Dispatch, December 28, 1888

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Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - HolidaysMoral -- Murder

Onancock, Va., December 26, 1888.

This is the mildest, prettiest, quietest Christmas ever seen on the Eastern Shore within this generation. The weather is so mild that fires are uncomfortable, and people are going about in spring clothing. Your Cumberland county correspondent, who some time ago contrasted the mild weather that prevailed there on the 26th of last month with the terrible blizzard that visited this region on that day should have an opportunity of seeing some of the charms of the climate of this region. Such weather at Christmas would be a revelation to him. Let him come and see for himself.

The Christmas season has brought the usual round of festivities and marriages. Yesterday Miss N. Hiden Mears, who resides near here, was married to Mr. W. F. White, a prominent young merchant at Pastoria. The ceremony took place in the Onancock Baptist Church in the presence of a large number of invited guests, Rev. John W. Hundley, officiating.

The Taylor poisoning case continues to be the topic of conversation in all sections of the Eastern Shore. The excitement around Modestown has not abated, and it is said that the investigation will be carried further with a view to ferret out the accomplice of Mrs. Taylor in poisoning her husband. The stomach and liver of the dead man will be sent to State Chemist Taylor for chemical analysis.