Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-02-07
M isrrIIa meou 8.
An Affecting Love Affair-The Dangers
of a Slight PGtatIOn.

An affair very much like the celebrated
story of the Capulets and Montagues came to
light this morning. Two bakers, both alike in
dignity, in the southern part of this fair city,
where We lay our scene, are the heads of rival
houses Their names are Butler and Simpson.
Their snmity eminated in business competition.
Butler advertised the Largest bread in the
city," and obtained run of custom for which
Simpson could not forgive him. From forth
the fatal lions of these two foes, pair of star
crossed lovers take their life; whose misadven-
turous, piteous ovthrows have not put an end
to their parents strife. Butler has a "sole
daughter Of his house and heart" called Cath
arine, and Simpson has an only son and heir,
who is ente1ed on the baptisnaI register by
the name of Ebenezer. These young folks
have been violently in love with each other
ever since lest Independence Day. Each faith
er off course is furiously opposed to their union
all intercourse between Ebenezer and Catha-
rine is sternly prohibited by the old gentle
men. The lovers were obliged to arrange
meetings out of doors and de their sparkling
as Aristotle did his lecturng, that is, peripa-
tetically or lecomotively. While the weather
was mild and agreeable, that was no hardship,
but on such night as last night the torch of
Cupid was hardly sufficient to keep his own
fingers warm, much less could it impart COM
Portable glow to his votaries, Ebenezer and
Catharine. Before they had said all those
sensible things TO each other for which love di-
aloguss are generally distinguished,th they found
themselves walking near the junction of Thir-
teen and Pine streets, very much distressed
by the freezing atmosphere. Ebenezer pro-
posed little alcoholic stimulation, to which
CathariRe reluctantly onsented-merely to
keep out the cold. AS the heads of lovers
are generally very weak, very small dose OF
LIQUID excitement sufficed to make piteous
overthrow of Ebenezer and Catharine-
They were found in a state of insensbility, w.
ing side by side, on a cellar door, looking like
the babes in the wood; being, like those in
nocents victinised by their tyranical relatives
The wstchman who discovered them happen.
ed to know them, and supposing that Catha.
rine and Ebenezer had persisted in the flower
of theil youth and beauty, by exposure to the
intense cvld weather, he sent message tc
their perverse fathers, who on Fastening to the
watch house found the matchless pair laid
out on a settle-to all appearance as dead a.
couple of Burlington herrings The ancien
grudge of the two old fellows was not heaIpC
by this affecting sight-on the contrary they
began to curse and swear at each other, il
the presence of those lfeless bodies, both O
whom were unexpectedly revived by the tu
multi, and the affectionate Simpson gave hi
son sound kicking for bis disobedience of or
ders, in keeping company with the daughter
of a hostile house. Miss Catharine also re
ceived two or three hard boxes on the car from
her father on the same account and the lover:
as Mr.. James would say-were ''torn as
sunder," each carrying of his own share of tht
ill-starred couple. Phil Penn.