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The Scouts of the Plains.
Saturday evening, Wieting opera house was crowded to witness the play-Scouts of the Plains. The audience was delighted and displayed it by hearty and repeated outbursts of applause. Mr. Cody in the character of Buffalo Bill, appeared to be quite as much at home on the stage among the painted Indians as in the wilds and haunts of the savage red skins. He was well supported, and, altogether, the play was acceptable to every one present. Mr. J. Clinton Hall had the management; in fact it was his opera house company of Rochester that supported Mr. Cody. He next brings to our city the great American tragedian, Edwin Adams, some time in December.
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC [?] [HARD] J. JOHNSON, - - - - Manager. ONE NIGHT ONLY. Monday, November 23d. [HB] [?] Original and Only "Buffalo Bill," OR HON. W. F. CODY.
This popular hero has just returned from the Black Hills where he acted as a Guide to the famous Big Horn Expedition, establishing his popularity greater than ever.
He will appear in the Startling and Romantic Drama [?] Facts and Incidents in his own Life, entitled
"BUFFALO BILL," Or, The Scout of the Plains, [accompanied by?] JOHNSON'S DRAMATIC COMPANY [Price as?] usual. Sale of reserved seats will [?] [?] [Powell's] Drug Store, Friday, November [20] [?] JOSH E. [OODEN], Business Manager.
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"The Scouts of the Plains." - As a general rule only that class of the amusement patronizers of a city attend the production of dramas bearing such formidable titles as the "Scouts of the Plains or Red Deviltry as it Is." "Wrestling Joe," etc., except those whose peculiar tastes lean in that direction and hanker for an experience of the sensational, and are bound to be satisfied with the enertainment so long as the requisite number of persons are murdered in the drama, enough hair-breadth escapes occur and blood and thunder, generally prevail. Thus it is that "Buffalo Bill" and his fearless followers invariably give such unbounded satisfaction. As a scout and heroic frontiersman "Bill" was, and is, doubtless, [unexoclied?], but ho possesses very little dramatic talent or ability. Much of his acting is yet crude and unnatural, which can only be overcome by diligent study and faithful practice. But, these inconsistencies to the contrary notwithstanding, the audience derived an immense amount of satisfaction from the play last evening and witnessed the happy finale of the drama, including the triumphant overthrow of the villain of the piece and the frustration of his devilish schemes, with intense gratification. The countless murders and desperate encounters in which "Bill" particpated in and invariably came off victor, aroused the utmost enthusiasm, and as some extraordinary coup d'etat was consummated excitement ran high and burst forth in deafening applause. Powder and ball were bountifully distributed and rifle shots and bowie knife encounters agreeably intermingled. Burning at the stake, the scouts' bivouac, the savages' war dance, the hunter's cabin and other concomitants of frontier life were quite naturally represented, and gave the pale faces some
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countless murders and desperate encounters in which "Bill" particpated in and invariably came off victor, aroused the utmost enthusiasm, and as some extraordinary coup d'etat was consummated excitement ran high and burst forth in deafening applause. Powder and ball were bountifully distributed and rifle shots and bowie knife encounters agreeably intermingled. Burning at the stake, the scouts' bivouac, the savages' war dance, the hunter's cabin and other concomitants of frontier life were quite naturally represented, and gave the pale faces some idea of the character of border life. The merry Irishman in the play and the solemn visaged "broad-brim" kept the audience convulsed with laughter and maintaine the amusic portion of the programme admirably. Buffalo Bill is painstaking in his endeavors to please the public and merits a crowded house wherver he appears. Those who admire the particular class of the dramas in which he appears may be sure of a fine entertainment and a fill of the sensational in the highest degree.
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Buffalo Bill. - All who have taken interest in the stories of border life will no doubt be interested in the announcement that Hon. W. F. Cody, alias Buffalo Bill, who has figured as a hero of the Western plains in tales of both fact and fiction, appears at Devereux Opera House next Tuesday evening.–The dramatization, in which he assumes the leading role, bears his own name–"Buffalo Bill; or, the Scout of the Plains," and is spoken of by the press of Utica as a meritorious production well rendered on the stage.