The Osceola times., 1884-08-09
ACToRS Is THE COUNTRY.
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There are some fes members Of the
profession who have summer homes in
the country, where they enjoy their
leisure time IN the b1oolie pursuits
which appeal to the followers Of other
lines Of work. Dosn'aiek Murray owns
q farm in Canada, and no financial in
ducement can prevent him from gJing
there ss early as the lst of June every
year. The Madison Square Theatre
where Mr.. Murray is engaged, has Of
fered him large sum. to keep going with
one Of their companies during the sum-
mer, but he firmly declines. joseph
Wheelock, another Madison Square actor
keep up his country place at the Nave
sink Highlands, and goes down there
early every morning, returning in time
for the evening performance. Mckee
Rankin is the posse-Sor Of an island
near Detroit, where be raises wheat and
live stock, with profit Of from 5000
to $1,000 year. Mr.. Rankin Is en-
gagged in growing very large Norman
dray horses and very large ponies, and
for each Of these species he finds a
ready sale. II Mr.. Rankin should meet
with q few more such experiences As
were connected with bis production Of
Gabriel Conroy' and the erection os
the Third Avenae Theatre, he will
doubles, fnn il profitable TO retire per-
manentiy To his salubriou- cDuriry
home. Mr. George Clarke has recently
become sbe pos-essor Of a stock ranch
at Norwslk, Conn. The stock at pre-
sent consists of horse, given him by an
old physician who had used the animal
since boyhood; dog. which Mr. Clarke
fondly believes il Newfoundland. and
se-eral chickens which are much too
rotund for the resort built for them in
their youth by the skilful Mr.. Clarke
himself Mr.. Clarke recently raised a
potato on his ranch, and he has success-
fully bred large herd Of kittens Mr..
and Mn. George F. De We're live during
the summer at a place they own on the
shore Of Lake Ronkonkoina, Long Is
land The soil is unusually productive
Of stunted pines. scrub oaks. and other
specimens of the luxuriant vegetation
which belongs to many portions Of Long
Island Mr.. Horace Wall, who has now
managed the business Of two generations
of Sotherns, owns farm up in the
centre of New York State. Mr.. Wall ends
enough no, sun on his farm To keep his
skin very near the color of brand new
sole leather trunk, and he has made a
good deal more money out of the place
during the past year than has been net
ted MIN by the theatrical performances
Of Mr. Lytton Sothern. Mr. Oliver
Doud Byron usually spends his. summer
at his own place in Long Branch. But
this season he has gone - Europe. Mr.
Byron cannot raise anything on his
place. possibly barring mortgage, and
he has no occasion to try that. Mr.. By
ron, through the prodnction Of Across
the Continent" and similarly narrowing
plays, has accumulated a comfortable
competency. Lat year great many
actors went to Europe for their summer
vacation. This season the foreign
bound people are exceedingly few. But
New York is quite unusually full of
leisIrely actors and actresses who care
fully deadhead their way into the thea
tres and investigate attractive points
about CJney Island. At Cohasset, Mass,
there Is quite an actors, colony. Law
renee Barrett, W. II. Crane. Stuart Rob
son, and number Of other well-known
people have places there. The resorl.
Of the Boston actors is Manchester-by-
the--ea, where Mrs. Agnes Booth *
this season managing her late husband !,
motel, called the Masoonomo House.
This Il understood to be successful
business venture, worth $4,000 or NOR;
every summer to its owner.