Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02
COULD NOTBEAR BIS WEIGHT
1HE STRANGE AEFLICTIOS OF II
TIE WILBUR ROBINSON.
dc stopped GrowinK---Limbs became
Useless and He WAs Unable to
"alk--HIs Cure Brought About
in a Sfu~ular Manner
From re Obserrer. Charlotte, Il. c.

in a Singular Manner.
From TIC Obserrey. Charlotte. Il. c.
Hearing that g child near Iron Station,
Lincoln County. had been greatly benefited
by TIE use Of DR.. Williams Pink Pill. tor
Pale People, a representative of the Obse~rer
vent thither to see and ascertain tho extent
Of the benefit the child had received.
Riding oct On December {. 1895, 20 a little
country cottage in the pine woods. a mile
distant from Iron Station. the reporter saw q
brisht-faced young woman. a pure Anglo
Saxon type, with light hair and blue eyes
standing in the doorway with two plump.
rosy checked children half hiding behind her
dress. Mentioning that he was looking for .
family Of Robinsons. the woman seemed at
first a little suspicious.
"lou're a stranger III my eye" she said.
II am trying to ind a child named Wilbur
RotiIson, who WAS greatly heLefited by DR..
williams Pink Pills for Pale People"
The young mother smiled and a pleased
look came into ter eyes as she said. "Come
IN" and added, II guess thsts the ono
pointing to the Younger Of the two litie
BOYS.
II was an humble home. the family being
composed of that sturdy farming class that
| goes to make up one OF the strongest and
truest types Of North,Carolinass good people.
The husband. Robert 0. Robinson. runs the
farm Of 200 acres, but was OF to the Mil at
the lime.
The mother. Carrie l.. Robinson. told ar~
markable story Of tina cure Of her little boy
from the effects Of IL grippe. Her aged.
~hit"-haired mother. Mrs. Sarah A. BanoE.
eat near ana emphasized every word, OF the
,,,,h,. rEl,o 1;,+to h-- TtIhrr rhn nTa3
his recovery to DR.. Williams effective rem
edv, played about the house and yard. and
was into every conceivable kind OF mlscnlel.
Il really eecmed that he must have taken too
ulanv OF Or. Williams PINK Pills, go great
waa the energy with which he prosecuted his
rranks. Three times mis- mother had TO stop
her conversation and rush out to rescue the
reporter bicycle, which was leaning agalnst
the house outside. and with which Wilbur
was becoming almost too familiar.
This is the story the mother told:
Wilbur was born August 8, 1893. He was
a stout. healthy boy I'LL he was nearly Ave
months old. Between Christmas and New
Years he took the grippe. & physician at
Iron Station attended him, and he was sup
posed TO have recovered. But the after ef-
fects Of the malady fingered with DISASTROUS
results. In March, 1894, his parents noticed
that he could not stand upon his feet. al
though before his taking the grippe he could
do SO easily. He could not bear the weight
OF his body on his feet: bis legs we're NOT
growing any nor the muscle in them develop
ing. He was not treated. however. till in the
fall. about the last Of October. When Mr..
Robinsontook his cotton to Lincolnton. the
county seat. he also carried hisIbaby along,
and Il Iincolnton physician prescribed for
him, recommending a lotion for rubbing his
limbs. This helped the child only tenn
porariiv. Twice afterward this physician was
consulted. He told the parents that the child
might some day be able to walk and again
he might not They would just have TO let
him grow along. a. the mother expressed
1t. and see what developed. At this period
the childs legs appeared to be %shrunken. AS
his mother Says they we're "as soft as cot
ton" Here was a boy fourteen months Old.
who not only could not walk, but could not
bear his weight on his feet.
In some wav-they do not know how-a
pamphlet found it's way to the Robinson
family. Old Mrs. Baudy fshed 1t out Of a
bureau drawer. 1t had the picture OF TWO
dogs peeping over a fence on one cover. ana
on the other a herd OF COWS drinking in a
cool stream near q bridge. Both on the renee
and onthe bridge. on the esPsctlve covers.
was this line: "Dr. Williams INK rms lor
Pale People, 49,.
"When l read that those pulls would bulio
upthe bone, I felt that they were the things
for Wilbur, said bis mother.
Old Mrs. Bandy sat up nearly all OF one
night reading this pamphlet. with all the
testimonials it contained. A few days after
they sent to one of thctwo village stores and
cot two boxes Of the pills. This was about
the last of November. 1894. Before he mad
finished taking the first box, the little lelio"
was able to bear his weight on ms 1eel, ano
before the second box was all gone. he could
hold a chair before him and push it across
the floor. =,
w began bv giving him a third OF a Pill
at time. afterward increasing the dose 70 u
half. 50 they held out a long time said his
~ 1,a nd bnv IT
mother. commenced the secohn ooS IL
January. this wear. We had to send to Lin
, colnton. eight miles away. to get the mex
boxes. After taking the third box, in March
the child began to go q fe steps at q time
but he didn't walk BY himself till in Septem
i. Der. The fourth box. or part OF Il, was al
mini=tered in August.
/ The testimony IT the mother was that M
| child's appetite and. indeed. his whole sys
, TEN, was helped by the use Of the pills
> Mrs. Bandy. who he'd been locking over
sort Of diary she keeps. at this point IN IN
!. conversation. read this entry: sept. tn
:, 25th. Wilbur begins to walk alone by nun
t self"
s.After he once learned to walk, said III
mother Eve could hardly keep him in sigh
T Of the house. and he was cured by fou
3 boxes. lacking ten pills. Mother SAYS. IA
always ha.-aid. the Lord directed sonebod
to send Us that pamphlet Of DIR. Williams.
i '.lou really believe the child 5 eyre IS du
. t. Dr.. Williams Pills. was asked.
Il am really convinced the pills cure
!. him" the mother answered. II haven't II
/ slightest doubt about il.
!. And the bows grandmother chimed il
II M lust as sure Of il ia | am Of living. /.
take an oath on the Bible that that Is whs
{ di! it
Y The ~neichbors in all the section around II
Il little village of Iron station know and tai
. about the remarkable cure Of this baby. VIII
+. might have been n cripple for life had he no
even At the age 81 Two years. one moth en
seventeen ia s. been enabled 70 walk for th
first lime By the use r n-. Williams Pin
Pills Tor Pale People.
This story may seem n the reader ike
fabrication. but is told as the childs mothe
. tod II to the. reporter. II order 70 sho
their appreciation. Mrs. Robinson furnish
following testimonial aid sjgnei it. ST
SAYS she Is willing - any ting Z mai
sworn AFFIDAVIT I, hsr -~taten-LtsH
IRoS STATION. LIxccLS Co. \. G..
December ). 1905.
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