Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-03-17
STRANGE, BUT TRUE LOVE STORY.

In 1S47, there lived in the town of Landshut,
Bavaria, 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 a wealthy citizen, noted
for her beauty and many accomplishments. The
two were soon deeply in love with each other,
and were living in the blissful anticipation of
soon enjoying world of happiness in welded
bliss. The matter was mentioned to the girls
father, who became very indignant at the pre-
sumption 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 tears, Louis bade adeu
to Susan, for that was the girls name, and set
sail for America on the 18th of April, 1S4S, in
the ship Calois.
The ship was out two weeks, wildly tossed on
many a rolling billow, when one stormy, dark
night, the 9th of April 1S4S, 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 passengers and
crew to 'that undiscovered country from whose
bourne no traveller returns" Just as the ves-
sci was going down, Louis s. and John
Hershberger, who in the voyage had become in
innate personal friends, plunged into the briny
deep, and fortunately almost Immediately got
upon large plank, and were quickly carried
far from the scene of the disaster.
The English ship hovered around for several
hours, and gathered up number of the pas
sengers of the Calois, but Louis and Hersh-
berger had, in their frail bark, got beyond hail
ing distance, and the vessel went on her way
without them. For thirty-six hours they we're
on this plank in the middle of the ocean, en-
during all the horrors of anxiety, hunger and
thirst, when they were picked up by the since
ill-fated ship City of Glasgow, bound for Phila-
delphia, where they arrived on the 9Th of May,
1SS4S. Hershberger hired with barber in
Philadelphia, and LOUIS . came on toot 10
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 a very
fine workman, sober and INDUSTRIOUS and soon
gained the confidence of his customers and
neghbors.
The result was that he soon had all the mon
ey he needed, and some to loan, which he was
always careful to put in safe hands. In the year
$780, he made the acquaintance of farmers
daughter, OF this country, and on the Goth of
November of that year, he was married to her.
He continued to prosper, and, in 1852, pur-
chased 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 her passen-
gers, and among them Louis and young Hersh-
berger The girl, Louiss first love, was sorrow
stricken with the sad news Of Louis's supposed
death, for she still hoped that fortune would
favorthe so that they might marry at some
time. "Hope springs eternal in the human
breast" and it was this that strengthened the
| young girl to bid farewell to her lover, and
pray to Heaven that he. might be carried over
the painless ocean but when the sad news of
his death reached her she was for many months
almost frantic; her rosy cheeks gave way for a
deathlike pailor and her friends feared that
they would soon have to follow her to the grave
Time, however, had its effect, and she finally
apparently forgot the cause of her troubles.
Many were the suitors that applied for her hand,
but she refused them all. In the year 1854,
Hershberger, who was scholar and fine wri-
ter, wrote letter to friend in Germany, CIV
ing an account of the voyage loss of the vessel,
and the rescue of himself and Louis S.
This letter was published in a paper in Ger
many which fell into the hands Of the faithful
girl by which she learned that Louis had been
saved but whether he was yet living, and is
still true to her, put her in great suspense. Her
father died in 1853, leaving her little fortune.
In July 1859, she was in a store in the town of
Landshut, and while waiting on the merchant,
who was engaged to sell her some goods, she
picked up copy of Der Duetsche IN Ohio, a
paper published by brother Raby, of Canton,
formerly of this county, andit noticed the death
of the wife of Louis S, She concluded this
Louis was her old lover, and Immediately she
began to make preparations to sail for America
and seek him out. She arrived in this country,
at the house of Louis, on the 2lst of December,
and on the 10th of last month they were made
happy by being united in marriage at the house
of the bridegroom.