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pulse drawn from communion with 

 nature, to whose subtle influences 

 heart and brain joyously respond. 

 There is an elasticity in the air 

 which stimulates the faculties and 

 rouf es them to keenest enjoyment, 

 while the sense of rest fulness is 

 like a lethean draught to the sys- 

 tem worn with toil. To lie at ease 

 beneath the woodland bowers and 

 listen to the songs of birds or the 

 soothing fl-ish of ripples upon the 

 lakelet's shore, is a dreamy luxury 



noon's trial. 



A single week passed in this ex- 

 hiiirating atmosphere is of incalcu- 

 lable value for its perfect sleep and 

 appetite and the embodied vigor 

 borne away to the renewal of met- 

 ropolital care and labor. Before 

 leaving town I had suffered con- 

 siderably from insomnia, resulting 

 from unusual anxiety and the re- 

 sponsibility of difficult cases en- 

 trusted to my charge. I knew well 

 that matters could not continue 



Star Lake, Wis., Showing tbe 



of life seldom to be enjoyed. 

 There is no balm for jaded ener- 

 gies of mind and body like the 

 elixir of this happy existence. 



And for one who has longed to 

 follow in the footsteps of good old 

 Isaac Walton, the country proffers 

 the most captivating opportunities 

 for sport. No need to fabricate 

 iish stories more, or purchase a 

 catch at the \illage market, when, 

 as I found at Minocqua, Vilas Co., 

 from fifty to eighty black bass, or 

 a twenty-five pound muskelonge 

 not infrequently rewarded an after- 



Famous Cabin on the Island. 



thus unfavorably without serious 

 results, and believe it was well for 

 me that my decision regarding a 

 vacation was promptly taken. The 

 night before arriving at my destina- 

 tion I had partaken of food reluct- 

 antly; my appetite and digestion 

 were now all I could wish. In the 

 desire to revel solely in country 

 recreation, I had made up my mind 

 to forego newspapers, and even 

 correspondence, a resolve which 

 proved highly beneficial in reliev- 

 ing my mind of all unnecessary oc- 

 cupation. My wife and child shared 



