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The Buffalo Bill Combination,

In spite of the exceedingly disagreeable
weather, drew out a large audience at
Smyth's Hall last evening, and gave an
entertainment that was replete with
amusement and thrilling adventure. The plays
in which Buffalo Bill figures always
take with the crowd, and consequently he
is, almost invariably, warmly received in
every city and town where he appears.
The attraction last night was the
drama "May Cody; or, Lost and
Won," preceded by the laughable farce
of "The Limerick Boy," which latter
kept the audience in a roar throughout
nearly its entire enactment. Paddy Miles
was personated in a manner remarkably
true to nature. It is seldom that such a
simon pure Irish character is seen upon a
stage in this city. It was a very rich piece
of acting. The same person took the part
of an Irishman in the principal play, and
did it capitally, creating lots of merriment
among the spectators. Buffalo Bill as
usual sustained the leading character in
the drama and delighted the audience by
coming out uninjured from numerous
hair-breadth escapes. The play is a story
of life on the border, and abounds with
excitement, Indians, soldiers, shooting
and fighting. A vein of fun, furnished almost
entirely by the Irishman, runs
through it, rendering it amusing as well as
thrilling.

The marksmanship of the Austin Brothers
was simply wonderful. With rifles
they shot potatoes from each other's heads
and hands, snuffed a candle and cigar, and
did astounding feats. There is no