The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-30
DlsaUsTEp WITA LIBERIA.

The Experiences Of TOanOsses Gel.
Orod Man who does not RS1ish q Di-
ct OF ROOSos Snakes. Ldsards and
Scorpions.
STRAWBERRY PLAINS, June l2-Dan
Price, q bright, intelligent. mulatto, who
left this neighborhood the 23d day of Lee:
November, in company with thirty-two
others for Liberia, arrived in our town on
the 10 o'clock train this morning, on his
return from old Africa, the native country
Of his race across the deep blue sea. Dar
tells us very distressing story Of his trip
and Of the fate Of many Of his relatives and
friends.
BE says Lhey had not been in Liberia 8
month till they had. buried nine Of their
little party, all Of whom died Of fever, in
clnding his wife, mother, grandmother and
his oldest child He brought two OF his
little children back with him, who wsre
fortunate enough to escape the fatal dis-
ease.
The remainder Of the party are nearly
all sick and anxious to get back to Amer
lea, but as trip this way costs fifty dol
lara, none of them can get the funds to re-
turn on. But few Of them have been able
to do days work since they arrived in Lii
IBERIA, and when they can work they get
only twenty-five cents day.
he says that the agent of the Colonial
tion Society grossly InisrePresented the
country to them or they would never have
thought of leaving East Tennessee. The
natives with but few exceptions are Of the
rudest type, and nearly all Of them live
upon roots, frogs, snakes, scorpions, lizards
and insects of various kinds. Bacon be-
ing fifty cents per pound, and -four from
twelve to fifteen dollars per hundred, of
course can be used only by the rich. Corn,
wheat, oats and other staple productions
of this country cannot be grown there to
any advantage.
He never saw team Of horses, mules
or oxen from the time he left New York
till he returned, the soil being cultivated
principally with the hoe. No one ever
thinks of going out without an umbrella
or something to protect him from the in.
tense heat Of the sun.
Settlers are often overrun by the differ
ent savages from the interior, themselves
killed and their houses robbed and burned
Many Of the natives dress in regular bar
barian style; that is, they 60 entirely
naked, except when out from their places
of abode; they then dress up with one
garment, a hip cloth.
The Offices Of the Government are hlled
By negroes, who are generally mean and
tyrannical toward the common people.
The rich will not in any way associate
with the poor, and whom the poor negro
works for the rich one he is sent to the
kitchen for his meals.
He mailed dozen Letters Gb this Office,
which were written by former slaves 10
their old masters in this country, all ask-
ing that money be sent them that they
may be enabled to get back to ther old
homes once more. He brought the letters
to this country and mailed them, because
none Of the writer's had the money to pay
the high rate Of postage charged In Libe-
ria.
Take it al in all, Dan says. if he could
even have his health IN Liberia, he would
rather be slave here than q freeman
there. Dan reads and writes well, and has
for years been considered q leader among
his race in this section. He advises his
people to quit politics and go to work,
that they may be prosperous and happy.
-RnOIciZys ClTOntcle.