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THEPOET SCOUT.

A rare treat is in prospect next week.
Ned Butline's famous combination, including
"Buffalo Bill" (William Cody), the celebrated
scout of the plains and "Captain
Jack--the poet scout (J. W. Crawford), will
appear in our city in Ned Butlin's new play,
"The Red Right Hand." It is true that this
point is somewhat westward of those places
where western scenes and Indian life attract.
But the people Atchison are assured
that the play to be produced here next week
is something above the ordinary western
melodrama. It has been produced with success
in all the eastern cities, Boston, Philadelphia,
New York, Washington, Pittsburg,
Cincinnati and St. Louis. There will
be this difference between the Buffalo Bill
combination and all other troupes claiming
to portray Western and Indian life: In
this we have men who are fresh from the
front and who know from actual experience
what Indian warfare is; while other combinations
only represented the ideal, or
James Fennimore Cooper Indian life, or the
Dowd-Byron-across continent humbuggery.
The main feature about the Buffalo Bill
troup is the "Poet Scout," Jack Crawford.
He distinguished himself in the Black Hills
last summer and winter with Gen. Crook,
and made himself a great name for bravery
and skill as a scout. He is a natural poet,
and talks rhyme better than prose, and
makes poetry on any subjects as fast as he
can talk. He was the Times' correspondent
in the Black Hills last spring, and wrote
several very interesting articles from Custer
and Deadwood after the departure of its
special correspondent. This Buffalo Bill
combination will visit the city early in the
week, and we promise our citizens a novel
and enjoyable dramatic treat.