FRONT YARDS.
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1t IS hlgh time front yards were attended

 to--the tences repaired, tho trees and shrub

 bery pruned, and the rubbish which has ac-

 cumulated, during the winter, removed.- ] Nothing is more indubitably indicative of

 the lusbandry of the farm, and the order

 of the house, than tho condition of the front yard-and whenever you sec one with its fences broken down, gates un- hung, and its interior Uttered up with old shoes, dead cats, broken jugs, &c., you may call the mana sloven, and his wife a slut, without exposing yourself to be mulct tn damages in an action for slander-for, if you go over the farm, you will find every thing eglected-6Uildings and fences out ofrepair-cattIei in mischicf-the fields and pastures rooted up by swine, GSc. GEc. If you enter the house, you will find every thing in chaos-dishes unwashed-beds unmadc-rooms unswcpt, &c. &c. 1fyoW take tho madam by surprise, you will find her surrounded by group of squalid, rag- ged and dirty children-in perfect disha- bille-hair uncombed-shoes slip-shod- stockings abou, her feet, &c., and in her flight from your presence, she will blunder over and upset the cradle and dye tub knock down one child-box another's ears, and drag third after her. &c.--and leave you to survey the arrangement of her fur- nitnre, and see the manner in which she manages the affairs of her household.

 Many front yards are neglected on ac- 1 count of the unsettled state of the law re- garding the title of the locus in quO.'- Some contend that the front yard is part ofthe farm, and under the supervision and control of the husband; while others inc sist that it is 'part and parcel' of the house, and, being such. is within the juris- dictonal limits of the wife; and conse- quently, subject to her government and entitled to her protection. We confess our attanments in marital law are not sufficient to enable us to adjudicate this "gaestio Ue10t0,' but we are inclined to the opinion ] that the husband owns the right of the soil, l subject, however, to the carement of the wife; aud that for certain purposes, such as building and repairing fences, planting and pruning shrubbery. dressing flower beds, &c. both have right of entry and possession. But whatever may be the law, there is no doubt fthe time often consumed in mooting it, was spent in improving the yard, it would present a very different ap- pearance. There are, however, certain

 members of the family to whom tho care and management of this matter more espe- cially belongs-we mean the daughters and young gentleman of taste and judg- ment, in search of wife, would be about as likely to fall in love- with young lady, who neglected her front yard, as ho would

 if he saw her at church with hole in her s.ocking.-Silk CulturisG