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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 adventures. The plays in which Buffalo Bill figures always take with the crowd, and consequently he is, almost invariably, warmly recieved 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 the rifles they shot potatoes from each other's heads and hands, snuffed a candle and cigar, and did asounding feats. There is no