The Art Of Not Hearing

The :nl cf nut h,eming, ehqulrt on tnuíí'ot in ev,M_v wcll rfiflatfed famity. It ia iuil as importaflt to douueatio hap as ■ euitivaled i;tir, írt wliich go muoli moni-y uii'l time are exnded.- There ars snraiiny thin vvh 't 's painful tohea'p, i'narij' w! u-h we ought Dot to hear, very inany which if hcard will distorb the temper, corrupt simplicity aiid'inodesty, detr,icL JVmn contcutníent unJ bapuinesï-, ihat evciy ono should becducated to in or shut out boudHÍí, (iccprdüig to thoir pleaaurei I! n mnn falls into a violent passinn and oulls me all naniier of nunies, the üis!, uoid plu, Is my ea'v, ai:d I liear no more. Ii, in my quiet veypge of life, I tind myself cauaht in onc óf those domestic wljirlwiiiils dl BodiTiüfgf, I shut ii, y cars as a saüor woiild furl his sails, and mftkMt ul' '''S"1) SC1K' 1)efore ;ne gala. lí a hol anü rustiess man üegms to i;, llamo rav taelingi, I consider what misehW llicsc tiery spaVirá muy 'do in tlie magnine below wiiere my temper is kept, and instiintly close the door. Doos a guddiiiK, '■'■■■' PBfrMPS fe'" low bei: 'm 10 inlonn me whut people are saying about me, dowi drops the portculÜB of my e&r, and he cannot get u nny farllior. Doos tho collector of neigliborhood scandal ask my ear as a wurehojUfr 't instinclively shuts p. - Some people feel anxioüs to hear everything that wil] vex and annoy tbem. - It it is binted that any one has spoken ovil of theti, thev sut about iWrchwg the inaUer, and ündingout. IÍ all the peUy thirüi said of one by heedlosa or i!l-nalnred idlera vvere to be broughl home to hiin he would bekome i mere walking pin oushion, stuok full of shawp rumaikr). I t-hould us eoon thank a man for emptying upon my . bu'shjél oL nettlcs, or setting lwse a, swarm of mupquitocs in my cliahibfer, or ruising a puiigent, duft 'M my hoofs gHiieraily, as to bring in npon mo all Lhu tatiíe of pareïew er apiteiui people. lf you would bo happy vvhen among good men hpè.n ybqrëara; whon ainoög bad, ffhöt ihotn". And aa tho throat has a mui-ular arrangement by which it takes care of the passages of iisowrj acuord. so the ears ahould be truined to an tiutoniatic dullness of hearing ! It is not woi'llrwhile to hear what ydút servante sa when tbey are angrV ; what your ohildren say after they hjwe shtmiñtíd the door; what a boggur s:ij vvhom yon have reiectod from your door, whal your neighbors aay about yoqr ohildren; what your rivals eay about your business or your dress. The art of not hearing, though unauht in the school, is by no rneans unknown or i:npnicticed in society. I huvo noticed th;.t a well bred woniim never hears an impertinont or a vulgar, remark. A kind of discreet déafnêss saves pnefrotn rnany insuits, irotn much blame, from mnny not a little apparant isoquivaCöBB iii ui.-iliouorable c-Oüvur.-a tiiui. Thfh nre two doors insido my ears, a Hgh't hand drtör leading lo the heart, ;.!h! q left hüild door, vvith a brou.i and steep passage out roto the opon air. - Tbs last iHüir re'-.eives ail the ggjwges, jTofanity, vnigaiity, inispTiiei u,:.k:ng, whiuh suddeniy flnd them tfiarffiëlves outside of me. i udioious teachers and indulgent parents sava 0un2: urchins a vvorld of troiible by ;i convenient tleufneaH. - Bunkers and brokers are oftcn cxtremoV ! üfl of hearing-, whei) nn.ife borj-o-.vei's nro irnportnnüto. I imvur lienr a man who runs uiter rre n the hayyling '}' naine vd Ihe top cf bis i'; nor them that tiK evil of those who are aliscnt; nor those who giré me unaskei! aiiviee nbout rny mvn utV.irs; r.or Uue who tuik iirgfly about tilines ot whioh they are nora!:;. Il' tn'ere are sounds of kpaneés, of mirth, of love, open they niy e;ivi ! 13 u t temper, or Ivirsimes, or hatred, or vulEari'ty. or ii:itterv, shuts them. li' yu keep" your garden a;ale s-hut, y..uflow.ers and fruit wilt be sufe. lf yuu keep your door elósed hóxhfëï vvill run off w'ith your silver; and it you keep your eurs shut, your hoart vvill lo.se its ilowers nor itstreasures.