No Coon Dogs For Liberia

NO COON DOGS FOR LIBERIA

Negroes From Georgia Have to Leave Animals Behind on Sailing.

Great was the sorrow of a party of negroes from Irwin county, Ga., when they had to part from their dogs the other day, says the New York Press. The White Star pier resounded with their wailings. The howls of the dogs added to the outburst.

"How can we get along without dogs in Liberia?" was the plaintive query of one of the men. There were fifty-four persons in the party-thirty two men, twelve woman and ten children- bound for the African land of promise. They had two bloodhounds and two "powerful fine coon dogs." But when they trooped aboard the Teutonic the man at the head of the gangplank said "Get out!" to the dogs.

"They're ours," said the leader of the emigrants. He was pained to learn that his ticket didn't include dogs. He was told he must get a government permit before the dogs could be received at an English port. He communicated that fact to his companions, and then the sounds of sorrow arose. 

"Them bloodhound has followed a scent fifty miles," moaned George Scott. But, under orders, he tied the dogs in the waiting room. When the Teutonic left her pier, the animals strained at their ropes, but couldn't break them, and their masters and mistresses soon were far away. 

"Pity they couldn't take the coon dogs with them," said a pier hand. "There'd be great sport in Liberia. I hear it's full of coons."