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AMUSEMENTS.-The "Scouts of the Plains," as presented at the Opera House last evening by Buffalo Bill and troupe, was witnessed by one of the largest audiences ever assembled there. The upper gallery was crowded mainly by boys from eight to sixteen year of age, who for the last week or so have had Indian continually on the brain. The performance throughout was excellent, giving the audience an idea of life on the Plains and the dangers to which settlers are subjected to from the Indians. The excellent scenery belonging to the troupe enabled them to do this almost to perfection and the shouts of applause from those present showed the efforts were not in vain. M’lle Morlacchi, who takes the character of Pale Dove, is an artist of no ordinary merit, as her performance last evening showed. Such a company as this always meets with success in Po'keepsie .
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THE SCOUTS OF THE PLAINS- The second appearance of Ned Buntline's troupe at the Opera House last evening, was greeted with a full house. Had it not been for the stormy weather and the deep snow the house would have been crowded to overflowing. The entertainment was even better than it was the first eyening. This is decidedly a sensational drama, and will draw full houses wherever it is put upon the stage.The effect of having the two great scouts, "Buffalo Bill", and "Texas Jack" along, will be to attract large numbers to the performance, while everybody is sure to go to get a glimpse of Ned Buntline, who is so familiar to all readers of the wild Indian tales which he has written for the New York Weekly and other periodicals. Ned has probably written more stories of this character than any man living. The last scene, in which a regular border Indian fight is going on, while the, prairie is on fire, is wild and weird in the extreme, and worth the price of admission. Some parts of the drama are exceedingly fine, especially the recitation of "I was born in-March," by Miss Eloe Corfano, who takes the part of "Hazel Eye." "Dove Eye," (M'lle Morlacchi) performs her part as an Indian girl very finely, and her dancing is sure to meet with loud applause. The scene where Carl Durg (Ned Buntline) reforms the drunken Irishman and makes a sober man of him, is most excellent. The drama, if it is sensational in its character, inculcates sound temperance principles. The Irisk character, "Phelim O'Laugherty," taken by Harry Gilbert, and the Dutch character, "Carl Pretzel," taken by Walter Fletcher, were both good, and loudly encored. This entertainment cannot fail to be a perfect success in drawing houses wherever it goes.
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC. - Tonight the great sensation of "Life on the Plains; or, Indian D eviltry as It Is "- which has created no end of sensation wherever it has been brought out is to be played at the Academy of Music. In order to make the sensation still still more sensational, the real Buffalo Bill," the real "Texas Jack." and the real “ Cale Durg'' (the latter personated by Colonel "Ned Buntline " JUDSON) will actually appear and take part in the performance. M'lle MORLACHI, the danseuse, is with the troupe, and will perform the part of Dove-Eye. Besides all this, there are ten real Pawnee Indians, who will show up in their wild costume, brandish their knives, and show how scalps are taken. According to our exchanges this troupe has created the greatest furore in cities where it has appeared, and so great has been the rush to see it, that in most places large numbers of people have been unable to gain admission to the place of performance. The troupe remains here only today and tomorrow, and those who have not yet secured seats had better do so without delay, as there will doubtless be a great rush. There will, it should be remembered, be a matinee tomorrow afternoon.
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AMUSEMENTS.
Griswold Opera House.
FOR FIVE NIGHTS and Two Matinees Commencing TUESDAY Evening February 11.
BUFFALO BILL,
Texas Jack, and the favorite author, Ned Buntline, M'lle Morlacchi, ten Indian Warrior and a full Dramatic Company, in the great realistic sensation, SCOUTS OF THE PRAIRIW, proceeded by Morlacchi in Four Dances.
Admission 75 cents and 30 cents. Reserved seats $1.00. Matinees, 25 and 50 cents.
Reserved Seats at Box Office. fe10,1w
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The Crowd at the Mansion House yesterday afternoon, eager to catch a glimpse of Buffalo Bill, was so great that it was almost impossible to enter the business office.