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

72 THE CITY OF MADISON.lights, water and sewerage are at the service of all householders;thirty miles of streets are macadamized. Tothese advantages and conveniences are added the solidbenefits of the Capital, the Supreme Court and the circuitcourt; the unsurpassed opportunities for education, infive libraries with over 250,000 books, the public andprivate schools and the great University; the natural attractionsof the lakes (fifteen square miles of water onone side and five on the other);the three hundred acresof park area and fourteen miles of macadamized drivewaysalong the lake shores.To the manufacturer seeking a location with goodtransportation facilities and where labor troubles are unknown;to the man with a small capital to invest in business,or to him who wishes a modern training for his childrenand a stimulating atmospiiere for himself and family,the city offers a cordial welcome. Welcome, too, is the artisanand workingman. By honest work and frugal livinghe may gain a home of his own as so many of hisfellows have done. All who come to share the life andcooperate in the work of our city will be generously received.And they, too, like all the rest of us, will neverregret the day they came to dwell in the fair city of thelakes.— From'•'•" But look you now — Monona smiles as everShe gloried in the mirror'd kiss of heaven :Nor less the undulating carpet greenOf the lair woodlands spread before their Queen,In emerald beauty,— wooded lakes uniteTo glad the heart and put dull care to flight."Plea of the Seasous,^^ ivritten in i8yj for the Madison Instituteby Kate M. Bailey.