample contained no POISONOUS or h-rmiul
adulixturc / have unable to discover any
truce OF the deleterous substance, wich arc em.
ploycd in tho aJultcraion Of liquors. would not
hesitate to uso myself or ID III to others,
tor medicinal purposes, tho Schledam Schnapps rs