At another, he tried his hand at making a machine for cutting
marble.
He was always experimenting with colors, and other things used by
artists.
The year 1832 had arrived.
You will see, by and by, that it is a good date to remember.
People knew almost nothing about speed in traveling.
In that year the longest railroad was in the southern part of the
United States.
It was one hundred thirty-five miles long.