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Bayfield, The " Village of Fountains." 



The following pen picture of Bayfield and Apostle Islands, rs 

 taken from ' ' Legends of the Land of Lakes. " 



Bayfield, to which the railroad has just been completed, is a quiet, 

 picturesque village, where blends in perfect harmony, the luxuriance 

 of modern enterprise and the romance of antiquity. From the 

 lofty hills at whose feet she nestles, bursts forth the sparkling 

 "nectar of the gods," purest water. Indeed, nature in her gener- 

 ous partiality lavishes this, one of the greatest blessings, in such 

 profusion that nearly every cottage sports a fountain, which fact 

 has given Bayfield the appellation of the "village of fountains." 

 The rippling brooks meandering through the village, and the lovely 

 view of the bay and surroundings, make one feel as though dropped 

 into another world, a land of curious relics and strange old tradi- 

 tions, and when we meet upon the hillside the good Franciscan 

 Father in his brown gown passing along towards the old white 

 church on the brow of the bluff, we feel as if we had really stepped 

 back into a past century. Then going to the government outlook 

 upon the summit of one of tlie loftiest hills, there awaits us one of 

 the grandest of earthly scenes. Looking north and east, beyond 

 and almost at our very feet, the Apostle Islands, twenty-four 

 in number, lie spread out in all their verdant loveliness. " If a 

 thing of beauty is a joy forever," then surely this most fascinating 

 view will prove a never-ending pleasure. The rugged north shore, 

 with its capes and highlands, is distinctly seen; the mountains to 

 the east and south, and the unbroken forest line reaching far to the 

 west, complete a circle within which the green isles and the white- 

 winged vessels appear like so many toys. 



