| Show A wire for gossip william tripp runs a farm near round lake and raises produce which he sells to the people living on the camp ground his wife bells excellent milk and the couple who are past middle age make a comfortable living the young folks of the camp ground are fond of visiting the farm where they drink milk and chat with mrs tripp who through theme daum of her private tel eaph line knows all the country gossip for miles around last year the farmer finding his evenings heavy on his hands bought a tele and ran a wire to the railroad station two miles away from there he extended the line to a neighboring settlement and later connected with two farmhouses several miles below the farmer and his wife have both become excellent operators and now spend their spare time exchanging country gos their friends over the wire the telegraph operator in the railroad station keeps them supplied with the principal news items he hears from other points on the road and there are few better informed residents of the county than fanner tripp and his wife cor key york sun |
