Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-10-24
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
)sa About in a Singular Manner.
Fron tAe Observer, cg.arlo.te, N @

,..,;rO that child near Iron Station
lin Coaaty, had been greatly benefited
shs use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
y. psoDla. a representative of the Observer
hitber TO Gee and ascertain the extent
-. benefit the child had received.
p;S;n0 out on December 5, 1896, to little
.-.,rv cottage in the pine woods, mile
ES,.nt from Iron Station, the reporter saw
I.;gbt. faced, young woman, pure anglo
Dns tvpe with light hair and blue eyes,
NJ;Dg In the doorway with two plump,
.r obeeked children half hiding behind
~ drNs. Mentioning that he was looking
=, a family of Robihsons, the woman
',su,ed ot first little suspicious.
\ q Yot, re a stranger in my eye, she said.
Of an trying to find a child named Will
hur Robinson who was greatly benefited by
\, williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Z"
The young mother smiled and a pleased
ook came into her eyes as she said come in, ="
+, nJ added. al guess that's the one, pointing
Z tbs Younger Of the two little boys.
i. II vas an humble home, the family being
,OmpoSed of that sturdy farming class that
Oesto make up one of the strongest and
. .,nest types of North Cardinals good people.
M husband, Robert o. Robinson, runs the
fr,n of 30 acres, but was oil TO the mill ut
he time.
The mother. Carrie L. Robinson, told
temarkable story of the cure of her little
loy from the effects Of Ia grippe. Her aged,
Ir6itehaired mother, Mrs. Sarah a.. Bandy,
IN near and emphasized every word
. sf the daughter. The little boy, Wilbur,
rbo owed his recovery to DIR. Williams
Elective remedy, played about the house
spd yard and was into every conceivable
hind Of mischief. 1t really seemed that he
must have taken too many of DIR. Williams
Pink Pills so great was the energy with
Ehich he prosecuted his pranks. Three
mines his mother had TO stop her CONVERSE
hon and rush out to rescue the reporters
bicycle, which was leaning against the house
outside and with which Wilbur was be-
,oming almost too familiar.
4 This Is the story the mother told:
wilbur was born August 8, 1898. He
ka. stout, healthy boy till he was nearly
I've months old. Between Christmas and
New Years he took the grippe. A physician
y Iron Station attended him, and he was
Imposed TO have recovered. But the after
sfecb of the malady fingered with disas-
kous results. In March, 1884, his parents
bOticed that he could not stand upon his
|eet, although before his taking the grippe
be could do so easily. He could not bear
BE weight of his body on his feet his legs
we're not growing any nor the muscle la
hem developing. lie was not treated, how
Dyer, till in the fiji about the last of Octo-
her. When Mr. Robinson took his cotton to
Lineolnton, the county seat, he also carried
hb baby along, and Lincolnton physician
Afeserhel for him, recommending lotion
|br rubbing his limbs. This helped the
flill or'y t'nEr'~ily. Twi"r aftervarl
ihS pays'riln vas Consulted. lie told The
frrent' that ti' chill might some day be
4ble 10 walk and again he rnight not. They
gould inst have to let him "grow along"
\ the mother cxnrcs ;cl it, and sec what
'eTelopel. At this period the child's legs
|ppelrel tn he slirunkcn. AS his mother
kys they were "as soft as cotton" Here
FaS hoy fourteen months old, who not only |
pull MT walk. hut could not bear his weight |
b his feet.
In some way-thny do not know how-a
flmphlet found its way to the Robinson
gmily. Oh Mrs. Bandy fished it out of a |
|lreau drawer. II had the picture of two
PsSs peaping over fence on one cover, and |
} the otlwr II herd of COWS drinking in a
lOl stream near a bridge. Both on the
'aee and IN the bridge. ON the respective |