Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . -dota, possess names that rival the finest on the sea,and our boats, if not numerous and large as the Span-ish armada, are equal to the occasion. The names of celebrities who have visited us, asrevealed by the books of the Park, the Yilas House,and the Capitol, would fill a volume, but few would,peruse the record. Prince Napoleon, who passedthrough our city to Saint Paul, accompanied by hisbeautiful wife, the daughter of Victor Emanuel, II ReGalantuomo, as Garibaldi named h
Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . -dota, possess names that rival the finest on the sea,and our boats, if not numerous and large as the Span-ish armada, are equal to the occasion. The names of celebrities who have visited us, asrevealed by the books of the Park, the Yilas House,and the Capitol, would fill a volume, but few would,peruse the record. Prince Napoleon, who passedthrough our city to Saint Paul, accompanied by hisbeautiful wife, the daughter of Victor Emanuel, II ReGalantuomo, as Garibaldi named him, could hardlybe considered our visitor, for he and his suite wereclosely cooped within locked doors, during the stay,but that could not prevent a cheer of welcome beforethe distinguished Prince parvenu moved on. It ismore to our purpose that such men as Secretary Sew-ard and Charles Francis Adams have been our guests,and raised their eloquent voices to infuse their spiritinto the people. The balcony of the Yilas House,and the eastern steps of the capitol had on that dayimmense assemblies. Frederika Bremer was for. ANQLEWQRM STATION. HISTOKY OF MADISON. 183 months a delighted visitor to our city and J. D. Agassiz, the eminent Swiss naturalist, ofwhom Whipple says: He is not merely a scientific thinker, he is a scientific force The immense influence he exerts is due to the energy and genialitywhich distinguished the nature of the man. lie in-spires as wrell as performs; communicates not onlyknowledge, but the love of knowledge. He was anappreciated and appreciative visitor, and many in thiscity can testify to those truths from personal experi-ence, who grieved as for a dear friend when Agassizdied. The magician Ole Bull, whose wand is thewonder working bow, has on the shores of those lakesa home, to which the demands of a music lovingworld make him a rare visitor; but when leisure onthis side of the Atlantic permits, he can forget Ole-ana in the witcheries of this
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