Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-26

York, not with a formal lecture, but to ex-
plain and illustrate life on the plains. The
character of the man was seen In his declin-
ing to do such thing, for the reason that he
found it would be questionable for him to i'm
prove the hospitality rendered him for his
own pecuniary profit. He was the guest of
Professor Ward on his return from the east,
and while at Wards house Ned Buntline
came along with his play of western Life, ~
urging Cody to take part in it with Texas
Jack. That was the beginning of his life rs
an actor. He brought his family at once to
Rochester, and soon after bought a home
for them here. The death of his little
boy, Kit Carson, was less noted by
the community generally than it would be to-
day, for Buffalo Bill" then passed through
our streets like a stranger, unless discovered
and heralded by the small boy Even now
that he is famed, and one of the most sue
sessful men of the time, great majority of
she Rochesterese are surprised to learn that
his name may be found in the directories of
1872 and 1873, if not later-"Willia F.
Cody, actor"
He carried with him when he went to Eng
land on the visit which has been concluded SO
successfully several large stuffed buffaloes,
which were prepared at Wards Natural Sci
ence establishment. Possibly it would add
something to the buffaloes in the collections
of many foreign as well as home museums
If it were known that they were brought
down by the rifle of Buffalo Bill.
There is but one opinion concerning the
man by those who know him best. The
flower Of England's chivalry do well to ad-
mire him; he is chivahy itself; genuine,
loyal.
His success in London was the evolution
of his success on the plains There was
nothing phenomenal about it. He has earned
it by good, hard, honest work-when work
gave him scanty comforts and few, if any,
luxuries. When he arrived in Loniion with
his Wild West show he must have had some
200 influential friends there, Englishmen of
wealth and position many of them, who re-
membered their faithful guide and hunter on
the plains. They believed in him, and so
could believe in his Wild West show, and
were enthusiastic in giving 1t what we call
"a good send of" 1t was hard for the Eng
lish public TO believe that it was private
enterprise and not a national undertaking.
When had England ever seen an ..exhibi-
tom ready for opening ON the day specified,
SohAE4CtC ~ every tSstuIldl ueLdllt AND
when had IL witnessed anything like the
transi'lantihs Of genuine Indians, cowboys,
Mexican vaqueros, frontier girls and "buck
Jumpers" right into London itselff The fact
that the genuine Arapahoes wore flights was
not concealed The absence of pretention-
the key note of Cody's character-was the
characteristic Of his show in England.
The mans aracutiya ahilirr 10
Executive ability is one Of his peculiar gifts,
and he had school for its training in
Nebraska. II must be remembered how
much he was associated with army men of a
superior grade and the advantages of his
companionship with cultivated travellers.
That association was an important offset to
with cowboys and his intimate
acquaintance with roughs and redskins.
From London Cody intended going around
the world with his Wild West show, and
Jerusalem was on the list of cities where
Indians, buck Jumpers and cowboys were to
give performances, showing how the Pony
Express carried the news of Abraham Lin
coins election, and how the Deadwood coach
was often surrounded by redskins, and what
the massacre of frontier settlers was like.
What a spectacle all that would have been
for Asiatics, and who but typical American,
a genuine son of the west, would conceive
the ideal
Col. Cody is 40 years old Sixteen years
ago his wife was bravely doing her best here
in Rochester to save and male thrifty e1-
penditure of his earnings She remains on
his ranch in Nebraska most of the time,
looking after his business there. He does not
GnI tha - l. Ii
that greet his every entrance into the ring,