Obit for PAULSON, Garfield (b. d.1908), Polk Co., MN

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GARFIELD PAULSON



An Eden Boy Drowned

(Thirteen Towns, November 27, 1908, p1)



	Garfield, the ten year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicolas Paulson, was 

drowned last Saturday close to his home and within view of his mother and 

others of his family who were unable to save him.

	Garfield and a brother of nearly the same age were engaged in 

fishing thru the ice, close to their home and near the shore.  It appears 

that Garfield decided he could do better if he had a separate hole in the 

ice by himself in which to fish, and, taking an axe, walked further out 

from land.  With the first blow however, the ice gave way and the boy 

sank in water above his depth.  His mother and sister saw him go down and 

hastened to help him, the girl herself getting into the water and was 

only saved from drowning with the aid of a garden rake.  But the body of 

the boy was not recovered until after life was extinct.

	It was a terrible blow to his parents who have universal sympathy 

in their great sorrow.

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