The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-05-11
mo RnttIc or DO mnon.

The last Leon Qowu) Pioneer has th,
following account Of a family fight, al
about hoops:
There is an individual in this plac,
named Jim, who by no merit of his own
but by the mercy Of Providence, succeed
ed about a year ago or more, in gottin,
a wife. Now, Jim hates hoops; Jim ab
hors hoopsi Jim nbuminatos hoops; jim
Is Of the opinion that ono decent woman
will wear hoops" Jim desired his wifi,
to dress in accordance with his ideas o
decency and therefore denounced hoops
prohibited hoops, interdcted hoops, de.
clnred his wife should not wear hoops,
swore prodigously and Indignantly al
and about hoops in general, and his wifc's
in particular, and nvowed, determined
averred, declared, resolved and insisted
that he would tolerate no hoops about his
house, but on the contrary. would burn.
smash, and destroy any and ali hoops
that his said wife might, could, would, OF
should come in possession Of.
But Jim's wife admired hoops, and re-
solved TO have them. And be Il knowu
10 all, che did have them. With her own
hands she supplied them, and fearless o.
Jim's fierce indignation sho woro them
Jim growled, but the hoops swept by him
all the same. Jim threatened but Tho
hoops still expanded the calico. Then
Jim grew angry; Jim got his daner up.
Jim swore vocilerously; Jim pcsticulat.
-ed-yiolently; Jim threatened terri6oHllv,
Jim cnvorted amazingly. Jim tore t6e
hoops from his wilc's dress, and thrasb-
ed her with them tremendously. Tbc
lady escaped from his hands and sought
refuge with neighbor. Tho gentleman
was not ut home, but his wife wRs. and
she give aid and comfort TO the Gipitive
Several other ladies went over 10 lenrn
the particulars. or course thev ,verc ~.
terly indignant, and we presume used the
said J i'm up ctymologically for his tyran-
calintorlerence with female ripht. and
they were in the right Of il too. About|
this time jim started after his wife, with
the avowed purpose Of taking the baby
from her. As he approached, the ladies
him Off But Jim percciying
that there were no men about the house
woxed valiant. Jim would 90 in. The
ladies closed the door and held il ngainst
him. But Jim's courage rose with the
and he resolved TO storm tho
fortress, and we presume, smash all the
hoops belonging to the garrison. Jim
5tormod the fortress. After several brill
liant attacks the door gave way, and Jim
entered in triumph. Then came tho tup
Of war. Nothing daunted, the ladies'
seized him and dragged him out of the
house. One Of them caught him by the
Deard-a long one, almost as long as ours
land thus holding him with one hand.
she belabored him with a shillalah in the
other. In vain Jim struggled, and sduirm-
I'd, and wriggled, and cavorted and cuss-
I'd. The young lady wasn't afraid of
thunder, and wisely concluded that aman
Who would beat his wife was a coward
y poltroon. aud might be taken by the
beard and cuifed, even by spunky wo-
nan. And so she banged, and whaled
lolabored, hOgged and drubbed him un-
III ho gave in. Jim surrendered; Jim
Iquattedi Jim caved in, and a man
making his appearance about that time
i'm put out, leaving his wife, the other
aides and hoops victorious.
So ended the battle Of the hoops. Itl
3 the universal sentiment here thntthe
adieswere in the rightin defending thein-
ured woman against the brutal assaults oil
lor husband. No one has spoken 9TH
,rwise than in terms Of appreciation oil
heir course, while at the same time all
lro well pleased that the spooney was
'unished for his unmanly conduct by the
women themselves.