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Fine Shooting.

Everyone who witnessed the rendition of the play of the "Knight of the Plains," by Buffalo Bill last night, at Recreation Hall, was highly delighted with that part of the performance where he shows the English tourist his wonderful skill in the use of the rifle. Bill walked upon the stage with a Freund Bros.' improved Sharps rifle. He raised the beautiful weapon to his shoulder with that ease and grace which characterizes the movements of an expert in the use of arms, and sent a bullet through the center of the very small target. He next turned the rifle bottom side up, glanced quickly along the barrel and fired, with the same result as before. He then held the arm with one hand, then lying upon his back, with his head toward the target, then with the rifle between his legs, then with his back towards the target, holding a looking glass in front, and in all these positions he pierced the bull's eye at each shot. At the close of this exhibition of skill he was greeted with rounds of applause. Bill then walked to the target, where he found all the bullets nestling in a space that could be covered with a silver half dollar, and remarked: "This Freund Bros.' improved Sharps is a perfect terror, isn't it?"