Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-04-15
j. LYMAN FROST


He and his son Carlos and family and
Peoria |. Whitfield came together from
Iowa City. The Frosts settled cd the
west side of Troublesome, north of
Bowens. The old man was a widower
and lived alone in little log cabin.
He was a contentious man and had a
special faculty of stirring up the ami
mails. He was an ardent Republican
and Union man, and had no use for
anyone not up to the highest pitch of
the tenents of the party, and pract-
call demonstrated his opinions on all
possible occasions. He was heartily
deSpiSed by the Democrats and was
never in unison with many of his own
party. Early i'm war times, Mr.. Ham
lin. who had been the first postmaster
i'm the county up to 1861, was deposed
for political reasons and Nh. Frost
took his place. One of the patrons of
the office was Martin Shuts. and Mr.
Frost took occasion publicly to call
him a "Copperhead.n Shuts was a
mild, weakly kind of man, religious
| ly inclined, and. although the imputa-
ton was not wholly misapplied from
the standpoint of the times, the insult
ranked in his bosom and was preServ-
ed in his memory. Later at a public
gathering at Oakfeld Shuts spied his
quarry, removed his coat and handed
/ it to his wife, good old aunt Julie,
remarking that he had duty to per
/ form, waded i'm and proceeded to tan
Mr.. Frosts dog skin. He next rode
/ horseback in haste to Extra in search
of Justice to whom he might "Plead
| Guilty." but was pursued 10y ConSta-
BILE, John Crane. who it is said injured
a valuable horse in making the cap
ture. And it was said that his
promptneSs in performing his duty
afterwards cost him an election tc
office.
Mr.. Frost managed to keep the cal
of Gov. KirkWood, with whom Inc
was personally acquainted, and Tho
administration at Washington: made
/ the crop and weather report; received
his quota of new seeds and reports
which he faithfully disbursed amons
the faithful.
He was prompt and Jealous in part,
affairs and in managing the count
political machinery. In 1868 he callet
a county convention early in the seas
on, as was the rule, to meet at Gre n
school house in the evening of a Ger
tain future day, to select delegates t,
the State convention and to appoint
County central committee. Such
thing as a delegate committee wa
then unknown here; any one of tn
party could attend and act who de
sired: and the organization of the cen
trial committee was then perfected a
the first meeting in the year. MI
Frost and few others were promptl
on hand at the convention, transacte
the business and went away. | wa
the only republican county Office
here then except supervisor: and wa
selected as chairman of the centra
committee. AT the proper time
called the convention for nOminatio
of county officers, but soon diScoyere
that Judge Hallock, of Oakfeld c
the same name and father of tn
present Isaac p lIallock, had called
similar meeting as county chairman
both to meet at the same time an
place, towit: at the Green schoolhoust
At the meeting there was good al
tendance and it was in order to try t
explain the conflict of authority an
settle who was the rightfuI chairman
| was a mere boy, unused to polite
and Judge llallock venerable, hoar
headed man. ! explained my author
ity and Mr. Frost insisted that | wa