Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-04
3 WATERBURY. CONN. WEDNESDAY 4,
BUFFALO BILL.
Men, Women and Children Out to See
 the Parade.

Buffalo Bill is ill town and if there is q person, young or old, who does not know of that fact, he must have been
 having the sleep of Rip Van Wrinkle.
 He brought with him his great Wild West show and he was given one of
 those greetings of which Waterbury is famous. Every street in the city was
 crowded from early morning with peo-
 pie all making their way towards the West End grounds or the center, anx-
 ious to get a glimpse of Buffalo Bill and his hundreds of riders from every
 country. Perhaps this will be the last time that the people of this city and the surrounding towns will have the
 pleasure of seeing Colonel Cody and
 his troop of warriors, for next season
 he goes across the water and will be
 absent for five years, and perhaps his,
 stay there will be indefinite. He will
 tour England, while Barnum & Bailey
 will come back here to take his place. It is almost impossible for any show to take the place of the Wild West, for it is run on different lines. That is
 one reason why it will be missed and why everybody was out to-day to see this renowned scout from out of the
 west.
 The parade has been advertised as
 one of the best ever given by any tray-
 cling combination, and the advertise
 ment told the truth for 1t was indeed
 grand spectacle. 1t started promptly
 from the grounds at 9:30 and passed through the principal streets. Such
 beautiful horses, in such excellent con- ditiOn, and sosmany of them that you wondered how it were possible to bring about such results. There were riders from almost every country, and they were the real genuine article. too, for that is one thing that Colonel Cody brides himself on, that he pays to have the best and only the best. Many missed Duke, the favorlte horse of Buff falo Bill, who was presented to him by General Miles. Duke was kilpd only few weeks ago and his loss is sorely felt by the owner. There were present in the parade the real Indians in full war paint, the genuine cowboys, the scouts, buffalo hunters, gauchos, American cavalrymen and artillery, Cossacks, Arabs, Cuban veterans, a rough riders congress indeed. Cap tain Diamond who was with Troop F in the Philippines, and several English soldiers who fought in the Boer war. a United States life saving crew with their boat, all went to make up a pa- rade that was full of interest.
 The performance this afternoon was attended by an immense throng and there was not dissatisfied person in- side the enclosure. It was a grand spectacle and worthy of Bunalo Bills U,
 ing will be repetition of the one this afternoon and there will no doubt be an overfioWing tent, for all will want to see the great and only Buffalo Bin for perhaps the last time.
 This was field day for the women and children of Waterbury, They were out in full force and owned the town. It is astonishing to see how a woman can get through a crowd and push a baby carriage ahead of her. A man never could accomplish such feat, but the average woman thinks nothing of it.
 Detective Connors, who is travelling With the circus, was shown the sights aboslt town by Sheriff Mcdonald. To Democrat reporter Mir Connors said that he had been in almost every town in New England before exepect Water bury. lie considered it beautiful place and thought it must be made up Of people who don't believe in accept ing aid when reyerses set in upon them so long as they are able to take care of themselves. He said that he had heard a great deal of talk about Waterbury after the fire, and while citizens of other places stood prepared to lend hand, still so far as he had been able to learn, Mayor Kilduff's announce- ment that Waterbury was not passinp around the hat met with universal an. proyal. Paterson, ha said. stood on the same ground
 Supernumerary Officer Mansfield brought lost boy to the police sta ton to-day. When Chief Egan looked at the youngster he remarked that he had been there before and ordered him taken to the day nursery. He was at the station before the parade start ed and when he heard the music he asked the chief to let him go to the door to see the horses. Blunt. arbi- trary fellow as some people think Chief Egan, he is very kind to little children and thinking it too bad to deny the little fellow from seeing the sights he took him out in the yard. Then he asked to go nearer the process sion, promising to return. He was al- | lowed to walk short distance away from thl chief and in so doing got | lost again and commenced to roar.