East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-03-08
strange, but True Love story.

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Landshut, Bavaria, a young mechanic
named Louis s., who had just
arrived at the age of twenty one years.
He became acquainted with young
woman, the daughter of wealthy cti-
zen, noted for her beauty and many
accomplishments. The two were soon
deeply in love with each other, and were
living in the blssful anticipation of soon
enjoying world of happiness in welded
bliss. The matter was mentioned to the
girls father, who became very indignant
at the presumption Of the young man,
who was poor, in asking the hand of the
daughter of one so wealthy as he. The
young man was driven from his house,
and threatened with personal violence
should he return. With sorrowful
heart and eyes wet with teas, Louis
babe adieu to Susan, for that was the
young girls name and set sail for, America
on the 18th of April, lS4s, in the ship
Calois.
The ship was two weeks, wildly tossed
on many rolling billow, when one stormy
dark night, the 9th of April, 1913, she
was struck by an English vessel, and in
less than twenty minutes sunk to the
fathomless depth of the ocean; carrying
several of the passengears and crew to
"that undiscovered country from whose
bourne no traveller returns" Just as
the vessel was going down, Louis s.
and John Hershberger, who in the voy-
age had become intimate personal friends,
plunged into the briny deep, and forum
atey almost Immediately got upon a
large plank, and were quickly carried
far from the scene of disaster.
The English ship lowered around for
several hours, and gathered up number
of the passengers of the Calois, but
Louis and Hershbcrger had, in their frail
bark, got beyond hailing distance, and
the vessel went on her way without
them. For thirty-six hours they were
on this plank in the middle of the ocean,
enduring all the horrors of anxiety, hun
ger and thirst, when they were picked
up by the since ill-fated ship City OF
Glasgow, bound for Philadelphia, where
they arrived on the 9th of May, lS4S.-
Hershberger hired with barber in Phia-
delphia, and Louis s. came on foot
to our neighboring county of Stark,
where he worked two months, and then
came to this county and commenced
work at his trade as partner in an
established shop. He was very fine
workman, sober and Industrious, and
soon gained the confidence of his Gus
toners and neighbors.
The result was that he soon had all
the money he needed, and some to loan,
which he was always careful to put in
safe hands. In the year 1850, he made
the acquaintance of farmers daughter,
of this county, and, on the 29th OF
November of that year, he was married
to her. He continued to prosper, and, in
1852, purchased fine farm, and went to
farming. In June last, his wife died,
leaving four children-two boys and two
girls-to battle the storms of life without
a mother.
News had been taken back to Germany
of the loss of the Calois and most of the
passengers, and among them Louis and
young Hershbcrger The girl, Louis
first love, was sorrow stricken with the
sad news of Louis supposed death, for
she still hoped that fortune would favor
them so that they would marry at some
: time. "Hope springs eternal in the hu,
man breast, and it was this that
strengthened the young girl to bid fare
well to her lover, and pray to Heaven that
he might safely be carried over the path
less ocean; but when the sad news of his
death reached her ear she was for many
months almost frantic, her rosy cheeks
gave way for deathlike pallor, and hcl
friends feared that they would soon have
to follow her to the grave. Time, how
ever, had its effect, and she finally appar.
emily forgot the cause of her troubles
Many were the suitors that applied foi
her hand but she refused them ALL In
the year 1851, Hershberger, who was q
scholar and fine writer, wrote a letter
to friend in Germany, giving an account
of the voyage loss of the vessel, ant
rescue of himself aud Louis s.
This letter was published in paper il
Germany which fell into the hands of tho
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Louis had been saved; but whether he
was yet living, and if still true to her
put her in great suspense. Her father
/, died in 1858, leaving her little fortune
r In July, 1859, she was in store in The
town Of Landshut, and while waiting oil
the merchant, who was engaged, to sci
her some goods, she picked up copy o.
: Der Doetsehe IN Ohio, a paper published
S by brother Raby, of Canton, formerly o
this county, and it noticed the death o
t the wife of Louis s. She concluded
, this Louis was her old lover, and Immedi
r ately she began to make preparations t.
D sail for America aud seek him out
| She arrived in this country, at the hous
j of Louis on the 21st of December, an,
Z on the 10th of last month they wer
e made happy by being united in marriag
. at the house of the bridegroom.-HoLme
b County Farmer.
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