THE BORDER MEN AT FISHER'S HALL.--
As we predicted, a crowded house greeted Buffalo Bill and his troupe of heroes-- and some who are not so heroic-- at Fisher's Hall on Saturday night. The sight of a few stray Indians and somefine looking fellows wearing sombreros on the street during the afternoon was, of itself, the strongest possible advertisement to the juvenile portion of our theater-goers, that the galleries would be crowded. But everybody went who hadany love for the wild and exciting life which the past few years has witnessed on our western borders. This hardly necessary to say that the acting was all and even more than would be expected from men whose lives have been passed on a real stage of action, and not ina mimic presentation of it on the stage. Each of the real heroes as he appeared on the scene, was greeted by rounds of applause, and their frank, manly actions and words at once placed the audience in sympathy with them. The scenes of struggle and death of scouting and attack were vividly rendered, and the closing tableaux called forth repeated applause. The comedy of the drama was well supported in Rena Maedre as "Kitty Muldoon," the Irish girl, and also by "Snake-root Sam;" these were good, and yet some may think that "The Old Vet," by Fred G. Maeder, the dramatist himself, was really the best comedy presented. The acting of the Misses Safford and Hudson, as the "Rose of the Plains" and the "Wild Bud," was at times truly eloquent, and was received with appreciation.
The drama itself is nothign peculiar beyond being a chain of striking pictures loosely strung together; but it serves its purpose; and few can ever expect to get a more realistic picture of the wild "border" life than was presented last night.
