The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-09

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ordinary liquors Of coiumerca, oil OF which were
more q les sdulterated, and therefore unfit for
"eoAoal purposes TO peculiar excellence and
strength OF fhe oi OF t ltr, which formed one of
sne principal Ingredients the schnapps, together
with an unalioyca .h4yact of the alcoholic ele-
ment, give ~ In the estlHation of the faculty,
marked sure tority over other diffusive stimu-
liant as diureic. jAsX , estorative.
These satisfactory ecrt tials from professional
men OF the h'ghest%Ssna IRE published in o con-
densed form, and enclosed with each bottle of the
Scnnapps as one oFtnt rulrantees Of it's genuine.
moss. Other precauu,'ls against fraud were also
adopted; patcut vas ubi lined for the article the
label was copyrighte.i sin,iIe of the propretor's
autograph siRnat,ife was tached to each label and
cover his name aud that o the preparation were en-
5ossed on the btles, anu oe corks were sealed with
Els private seal. No ertlle had ever been sold in
THIS country under the nalue of Schnapps prior to
the introduction OF W lFe's Schiedam Aromatic
Schnapps IN 1851 aou i label was deposited as
his trade marx, IN tle Untd States District Court
for the Southern Distria If New York during that
year.
II mlgbt be SngN ~ persons unacquainted
WIN the cirnG fa's IF the pirates who prey
upon the reputation lu. rable merchants by yend
ing deetelCus trash pu their name that the pro
tecdons SC Nrcst tl. around these schnapps
would have precluded the introductions and sale OF
counterfe1ts. They seem, however, only to have
stimulated the rapacity of impostors. The trade
mark OF thu proprietor has beer, stolen; the indorse
mont which his schedam Aromatic schnapps alone
received from the medical profession has been
claimed by mendacious humbuge; his labels and
bottles have been initiated his advertisements para
phrased, his circulars copied and worse than ALL
retailers after dsposing of the genuine
contents of his bottles, have filed them up with
OnV y1ctx,
thus made his name ana brand cover for poison.
The public. tle medical profession and the sick,
for whom the schfedam Aromatic schnapps is pre-
scrbed as remedy, equally interested with the
proprietor In the detection and suppression Of these
near1ous practices. The genuine article, manufac-
tured at the establishment Of the undersigned in
schiedam, Holland ts distilled from barley of the
finest quality, and favored with an essential extract
of the berry of the italian juniper of uncoualed pu
rity. By q process unknown in the preparation of
any other liquor 1t is freed from every acrimonious
and corrosive clement
Complaints have been received from the leading
physicians and families In the Southern States of
the sale of cheap limitations Of the Schiedam Aro.
matte sohnapaeh those markets; and travellers.
who in the habit of using 1t as an antdote to the
baneful influence of unwhoesome river water. tes
tify that cheap gin put up in Schiedam bottles is
frequently palmed of upon tho unwary. The
agents Of the undersigned have been requested to
institute inquiries on the subject and to forward to
him the names of such parties as they may asc.r-
tain to be engaged in the atrocious system of decep
ton. In conclusion, the undersigned would say that
he has produced, from under the hands of the most
distinguished men of science in America proofs un
answerabe of the purity and medicinal excel.
lence OF the Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps that
he has expended many Thousand dollars in sur.
1 will
he designed should protect the public and himself
against fraudulent limitations; that he has shown IL
to be the only liquor in the world that can be uni
formly depended upon unadulterated: that he has
challenged investigation, analysis, comparison and
experiment In ALI forms; and from every ordeal
the preparation which bears his name seal and trade
mors, has come of triumphant He, therefore feels
1t duty he owes to his feow-citzens eenerallv tn
he medical profession and the sick, to denounce
and expose the charatans who counterfeit these evil
denotes Of identity and he calls upon the press and
the public TO aid him in his efforts to remedy SO great
an evil. sss
The following letters aud certificates from the
leading physicians and chemists of this city will
prove to the reader that all goods sold by the under
signed are oil that they are repre- anted to be.
UDOLPHO WOLFE
lteel bound to say, that regard your Selma ons
as being in every respect -eminentIy pure and
deserving OF medical patronage At ali events A. ia
the purest possible article of Holland Gin hereto
fore unobtainable and as such NAV be safalv nre
scribed by physcians. ~
DAVID L. MOTT, M. d.,
pharmaceutical Chemist, New York
20 PINE-sTREEr, NEW YonK.,
November 81, 1867
UpoIpHo WOLFE, Esq, Present:
Dear Str-I have made chemical ex animation ~
sample OF your Schiedam Schnapps with the In
tent Of determining If any foreign or inurious ann
stance had been added to the simple diste6 sr;rits
The examination has resulted In the concmsion
that the sample contained poisonous or harmS,,1
admixture. / have been unable to dfscover anu
trace OF tho deleterious substances wich ara am,
ployed In the adulteratiOn Of liquors. I would NOT
hesitate to use myself to recomme nd to others
for medicinal purposes the Schiedam Schnanns as
an excellent and unobjectonable variety Of gin.
Very respectfully yours
(signed,) eHAS. A. SEELY. Chemist
New YonK, No. SO CEpAR-srREEr
November 26, 1867
UDoLPH0 WOLFE, Esq. Present
Dear Sir have submitted to cbenic analvs,e
iwo bottles OF "schiedam Schnanps which tnoIr
roID fresh package in yolr bonoed warchouse AND
md as before, that Ae soitdtuo,a iiauor Ia frea
the aged ana ait'r"a; nos recaI,in nat It
pared nanical admixtrre OF alcohol angg ar
matics. 1 sn" aro- |
FespeeSFaiiy, FaED. r. MAYER
Chemist
UDoLpTso WOLFE, ESQ: my -