The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-29
COULD NOT
BEAR HIS WEIGHT
The Strange AffIiCtiOn of Little
Wilbur Robinson.
He Stopped Growing Limbs Became Useless and
He was Unable to Walk-HiS Cure Brought
About in a Singular Manner.
Frorn the Observer. Charlotte, " C

Hearing that a child near Iron Station,
Lincoln County, had been greatly benefited
by the use OF DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. a representative Of the Observer
went thither to see and ascertain the extent
Of the benefit the child had received.
Riding out on December 3, 1895, to a little
country cottage in the pine woods. mile
distant from Iron Station. the reporter saw
bright-iaced, young woman, pure anglo
saxon type with light hair and blue ewes.
standing in the doorway with two plump
rosy-cheeked children half hiding behind
her dress. Mentioning that he was looking
for a family Of RobinSons, the woman
seemed AZ first little suspicious
Gou' re u stranger in my eye. " she said.
am trying % find a child named Will
bur Robinson who WAS greatly benefited by
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. I"
The young mother smiled and a pleased
look came into her eyes rs she said ''comc in, F"
and added, Il guess that's the one. " pointing
to the younger Of the two little 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 Carolina 5 good people
The husband Robert o. Robinson. runs tie
farm Of POO acres, but was off 10 the mill at
the time.
The mother Carrie L. Robinson, told a
remarkable story Of the cure of her little
boy from the effects Of Ia 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 10 Dr. williams
effective remedy played about the house
and yard, and was into every conceivable
kind OF mischief. II really seemed that he
must have taken too many Of DIR. Williams
Pink Pills so great was the energy with
which he prosecuted his pranlSs. Three
times his mother had to stop her conversa-
tiOn and rush out 20 rescue the reporter 3
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. 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 10 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 so easily. lie could not bear
the weight of his body on his feet; his legs
were not growing any nor the muscle in
them developing. lie was not treated how
ever, till in the fall. about the Inst Of Octo-
Der. When Mr.. Robinson took his cotton TO
Lincolnton, the county seat. he also carried
his baby along, and a Lincolnton physician
prescribed for him, recommending a lotion
for rubbing his limbs. This helped the
child only temporarily. Twice aherward
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 "gr0w along, !"
as the mother expressed it, and sec what
developed. At this period the child's legs
appeared % be shrunken. As his mother
says they were las 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 % the Robinson
family. Old Mrs. Bandy fshed It out of a
bureau drawer. II had the picture Of two
dogs peeping over a fence on one cover, and
on the Other n herd Of cows drinking in a
cool stream near a bridge. Both on the
fence and on the bridge. IN the respective