March 7 
166 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
“COMFORT.” 
The R. N.-Y. has readers in all classes 
of society, and in about all the occupa¬ 
tions known to man. The stage as well 
as the pulpit and the plow is represented, 
and this week we are to listen to the re¬ 
marks of one who has earned for him¬ 
self the title of “actor-farmer.” We 
told our readers some years ago how Mr. 
Wylie bought one of those abandoned 
farms in Massachusetts. He went to 
look at it in the spring, and there was a 
beautiful lake on the premises which 
the agent praised most eloquently. 
When they came to the farm in dry 
weather, the wonderful lake had dis¬ 
appeared. It was only an overflowed 
meadow. But in spite of this and other 
disappointments, our friend started in to 
play the part of a farmer—with every¬ 
thing to learn. Let us now read his 
letter—written from a town in Canada : 
Dear Rural : Having left the farm in old New 
England, and gone on the road acting for the 
winter, I find that I have too much leisure time 
on my hands for comfort, and long for the spring¬ 
time to come when I will return to my old-fash¬ 
ioned New England farm again. I miss the farm 
life in many ways, most of all in the way of liv¬ 
ing on the road. I am up all night very often on 
the cars, never get to bed until 12 or 1 o’clock 
at night, and do not get up until 9 a. m., and then 
walk in to breakfast with no appetite at all, to 
dinner and supper the same way, no matter how 
good a hotel I may be at, or how fine a table they 
set. On the farm, it is so different; to bed at9:30, 
and no sooner is the pillow touched by my head, 
than restful sleep comes. And at 6 A. si., I arise 
refreshed, and outdoors I go, fill my lungs with 
pure ozone, and, as I open the barn door, am 
greeted by a welcome from my four-legged 
friends. The horse neighs, the cows low, all in 
unison (you don’t get a welcome like that any¬ 
where else on earth). Then comes feeding and 
milking, and, at 7 o’clock, when I go to the house 
for breakfast, how good everything tastes; in¬ 
stead of a frowsy waiter and, perhaps, a soiled 
tablecloth, everything is fresh and clean, and my 
better half is smilingonthe other side of the table. 
And last, but not least, is that good, sharp ap¬ 
petite which is requisite to make those hot cakes 
and maple syrup taste so good. How the bacon 
and eggs (you know they are fresh, not limed) 
do tickle your palate ; and that coffee and 
cream (not dealer’s milk watered again by the 
hotel man to make it go further) 1 Doesn’t it 
taste good ! Then a smoke and a chat with the 
wife, and at 8 o’clock out to work, to come in to 
dinner feeling as though I could devour an entire 
market full of provisions. And at supper, the 
same thing over again. After supper, smoke, 
read and chat till bedtime. Perhaps a neighbor 
drops in, or I drop in on the neighbor, and the 
women folks chat over big sleeves, etc., while 
neighbor and I discuss the merits of some new 
farm tool. I tell you that is life—quiet, peace¬ 
ful and healthful, and any man who has good 
sense, would never forsake it 1 X only leave it in 
the winter, so as to make money to make more 
improvements on the farm, and when I get it ex¬ 
actly as I want it, I will take my theatrical ward¬ 
robe out in the dooryard and set fire to it, and as 
the flames rise from the burning pile, the wander¬ 
ing spirit that has possessed me for 30 years, will 
pass away with the smoke and flame, and leave 
me to rest till my time comes to go from this 
world, and the ruler above drops the curtain on 
me for the last time. vm. wylie. 
“The Actor-farmer.” 
Now then, my discontented friend, there 
is something for you to xjonder. Before 
you decide to run away from the farm, 
make sure that you have done your best 
to be happy on it. “ There are rruiny 
worse off than you /” Don’t forget that. 
The writer was something of a “ barn¬ 
stormer” in his day. In earlier years, 
he belonged to a theatrical company, 
and undertook to “hold up the mirror to 
Nature,” with not much success, it is 
true, except that he got some “ wild 
oats” planted before it was too late to 
put in some better crop. We had some 
sad and some funny experiences on that 
trip. We once played in a little Michigan 
town. At one part of the play, a young 
woman was on the stage alone. At the 
end of her speech, she was supposed to 
faint away—falling over backwards, and 
the man who was playing the part of 
her lover, was expected to rush in just 
at the right time and catch her before 
she fell. This man had only one eye, 
and he stood so that the blank side of 
his face was turned to the stage. He 
could not see what was going on, and his 
mind was wandering. The young woman 
gave a very dramatic flourish and fell 
backward, but her lover could not see 
with his bad eye and did not run for¬ 
ward in time. The result was that she 
fell back over a chair and he, when he 
did run in, tripped over the same chair 
and fell flat. A table fell down over 
them and there was such a knot in the 
rope that we could not let the curtain 
down ! The audience thought it was a 
regular part of the play, and they 
applauded till the plastering fell on us. 
Now then, in the great drama of our 
last subscription contests, many of our 
agents were just like that one-eyed man. 
They turned their bad eye in the direc¬ 
tion of those prizes and didn’t seem to 
know what was going on until it was all 
over. Instead of catching the beautiful 
young lady as they might have done, 
they just went sprawling over the stage. 
Now then, turn that “ good eye” on the 
present list of premiums, and get ready ! 
Be right on hand for your part so that 
your partner may play on one of those 
musical instruments. 
Here are some people with “ good 
eyes,” who caught the falling dollars 
last week: 
Feb. 24.—Henry K. Gilbert, Burlington, Co., N. J. 
25. —Win. Irwin, Ontario, Canada. 
26. —Walter Johnson, Middlesex Co., Conn. 
27. —Walter Johnson, Middlesex Co., Conn. 
28. —W. S. Moore, Chenango Co., N. Y. 
29. —Ronson German, Macomb Co., Mich. 
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