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BUFFALO BILL.

As might have been expected, the opera house was filled to overflowing last night to see the great scout of the plains, his wild Indians, black bears, buffalos and jack-rabbits, all of which the flaming posters on the dead walls announced would be present. But the small boy and the lover of western romance were disappointed. There were no buffalos, no black bears, no wild Indians; but instead a third-rate dramatic company, playing at some sort of a sickly play without point or pith. There was not a passable artist in the crowd, and if there. had been there was nothing in the play to bring him or her out. Bill himself did remarkably fine in a character he has created and which he has played thousands of times. The support was simply vile, and unworthy the Alabama Varieties in its palmy days. But yet the house was crowded.

BUFFALO BILL.

As might have been expected, the opera house was filled to overflowing last night to see the great scout of the plains, his wild Indians, black bears, buffalos and jack-rabbits, all of which the flaming posters on the dead walls announced would be present. But the small boy and the lover of western romance were disappointed. There were no buffalos, no black bears, no wild Indians; but instead a third-rate dramatic company, playing at some sort of a sickly play without point or pith. There was not a passable artist in the crowd, and if there. had been there was nothing in the play to bring him or her out. Bill himself did remarkably fine in a character he has created and which he has played thousands of times. The support was simply vile, and unworthy the Alabama Varieties in its palmy days. But yet the house was crowded.