The record-union., 1897-01-23

Hearing tiat child near Iron Station.
Lincoln County, had been greatly benefited
by the cot DR.. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People, representative of the Observe,
went thither to see and ascertain the extent
of the benefit the child had received.
Riding out on December s, 1895, to alittle
country cottage In the pine woods, mile
distant from From Station, the reporter saw
a bright faced, young woman. pure anglo
saxon type with light hair and blue eyes,
standing IN the doorway with two plump,
rosy-cheeked children half hiding behind
her dress. Mentioning THAT he Was looking
for family Of Robinsons the woman
seemed at first a little suspicious
You're q stranger IN my eye, :" she said
al am trying TO find child named VIII
bur Robinson, who was greatly benefited by
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peonle. .
look came into her eyesasshe said "corne in. -
and added, Il guess that's the one, pointing
to the younger of the two little bows
It was an humble home. the family being
composed of that stIrdy farming class that
goes to make up one Of the strongest and
truest types Of North Carolina good people
The husband, Robert o. Robinson, runs the
farm of 200 acres, but was off to Che mill at
the time.
Uc SdkIkt L. ISOpd1iSCE. L0iQ a
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 INFO every conceivable
kind Of mischief. It really seemed that he
must have taken too many Of Dr.. Williams
4 a.
which he prosecuted his pranks. Three
times his mother had to stop her conversa-
ton and rush out TO rescue the reporters
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, 1893 he
wa stout, healthy boy TIL be was nearly
FIVE months odd. Between Christmas and
New Years he took the grippe. A physician
at Iron Station attended him, and he was
supposed e have recovered. But the after
effects of the n,aiady fingered with dhsas-
tous 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 easi1y. He could not bear
the weight of his body on his feet; his legs
were not growing any nor the muscle 10
them developing. BE was not treated, how
ever, TIL IN the fall, about the last Of Ocio-
Der. When Mr.. Robinson took his cotton to
Linceluton, the county sest, 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 afterward
this physician was consulted. He told the
parents that the child might some day be
able 70 wal and again he might not they
would just have to let him grow along, !"
% the mother expressed it, and see what
developed. At this period the ehildss less
appeared 10 be shsunkan. As his mother.
says they we're as soft as cotton" Here
vas a 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-aa
pamphlet found fts way to the Robinson
family. Old Mrs, Bandy fshed it out Of o.
bureau drawer. II had the picture Of two
dogs peeping over fence on one cover, and
on the other herd of cows drinking In O.
Good stream near a bridge. Both on the
fence and on the bridge, on the respective