National Republican., 1888-05-08

Got. W. e. Cory ana Nj, wild West sailed
uom Liverpool last saturday and are ON Ooir
way home. after having spent Just one year In
England. Cujy'4 venture abroad lms been the
most successful In financial way oi all
schemes of amusement that have gone from
this ruumtIy 'b Europe II Is nu every years
occurrence that dramatic" operate, or spec
tncular or some other form uf entertainment
j. organized in Europe tu gUmu tu America,
aud most ot fhCm are successful, hut C"ly
threw all inC.r w tll" shade when hr uhlr
tered Il large steamer fen SlO,OOb ~ take ltu
from New York tu London last spring an |
OrCurd.ut Earl, Court tu crow, al ,!1,Ool
people. He took over with him over To- gen.
uhe indians from the reservations ui Ia
far west twenty en- thirty ruwhoy, an |
Nc>iyan,, about lio indian uonir, aud
horses. and much else that made TN"
people Of London stare Ml wnnlcr
what II all was and where II had come from
II required two long train. tu Gikr the Will
Vests belongings from ilc big steamer In the
NirtUriu docks up tu the exhibition grounds.
The success or the exhibition when II oprnol
was phenomenal The arena was larger than
had eyer been prepared for any siinilit enter,
tuiunont. II was larger than that cun,tructo
tul the san" concern uu staten island, when
" Nllht ~'l'llaN Illl'ltNNl'll hll WV lbIN'l :
aud got the invitation aud the guarantee to 90
tu ,UIuu. It Was about four Zines the Size
ur the around covered by Banum', main tent
in his "gucatc,t show OH cartn.' though there
were not seats Tor four times rs many pr:.u.
tors us iarnum cam accommodate, since the
scat, rNtrndcd only half way around the
urtpu. The effect ut the grand cntroc ON the
opening day wa, stwtlmg. There were fully
Qua a, s.t,i,,
uut ui every hundred In This vast
tuUcuulyr had never before seen an American
indian. nora cuwbov nor that style ur l""l.
lr.s riding that the cowboy is given TO. They
had read ur these filings In stories, auh they
had hCurd OF them from travellers. bu; that
was All. The English are mot cNritnhle a. It
| WiC. thuy air quite the contrary. in fact. ami
| II takes more to arou>" them than II does tu
| arouse an american. liut they were ou the
'ilrtoc uf expectancy on tlis orrasiur. They
stretched their nee and puerCd out "uriOV,ly
! To- rdtrh the first glimpse ut the great Buffalo
| Eiil and his picturesque followers by ani
| Ny there was yell from the stables. the gates
| parted. and IN rushed the long stream of In.
! tiIus. cowboys, and MrNicams. cody nj their
! head. and. spreading out over tie wide are
I M, lhcy swept lik" wliilwind. yelling all
| the time rs If they had been on tho
! muir"S Of TuSas ur New McSiro. II WAS
| like an electric shock Everybody felt the
! nnvclty Of the situation. The dramatic sue
! cess "t it was ovcrW Whchnins aud complete.
| ana from that moment forward the success
| Ut the Wild West was assured. II was new.
/ II was genuine. It was grand and thrilling
! The remainder Or the entertainment was re-
| rcNc1 with raptmouS applause, and the fol
/ ing day tn" crowd could not be accoinmO
~ L..
/ in over sl,mOCO during the season. Ehor-
/ wrrr made To- get them over tu Paris and Der
| lin, hut they though; II might hc too great q
! haIIald to 20 utoa country where a foreigi
| tongue was spoken, So they stuck to England
! and are wrll satisfied with III" result The,
ar" now coming hornr, aud their rIuutlymri
! will be- Glad To 500 them.