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THEPOET SCOUT.

A rare treat is in prospect next week. Ned Butline's famous combination, including "Buffalo Bill" (William Cody), the celebrated scout of the plains and "Captain Jack--the poet scout (J. W. Crawford), will appear in our city in Ned Butlin's new play, "The Red Right Hand." It is true that this point is somewhat westward of those places where western scenes and Indian life attract. But the people Atchison are assured that the play to be produced here next week is something above the ordinary western melodrama. It has been produced with success in all the eastern cities, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Washington, Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis. There will be this difference between the Buffalo Bill combination and all other troupes claiming to portray Western and Indian life: In this we have men who are fresh from the front and who know from actual experience what Indian warfare is; while other combinations only represented the ideal, or James Fennimore Coo;er Indian life, or the Dowd-Byron-across continent humbuggery. The main feature about the Buffalo Bill troup is the "Poet Scout," Jack Crawford. He distinguished himself in the Black Hills last summer and winter with Gen. Crook, and made himself a great name for bravery and skill as a scout. He is a natural poet, and talks rhyme better than prose, and makes poetry on any subjects as fast as he can talk. He was the Times' correspondent in the Black Hills last spring, and wrote several very interesting articles from Custer and Deadwood after the departure of its special correspondent. This Buffalo Bill combination will visit the city early in the week, and we promise our citizens a novel and enjoyable dramatic treat.