Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . rvous complaints by calling attentionfrom real and assumed disorders. That charm ishere in the superlative degree, and, in addition, amild and salubrious atmosphere. There are exquisitenooks for bathing, and enclosures in which art hasassisted nature in making the pellucid waters attract-ive, so that swimmer and nonswimmer can enjoy thehealth giving plunge. The amateur fisherman couldhardly find better sport than here, and while patientlywaiting for a bite, his eyes can fea
Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . rvous complaints by calling attentionfrom real and assumed disorders. That charm ishere in the superlative degree, and, in addition, amild and salubrious atmosphere. There are exquisitenooks for bathing, and enclosures in which art hasassisted nature in making the pellucid waters attract-ive, so that swimmer and nonswimmer can enjoy thehealth giving plunge. The amateur fisherman couldhardly find better sport than here, and while patientlywaiting for a bite, his eyes can feast on beautiful im-pressions, which can never be effaced. The lakes in-vite rowing and sailing; the shores unfold new at-tractions with every change, and steamboats make ex-cursions with modest speed, lest visitors should notenjoy the landscape inclosing the crystal gem. Citi-zens propose to improve the drives which girdle thecity and lakes. One suggests a road round FourthLake, following the shore, which would give uadrive of twenty-five miles, absolutely unrivaled forbeauty. A second proposition contemplates a new. (Or Third Lake) LOOKING TOWARD MADISON. 12 HISTORY OF 179 lake shore drive of five miles, to the charming site ofthe State Hospital for the Insane, and there is goodhope that the idea will be realized. The beautifuluniversity drive is likely to be extended to PicnicPoint. There are rural retreats, easy of access fromthis capital, which shut out the city, yet within anhours transit, all the advantages of social scienceand material advancement can be reached. Visitorsare attracted by our university and pleased with ourgraded schools. The church spires pointing to thestars challenge admiring notice. The railroads and -postoffice, with always increasing facilities, and thetelegraph wires by which the world is girdled, bespeakthe obedient spirit of science, more apt than the fabledAriel. The Capitol, whose form of beauty compels-admiration as soon as the eye l
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