The Madison guide book, Madison, Wisconsin - Surrounded by Reality

. THE CITY OF MADISON.nor's residence; the building of the State Historical society;the United States courts; the county court houseand jail.Distinguished persons reside here: Governors,justices of the supreme court, senators and representativesin congress, ex-ministers and consuls to foreign governments,authors, artists and scientists.Dane CountyWas named for Nathan Dane, congressman from Massachusetts,who helped frame thefamous " Ordinance of1787" for the government of the Northwest Territory.One clause of this ordinance declared that " there shallbe neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except as apunishment for crime."This county is the second largest in the state, comprising1,200 square miles, or 807,400 acres of land.Population, 79,000. The census of 1903 gives 2,359,651bushels of corn, 3,669,517 bushels of oats, 11,676,332pounds of tobacco, 2,679,4.55 pounds of butter, 1,611,655pounds of cheese, among the crop reports of Danecounty.Topography— The Four Lakes.The salient feature of this region is the chain of fourlakes extending from northwest to southeast and connectedby the Yahara or " Catfish " river. They wereformed bv a glacier which extended southwest fromGreen Bay to Madison. This slow-acting but titanicagent also threw up the hills, which now, crowned withoaks or golden with grain, make the summer landscapevaried and charming.