Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-03-09
Strange but True Love story.

-. In lS4f, there lived IN the town oil
Laudshut, Bavaria, a young mechanic nam
ed Louis S., who had just arrived at
the age of twenty-one years. He became
acquainted with a young woman, the
daughter Of wealthy citizen, noted for
her beauty and many accomplishments.
The two were soon deeply in love with
each other, and we're living in the blissful
anticipation of soon. enjoying world of
happiness in welded bliss.s @ aV
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
tears, Louis bade adieu to Susan, for that
was the young girls name and set sail for
America on the 18th Of April, 1848, in the
ship Calois.
The ship was out two weeks, wildly tos-
sed ON many a rolling billow, when one
stormy, dark, night, the 9th of April,
1848, she was struck by an English YES
sci, and in less than twenty minutes sunk
to the fathomless depths ofthe ocean, car
rying several of the passengers and crew
to "that undiscovered country, from whose
bourne no traveller returns!" just as the
vessel was going down, Louis S. and
John Horshberger, who in the voyage had
become intimate personal friends, plunged
into the briny deep, and fortunately al
most Immediately got upon large plank,
and were quickly carried far from the
scene of disaster. serl -
The English ship lowered around for
several hours, and gathered up number
Of the passengers of the Calois, but Louis
and Hershberger had, on their frail bark,
got beyond hailipg distance, and the vessel
went on her way without them. For 36
hours they were on this plank in the mid
die of the ocean, enduring all the horrors
of anxiety, hunger and thirst, when they
we're picked up by the since ill-fated ship,
City of Glasgow, bound for Philadelphia,
where they arrived on the sixth of May,
1848.
Hershberger hired with a barber in
Philadelphia, and Louis S. came on
foot to the county of Stark, where he work
ed two months, and then came to this eoun-
ty and commenced work at his trade, as a
partner in an established shop. He was
very fine workman, sober and industri
ons, and soon gained the confidence of his
customers 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 acquaint-
ance 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 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 Hershberger. 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 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 safely be
carried over the painless ocean but when
the sad news oflhis death reached her ear,
she was for many months almost frantic !;
her rosy cheeks gave way to deathlike
palor, 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
In the year 1854, Hershberger, who was
a scholar and fine writer, wrote letter
to friend in Germany, giving an account
of the voyage, loss of the vessel, and res
cue of himself and Louis S.. This
letter was published in paper in Germa-
ny, which fell into the hands of the faith
full girl, by which she learned that Louis
had been saved but whether he was yet
living, and if still true to her, put her in
great suspence. Her father died in 1853,
leaving her large torture.
In July 1859, she was in store in the
town of Landshut, and while waiting on
the merchant, who was engaged, to sell her
some goods, she picked up a copy of"Der
Dsutsche in Ohio'--a paper published by
brother Raby, of Canton, formerly of this
county-and in it noticed the death of the
wife Of Louis s.. She concluded that
this Louis Vas her old lover, and imme-
diately began to make preparations to sail
for America aud seek him ont. She ar
rived in this county, at the home of Louis.
on the 21st of December, and on the 10th
of last month they were made happy by
being united in marriage at the house OF
the bridegroom.-Holmes County Farmer,
GLOVE ME LITTLE: Love NE Lone
A tall Western girl, named Short, long
loved certain big Mr.. Little; while Little,
LiLLLe thinking of Shnrt loved a LiLiLc lass