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LAST NIGHT OF BUFFALO BILL.

The performances of the Buffalo Bill
Combination commence with a farce, and as there
is a brace or two of excellent comedians in
the troupe, there is no difficulty in presenting
the best of the farces and light comedies in
the most acceptable manner. This has been
noted in the present engagement. Last night,
and at the matinee yestarday, "Slasher and
Crasher" was played. But the centre of
attraction is in the play in which Buffalo Bill
appears. At the matinee yesterday afternoon
the house was crowded, which
was something unusual in a mid-week
performance, and the house was largely filled
in the evening, when the afternoon's play -
"Life on the Border" - was repeated. It is a
better play in all respects than the "Red
Right Hand," but partakes of much of the
same characteristics of border warfare and
Indian fighting and slaughter. There is
something of romance that runs through the
play, and considerable comedy that relieves
its sanguinary features.