The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-10-29
COULD NOT
BEAR HIS WEIGHT
The Strange Affliction of Little
Wilbur Robinson.
He Stopped Growing Limbs Became Useless and
He was Unable to Walk-HiS Cure Brought
About in Singular Manner.
From the Observer, Charlotte, N. c.

Hearing that child near Iron Station,
Lincoln County, had been greatly benefited
by the use Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People, representative of the Observer
went thither to see and ascertain the extent
Of the benefit the child had received.
: Riding out on December 5, 1896, to little
country cottage In the pine woods, q mile
distant &om Iron Station. the seporter saw
aaEight-faced, young woman, pure anglo
saxon type with light hoic and blue. eyes,
standing In the doorway With two plump,
.loy checked children half hiding behind
her dress Mentioning that he was looking
for faIaily of Robinsons, the woman
seemed at first little Suspicious.
You're stranger in myeye, ".she said.
am trying to find child named Will
bur Robinson, who was greatly benefited by
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People"
The young mother smiled and pleased
look came into her eyes as she said 'cOme in,
and added, Il gRess that S the one, pointing
to the yoGngersof the two little boys.
1t was an humble home, the family being
composed of that sturdy farming class that
goes tosB1atxe up one Of the strongest and
tTuest types Of North Cardinals good people.
The husband, Robert O. Robinson, runs the
farm of 200 acres, bat vas off to the mill at
the time.
The mother, Carrie L. Robinson, told
remarkable story of the cure of her little
boy from the effects of la grippe Her aged,
white. haired mother, Mrs. Sarah A. Bandy
sat near and emphasized every word
of the daughter. The little boy, Wilbur,
who owed his recovery to DR.. Williams
effective remedy, played about the house
and yard, and was into every conceivable
kind or mischief. 1t really seemed that he
must have taken too many of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills so great was the energy with
which he prosecuted his pranks. Three
times his mother had to stop her conyersa-
ton and rush out to rescue the reporter s
bicycle, which was leaning against the house
outside, and with which Wilbur was be-
coming almost too familiar
This is the story the mother told:
Wilbur was born August S, 1898. He
wa a stout, healthy boy till he was nearly
five months old. Between Christmas and
New Years he took the grippe. A physician
at Iron Station attended him, and he was
supposed to have recovered. But the after
effects of the malady fingered with disas-
trous results In March, 1894, his parents
noticed that he could not stand upon his
feet, although before his taking the grippe
he could do 80 easily. He could not bear
the weight of his body on his feet; his legs
were not growing any nor the muscle in
them developing. He was not treated, how
ever, till in the fall, about the last of Octo-
Der. When Mr.. Robinson took his cotton to
Lincolnton, the county seat, he also carried
his baby along, and Lincolnton physician
prescribed for him, recommending lotion
for rubbing his limbs. This helped the
child only temporarily. 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 lust have to let hims' grow along y
as the mother expressed it, and see what
developed. At this period the child's legs
appeared to be shrunkcn. AS his mother
says they were "as soft as cotton" Here
was boy fourteen months old, who not only
could not walk, but could not bear his weight
on his feet
In some way-they do not know how-a
pamphlet found its way to the Robinson
family. Old Mrs. Dandy fished it out of
bureau drawer. 1t had the picture of two
dogs peeping over fence on one cover, and
on the other a herd of cows drinking in a
cool stream near q bridge. Both on the
fence and ON the bridge, on the respective