, 1860-04-28

The last Leon {iuwa) pieatt, has ,he iotloy-
ing account ot n family fight, all about hooos;
There IS IN individual in this place named
''im, who by no merit Of his own, but by lLe
mercy Of Proyidcnce, succeeded about re r
ego Ar more, in getting wife. Now, jim, hates
hoops; Jim abhors hoops; Jim abominatcs
hoops; Jim is Of the opinion that no decent
woman wall wear hoops" Jim desired his wife
to dress III accordance with his IDEAS Of DE- ccacy
and therefore denounced hoops, prob1bited
hoops, intcrdicted hoops, declared his wife
SHOULD not wear hoops; swore prodigiousIy and
indignantly ut aud about hoops in general, and
bis witc's in particular, urd ayowed. deterrniu-
cd, nserrsd, declared, re.ulred and Insisted that
he wcnld tolerate 10 hoops about lis horsc,
Int on the contrary, would burn, smash and
destroy any and nil hoops that bis said wife
might. could, would, or should come in possess
sion Of.
But Jim's wife admired hoops, end resolved
to have them. And be it known to nlI, she
d'd haze them. With her own hands she
supplied them, aud fearless Of Jim's fierce ill.,
d,ssnat'on, she wore them. Jim gruwled, but
tls: hoops swept by him all the same. Jint
threatened, but the hoops still expanded the
calico. Then Jim grew; angry; Jim got his
dandcr up; Jim swoTe vocilerous]y; Jim ges.
tleulated lieu violently; Jim threatened terri6ca1ly
Jim cavorted amazingly. Jim tore the hoops
from his wife dress, and thrashcd her with
them tremendously. The lady escaped from his
hands and sought refuge with neiehbor. The
gentleman Was not at homo, but Ills wife was,
and sue gaEe MD ard comfort to tic fugitive.
Several otl-r ladies went over to learn the par
steuiars ofcaurse they ere unuttcrably iadg.
hanf, aud we presume used tic said Jim up city
l:oogically for his tyra -nical interference with
ielnac rights, and they wcre in the right Of II,
too. About this time Jim started after his wifs,
with tic aTowed purpose Of takiug the baby
from her. As he approached, the Indies or
dcred lin ott: But Jim perceising there
were no men about tue house, waxed valiant.
and held it against him. But Jim's courage
rose wi b tic emergency, and lie resolved to
; storm the fortress, and wc presume, smash all
the hoops belonging to the garrison. jim
: stormed the fortress. After several brillaut
. attacks tho door gave way, and JIM entered in
triumph. Then canc The tug of war. Nothing
: dauntcd, tho ladies seized him and dragged hini
out Of The house. 0ne Of them caught him br
The beard-a long one, almost as long as ours
and thus holding him with ono hand, she be-
labored him with q shillalah in the other. In
vain Jim struggled, aad squirned, and wrir-
g'cd, and cavoEtcd, and "cusscd." The Young
! lady wasn't afraid Of thunder, and wisely con.
q cowardly poltroon, and might be taken By the
beard and cuf1ed, even br spunky woman,
Aud so she banged, and whated, belabored.
Aogged und drubbed him until hc gave in. Jim
surrendered; Jim squatted; Jim caved in, and
9 man aking his appearance abuut that time,
Jim put out, leaving Lis wife, the other ladies
and hoops victorious.
So ended the battle Of the hoops Il is the
universal sentiment here that the Indies were
in the right in defending the injured woman
against the brutal assaults OF her husband. No
ne has spoken otherwise than in terms Of m
pr bation Of their course, while at the same time
all are well pleased that the spooney was puu.
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