Could Not Bear His Weight

The Strange Affliction of Little Wilbur Robinson. He Stopped Growing-Limbs Became üseless and He was ünable to Walk-His Cure Brought i About in a Singular Manner. i o tht Obtener, Charlotte, N. C Hearing that ehild near Iron Station, Lincoln County, had been greatly benefited by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pilis for Pale People,arepresentative of the Obtervtr went thither to see and ascertain the extent of the benefit the child had received. Ridiog out on December 5, 1895, to alittle country cottage in the piue woods, a mile distant frota Iron Station, the reporter w a bright-faced, young woman, a pure angloaaxon type with light hair and blue cycs, standing in the doorway with two plurap, rosy-cheeked children half hiding beland her dress. Mentioning that he was looking for a family of Robinsons, the woman scemcd at ñrst a little suspicious. " You're a stranger in my eye," she said. " I urn trying to find a child named Wilbur Robinson, who was greatly benefited by Dr. Williams' Pink Pilis for Pale People.1' The young mother smiled and a pleased look ciinic into her eyes as she said "come in," and added, "I guess that'stheone,"pointing to the younger of the two little boys. lt was an humble home, the family being composed of that sturdy rarming class that goes to make up one of the strongest and truest types of NorthCarolina'sgoou people. The husband, Robert O. Robinson, runs the farm of 200 acres, bat was off to the mili at the time. The mother, Carrie L. Robinson, told a remarkable story of the cure of her little boy trom the effect of la grippe. Her aged, white-haired mother, Mm. Sarah A. Bandy sat near aud emphasized every word of the daughter. The little boy, Wilbur who owed his recovery to Dr. Williams' eflecüva remedy, played about the house ond yard, and was into every conceivable kind oi' mischief. It really seemed that he must have taken too many of Dr, Williams' Pink Pilis so great was the nergy with which he prosecuted his pranks. Three times his mother had to stop her conversativa and rush out to rescue the reporter's bicyole, which wa leaning against the house outside, and with which Wilbur was beeomlng almost too familiar. This is the story the mother told : ' "Wilbur was born August 8, 1893, He wa a stout, healthy boy tifl he was nearly five monthi old. Between Christmas and Ñew Y car 's he tookthe grippe. A phvsician at Iron Station attended him, and he was uppo#ed to hav recovered. But the after efleots sf the malady lingered with disastrou resulta. In March, 1894, his parents notioed that ha oould not stand upon his _et, although before his taking the grippe he oould do o easily. He uould not bear tht wclght of his body on his feet ; his lega wen not growing any nor the muscle in thtia developing. He was not treated, howrer, Uil in th fiill, about the last of October. When Mr. Kobinson took his cotton to Ijncolutoii, the county seat, he also carried bii baby along, and a Lincolnton physieian preseribed for him , recommending a lotion for rubbing hu limbs, This helped the child only temporarily. Twtc afterward this physieian was oonsulted. He told the parents that the child might some day be ble to walk and again he might not. They wouldjust have to let him "grow along,1' M the mother expressed it, and see what developed. At thin period the child's legs ppeared to be sbrunken. A his mother ays they were " a soft as ootton." Here was a boy fourteen months oW, who not only eould not walk, bat could not bear hls welgbt on his feet. In nme way - they do not know how - a puapblet found its way to the Robinson fitmily. Old Mn. Bandy fished it out of a bureau drawer. It had the picture of two dogs peeping orar a fanoe on one eover, and on the othur a hard of sows drinking in a eool ftream naar a bridge. Both on tb Chic and a tha bridge, o the respectiva sovers, was this line : " Dr. Willüuni' Pink Pilis for Pale People." "When I read that those pill would build up the bone I feit that they were the thiiig for Wilbur, said his mother. " Old Mrs. Bandy sat up nearly all of one night reading this pamphlet, with all the testimoniáis ít contained. A few days after they sent to one of the two village stores inu cot twi) boxea uf the pills. This was nbout the lust of November, 1894. Before lic had finishcd taking the first box, the littlo fellow was alilt' to bear his weight on liis fi-i't, and before the secoud box was all jone, he eould hold a chair before him and push it acros the floor. " We began by giving him a third of a plll at a time, afterward increasiog the doge to a half, so they held out a long time, " said hia mother. "We commenced the secoud box in Jauuary, this year. We had to Bend to Lincolnton, eight miles awav, to get the next boxes. After taking the third box, in Maren, the child began to go a few stops at & time, but he didn't walk by hiniself till In September. The fourth box, or part of it, wan administered in August." The testimony of the mother was that the child's appetite and, indeed, his.whole system was nelped by the use of the pills. Mrs. Bandy, who had been looking over a sort of diary she keeps, at thia point in the coiiversatioi), read this entry: "Sept. the 25th. Wilbur begins to walk alone by nimself." "After he once learned to wulk;" said his mother, "we could hardly keep him in sight of the house, and he was cured by four boiea, lacking ten pills. Mother says, and always has said, the Lord directed somebody to send us that pamphlet of Dr. Williams." " You reaflv believe the child's cure ia due to Dr. Williams' Pills? " was asked. "I am really cenrinced the pills cured him," the mother answered. "I haven't the slightest doubt nbout it." And the boy 's grandmother chimed in : " I'm just as sure of it as I am of living. TH take an oath on the Bible that that Is whatdid it." The neighbors in all the section around the little village of Iron Station know and talk about the remarkable cure of this baby, who mi;'nt have been a cripple for lift, had he not, eren at the age of two years, one month and seventeen days, been enabled to walk for the first time by the uss of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. This story may seem to the reader Hke a fabrication, but is toldas the child's mother told it to the reporter. In order to show their appreciation, Mrs. Bobinson furnished the followipg testimonial and sigued it. (She says she is willing at any time to iuake sworn affldavit to her statements): Iron Station, Lincoln Co., N. C, December 5, 1895. Jíj infant son, Wilbur Líe, rendered unable to learn to walk, by the effects of the gripp when he was about five months old, I hereby testify that he was entirely cured, and the muscles in his legs developed by the use of less than four boxea of Dr. Williams' Pink Pilis for Pale People, so that he is now a hale and hearty child. I am entirely convinced tbat his cure is due to these pills. I also state that the above statement! made to the reporter of the Charlotte Oiierver are true. C. L. Roiunsos. ' Sarah A. Bandy, ) R. O. Robhrtson, V Wit-Mtta. H. A.Bxnks. J Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peopl are now given-to the public as an unfailinc blood builder and nerve reetorer, curing all forms of weakness arising from a watery condition of Ihe blood or shattered nerre. The pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on reveipt of price 60 cents ■ box, or six boxes for Y2,50 (they are never aold in bulk or by the 100) by addressing Dr. WUlianu' Med. Co., öchenecudy, N. Y.