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THE BORDER MEN AT FISHER'S HALL.--
As we predicted, a crowded house greeted
Buffalo Bill and his troupe of heroes-- and
some who are not so heroic-- at Fisher's
Hall on Saturday night. The sight of a
few stray Indians and some fine looking
fellows wearing sombreros on the street
during the afternoon was, of itself, the
strongest possible advertisement to the
juvenile portion of our theater-goers, that
the galleries would be crowded. But
everybody went who hadany love for the
wild and exciting life which the past few
years has witnessed on our western borders.
This hardly necessary to say that
the acting was all and even more than
would be expected from men whose lives
have been passed on a real stage of action,
and not ina mimic presentation of it on
the stage. Each of the real heroes as he
appeared on the scene, was greeted by
rounds of applause, and their frank, manly
actions and words at once placed the
audience in sympathy with them. The
scenes of struggle and death of scouting
and attack were vividly rendered, and the
closing tableaux called forth repeated applause.
The comedy of the drama was
well supported in Rena Maeder as "Kitty
Muldoon," the Irish girl, and also by
"Snake-root Sam;" these were good, and
yet some may think that "The Old Vet,"
by Fred G. Maeder, the dramatist himself,
was really the best comedy presented.
The acting of the Misses Safford and Hudson,
as the "Rose of the Plains" and the
"Wild Bud," was at times truly eloquent,
and was received with appreciation.

The drama itself is nothign peculiar
beyond being a chain of striking pictures
loosely strung together; but it serves its
purpose; and few can ever expect to get a
more realistic picture of the wild "border"
life than was presented last night.