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"Buffalo Bill's Best Trail."

Blood and thunder plays are rather apt to be unsatisfactory In order to have them sufficiently sensation, they are made so absurd that even the youth fresh from a dime novel cannot easily assent to the extraordinary performances of the hero in slaughtering villains. Buffalo Bill, as wise in his stage ventures as upon the Plains, took a new departure at the first and has maintained it. His plays, while freely introducing the ready revolver, are seldom seriously overdone. The plots, the expressions, the dress, the gambling scenes, are all natural. Bill, himself, does not pretend to be an actor. He walks about the stage as if the events taking place wre real occurences, and, of course, is natural and easy. His company catch the spirit and nearly all are noticeable for the natural way in which they act. The play presented at Low's Opera House, last evening, was a new one, called the Knight of the Plains. The audience was very large, the gallery being packed. Mr. Cody, Buffalo Bill, was, of course, the central figure, although sharing his honors with his Indian chiefs, who are warranted genuine. There are Pawnees and one a Nez Perce. Of other characters, Ralph Royston, Moses Morlock and Judge Shyster were especially satisfactory. The characters of Rose Melton and "Wild Nellie" were also well taken. The scenery was good and events followed each other in succession rapid enough to satisfy the most impatient. The entertainment will be repeated this evening, and any one wishing to see a bit of border life can do so as satisfactorily and much more pleasantly than by a trip to Cheyenne.