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West, he has from love of adventure sought the fields of daring in the West. As a pioneer and agent, he has done most
excellent service for the Government. He has fought with and killed in single-handed combat the bravest of Indian chiefs
engaged in battle. As a depictor of life in the Wild West he ranks high, and is still rising.

"The true Western man is free, fearless, generous, chivalrous. Of this class, Hon. Wm. F. Cody 'Buffalo Bill,' is a
bright representative. As a part of his rushing career he has brought together material for what he correctly terms a Wild
West Exhibition. I should call if the Wild West Reality. The idea is not merely to take in money from those who
witness a very lively exhibition, but to give people in the East a correct representation of life on the plains, and the
incidental life of the hardy, brave, intelligent pioneers, who are the first to blaze the way to the future homes and greatness
of America. He knows the worth and sturdiness of true Western character, and as a lover of his country wishes to present
as many facts as possible to the public, so that those who will, can see actual pictures of life in the West, brought to the East
for the inspection and education of the public.

" 'Buffalo Bill' has brought the Wild West to the doors of the East. There is more of real life, of genuine interest, of
positive education in this startling exhibition, than I have ever before seen, and it is so true to nature and life as it really is
with those who are smoothing the way for millions to follow. All of this imaginary Romeo and Juliet business sinks to
utter insignificance in comparison to the drama of existence as is here so well enacted, and all the operas in the world
appear like pretty playthings for emasculated children by the side of the setting of reality, and the music of the frontier as
so faithfully and extensively presented, and so cleverly managed by this incomparable representative of Western pluck,
coolness, bravery, independence and generosity. I wish every person east of the Missouri river could only see this true
graphic picture of wild western life; they would know more and think better of the genuine men of the West.

"I wish there were more progressive educators like Wm. Cody in this world.

"He deserves well for his efforts to please and to instruct in matters important to America, and incidents that are
passing away never more to return."

BUFFALO BILL AT HOME.

HIS GREAT SUCCESS ABROAD.

North Platte should be congratulated on the possession of a citizen whose prominence of position is not bounded by his
township, his country, or his State, but whose name is a household word, whose pictures are familiar to, and whose character
is known, not only throughout the nation, but has adorned pages, and interested the readers, of foreign works and publications.
We allude to our fellow-citizen, Hon. W. F. Cody, whose sobriquet of "Buffalo Bill" represents a popularity only
bounded by the area of American territory, and to which we, who live by his own fireside, may testify his worthy possession
and to the modesty of its wearing. His late return from a successful presentation to the East of some of the animated daily
scenes and incidents that go to form the passing history of "The Wild West" should be noted, as are events of importance,
as it marks a new era in the history of amusements: that for originality, adherence to truth in "holding the mirror up to
nature," and a fidelity to fact that is the "true aim of art." The reception accorded to his "show that is not a show but
an Illustration," in the cultured cities of the East, notably Boston, Chicago, Newport, New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati,
and Cleveland, must be gratifying to all in North Platte, in fact, in Nebraska, where, in the incipiency of the scheme, over a
year ago, he demonstrated by courage, pluck, and perseverance, its feasibility by its introduction in the festivities of our
national birthday celebration, and on the following natal day presented it on the shores of the Atlantic, to the plaudits of
over 25,000 delighted Bostonians. The magnitude of the undertaking, the minutia necessary to organizing, the bringing
together from all points the best marksmen in the world, securing admirable and fitting representatives of the cattle trade,
getting wild buffalo, elk, steers, mules, ponies, specimens of the red terrors of the prairie, and other features of interest,
known only to the pampas of the West, necessitating special trains of cars for transportation, and driving the strange cavalcade
through confined Washington street, Boston, in six weeks after leaving the Platte, was an accomplishment that stamps
Cody as a wonder in energy, and gained for him the admiration and encomiums from the entire press of the East, recognition
from the elite of American society, encouragement from representatives of education, and the endorsement of his methods
by the S. P. C. A. and its noted president, Professor Henry Bergh. -- North Platte Telegraph.