Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-06

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ceding this renders the enjoyment of our
present advanced stage more relished.
The Wild West entertainment which is
announced to visit US ere long, began Its
career only few short years ago, and as
depicting the last stages of our passing
history should be appreciated by every
inhabitant of the community. Colonel
William +. Cody, better known as Buffalo
Bill, will soon present to our citizens an
actual dioramic representation of scenes
and incidents that are historical. The peo-
pie accompanying him are to the manor
born. 1t has had a marvellous success in
every portion of our own country and in
all the principal cities of Europe, and is
unlike the regular peregrinating enter
| tainment, its visits being necessarily few
and in the nature of things cannot be
often repeated. In connection with the
multitude of scenes representing American
History, in which the original inhabi-
tants, the American Indian, and his white
nomadic brothers, the cowboy, scout and
frontiersman, appear in the persons of
men who have been actual participants In
the scenes they represent, and, added to
these, on account of their connection with
primitive horsemanship, Colonel Cody
and Mr.. Salisbury have wisely brought
together the Cossack, South American
Gaucho, the Bedouin, the Tartar and the
Mexican to fully illustrate equestrianism
developed from its most natural state and
the moro civilized Craftsmanship as per
fected through the agency of the principal
military nations of the world. Colonel
Cody himself will appear at every enter
tainment and lend his entertaining per |
sonality to the truthfulness of the scenes |
He will also give exhibitions of his skill |
on horseback while riding at full speed. |
Miss Annie Oakley, the remarkable lady
wing shot and Master Johnnie. Baker the
most expert marksman living, will add |
interest to that feature of the exhibition. |
The Cossacks will give their dared |
and thrilling exhibitions of difficult |
equestrianism; the South American |
Gauchos will be interesting from the fact |
Of their first appearance before the pub |
lie, while their alliance to the South |
American Indian and the Spanish South |
American conquerors will add to that in. |
terest, and their lariat throwing, and
ability to lariat untamed animals, makes |
them the southern prototype of the |
North American cowboys. The Arab will |
appear in the dashing horsemansbip
ascribed to him in history, song and |
story, and in feats of athletic skill. The
Indian will be seen at his best which is
on horseback, position in which his
representative training causes him to be
thought by the connoisseur as the ground
basis of the Interpretation of true equita-
ton. The United States German, French
and English cavalry will show the various
methods adopted by civilized man In his
control Of the horse The American COW.
boy will show combination Of all of
these styles with certain amount of per-
lection that is essentially his own and his
astonishing ability to tackle quality
that might be termed the unknown" In
the gyrations of the wild mustang of the
prairie.
This organization taken in Its entirety
is such novel, unique and instructive
entertainment its advent should really be
looked upon as an event. Such hereto
fore being the case wherever 1t has
presented itself to the most Intelligent
communities everyone should make It
their business in fact their duty to visit
it. 1t will be here July 18th.
The gospel tent meetings being held in
Wilder's field near the Hallowcll GENE.
terry, are daily drawing large crowds
They are conducted in q very Interesting
manner by Rev. Mr.. Lewis of Michigan.
Rev John Henry Douglass of Kansas
and Rev. Mr.. Kimber of Providence p
L, each able speakers. The services are
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