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5BUFFALO BULL-TO-NIGHT. At the Opera House, to-night, the renowned In 1867 when the Kansas Pacific road The company is a good one and Buffalo | 5BUFFALO BULL-TO-NIGHT. At the Opera House, to-night, the renowned Indian fighter and hunter, Buffalo Bill, will appear with a very excellent company in the celebrated drama entitled, "Praire Waif," which was written expressly for him and founded upon ineidents in his career while chief od scouts and guide to the United States Army. During the progress fo the drama a genuine band of Indian chiefs will appear and Mr. Cody (Buffalo Bill) will give some exhibitions of his extraordinary skill with the rifle. In a recent interview with a Herald reporter, Buffalo Bill told how he gained his title: In 1860 when the Kansas Pacific road was being built, I was in the service of the Government. One of the managers of the road came to me and said the men were out of meat and asked me what I would contract to furnish twenty-five buffaloes a day for. I told him I was in the service of the Government and could not work for him at any price. The company, however, made an arrangement with the Government so that I got off, and he hired me at $500 a month to shoot buffalo. I thought $500 a month was the biggest salary and man ever received. I went to work, and in eighteen months I had killed 4,280 buffalos. The "Paddys" employed on the road as a consequence became very tired of buffalo meat. When they saw me coming they knew my apearance heralded a fresh supply of tough buffalo mear, and they said, one to another, "Bedad, here comes "Buffalo Bill" agin; sharpen up your grinders, we'll have more buffalo meat now." I soon became known along the entire line of the Kansas Pacific Railroad as "Buffalo Bill." The company is a good one and Buffalo Bill is a favorite in Easton, so that the probabilities are strongly in favor of a large audience at the Opera House to-night. Reserved seats may be secured at Riegel's book store. |
