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At the Opera-house Last Night.

According to previous announcement
the "Scouts of the Plains," including
"Buffalo Bill," "Texas Jack," "Wild
Bill," and the rest of them, arrived in
the city by the afternoon Indianapolis
train yesterday, and in the evening gave
their entertainment at the Opera-house.
The party put up at the Lahr House,
and the appearance of the three celebrities
on the streets was the signal for t
he collection arond them of a large
crowd of gaping men and open-eyed,
awe-stricken youths. If the three principal
characters are not genine, their
appearance and make-up is so nearly
like the pictures of them in the Beadle
Dime Novels that they passes all the
same with the crowd, and as such were
honored and respected. The Opera
house was about half filled when the
performace came off in the evening.
It required no stratch of the imagination
to see that a large majority of those
present were of the class who read and
more than half believe in the truth of
the blood-and-thunder stories published
in the shape of "Tales of Border Life,"
&c., &c., ad libitum. There is no dramatic
merit in play presented, and
as none is claimed by the author or
manager of the troupe, criticism would
be entirely out of place. It is, however,
full of scenes of thrilling interest,
blood and carnage, humor and fun,
which serve to keep an audience in constant
uproar, those who have been the
most constant readers of the dime class
of literature being that first to catch the
inspiration and the last to let up in
their enthusiasm. The audience dispersed
at the close of the performance
in the most perfect good humor, satisfied
with the entertainment. Having
once seen the "Scouts of the Plains,"
no one would desire to see them again,
be the parties genuine "scouts" or
otherwise.