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Show ITALIANS IN NEW FIELDS. Trier I led milt In a treed That Malt larnen lieem a Kaltaare. l'rrrtina who travel down tho Ilrnok-lyn Ilrnok-lyn liouleran In the direction of Coney latand pf an afternoon will ntually liare their attention attracted by par-tlee par-tlee of Itallant tueii, women, buyi and girl loaded down with liugo bundlca. Boiiio of them nra a)utrd by tho tight There are certainly no trraanrr In tho way of rage, choice gnrbngo and tho liko to attract iucIi an 1 army of eiprrt ecAtciigtrs. What, then, le It that threw big bundle! are made up off Thla wa tha qucttloit that tuggetted Ittelf tn a man tho other I day, nml ha proceeded to Inrcttlgate furthwItjL i lie found ft new rrnon lo wonder at theeeemlng Intuition that lead mi Dal tan In thlt country to tarn hi bread Iu way and through tnenna that our other Adopted clllietit never think nf h'nw tat It known that down on tha Hat, tow ineadowa that go to make up tlio (own of Ilalbuth and on down todrnrcectut tho ilandellon gmwt In tuch profueton tluit It la alleged tn tn a nnbuhco Tha fanueta down tin re go out hi tha morning morn-ing and tow acd, and Iu the afternoon Ilia riiergetlo dandelion comet up and ecAttcn the teed and rtlgna In Ita ttoad. Ordinary planta have no ehow ngnlntt 'the vlgorout, prollflo weetL Tlierefont thryhato It and wago waragilint II and tea nothing but at II In lit open yellow yel-low face. One day A juirty nf Indiana, or It may have Ihvii only one, for that mat ter, waa etplorlnrf thU region of dande llont, and in lunch In It to admire. The toqucl hat proved tliat ho aaw money hi It. l'roni that thy Ilnllntit alt lira way from Mulberry betid might let teen far down on the Coney IiUnJ road every morning beforo tunrlto eA gcrly plucking dandelion. The fanner B It and chuckleiL In the waim eprlng nflrmooti when bo aaw Itallani of all agea and ladli aeiea ttaggerlng up the dutty road under great bag loaded with tho weed ho hated, actually carrying car-rying them anay from lilt fanii at tin Ir own ei'neu, ha more than chuckled. Ilo laughed. Now. Hint fanner writ not wlte In lilt day. Ita know that the leave of tho dandelion plant when young aro good to cook wllli pork or corned beef, and then to eat. Tlia Italian who tu Ihceo dayt are gathering tin t wee.lt by tho cart load probably know thla, tiex Hut they knew inure. They knew Hint during dur-ing tha dandelion tt-aaon, which ritctnli from April unlit Auguit or llirrenhoiita, then nra men In .New York city whr will ty good money for thowt tamo weedtt tliat thean weetlt are ofltrward turned Into patent luedlcluca. Into foul fortllk wunnt and put tu oilier live, whlla lit root It Utol In mine raaet aa A tubatlluta for coffee a liad tulwitltute, rliaai, but one that ta need never-theleaa. never-theleaa. And to It It tliat an army of Itallant fnrwke New York otery day and delta In tha del It tiiittlda Ilrooklyn, while the Ing ItUnd farmer nun rlt. Hut when you coin to contldcr tho whole natter thcia I not ao much to mart 1 1 At unlet It ba tho tnrntal dcntlty of tho fanner ami tint uartvlout facully nf tho lbillan for dlaniTerlng now and profllabh) form of labor, New Yolk ltrcordcr. |