[StBernard] TELEPHONE TECHNOLOGY

[Westley Annis]

	After having dug to a depth of 10 meters last year, Scottish
scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the
conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than
100 years ago. 
	
	
	Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, British
scientists dug to a depth of 20 meters, and shortly after headlines in the
UK newspapers read: "British archaeologists have found traces of 200 year
old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an
advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the
Scots." 
	
	
	One week later, "The Advertiser", a Lafayette , Louisiana ,
newspaper, reported the following: "After digging as deep as 30 meters in
cane fields near New Iberia , Gaston Boudreaux, an self taught archeologist,
reported that he found absolutely nothing. Gaston has, therefore, concluded
that 300 years ago Cajuns were already using wireless."