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Diary & Ledger of Dwight Bliss - Table of Contents
Township: Charleston Township, Tioga County PA
Year: 1881-1891
Transcribed by Esther MAYS Harer
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This collection includes eleven full years of diary notations and financial information for Dwight Bliss of Charleston Township. Not everyone is interested in Nineteenth Century farm economy. There's me and maybe three other people on the planet. However, do not overlook these pages. If nothing else is of interest to you, the last column, Memorandum, includes notation on countless deaths and other events in the area. It is at the far right and you'll need to use your scrolling bar to get over to it. Also the daily financial transactions give us great insight into the lives of people operating in a barter (trade) economic sytem. Don't pay too much attention to the prices. We'd need a Consumer Price Index to convert them to a 2005 equivalent to get significant comparative information from them. Many thanks to Esther for making this available to us. Back to Table of Contents
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__March__ 1885
Day of Week WEATHER Wind/Asp'cts Principal Occupation of the Day Sales Purchases Contracts Made & With Whom Cash Received Dollar/ Cents Cash Paid Out Dollars/ Cents Bills Receivable Dollar/cent Bills Payable Dollar/ cents Memorandum
1 Sun South Rain i am to home today it Stormed                       Lade had a Calf tonight
2 Mon North Cldy i am to work for Bill Chapman               B. Chapman 1 day labor Paid 1.00      
3 Tues South Cldy i am to home drawed three drags of wood   One dog of WR Jones 2.50 Providing he Stayes here             G. Maconell dockered 1 calf Paid 1.00  
4 Wed South Cldy we went out to GeorgEnglishes                       We went out to G. Englishes
5 Thur North Cldy i went over to Stery Kimball                       went to the Sail S. Kimballs
6 Fri North Clear i hauled wood 1-2 fathers & i went to                        
7 Sat East Cldy i am to work for B. Chapman               B. Chapman 1 day labor Paid 1.00     Zube time 41 weeks
8 Sun North Cldy MySelf when down to Broughton                       We went down to Broughton's
9 Mon South Cldy i am to home 1-2 went to the vilage One deacon Skin 50 ct     Duriff 1deacon Skin 0.50 E. H. Hasteng for Grocery 0.25     D. Jones for Buckwheat Paid 1.30  
10 Tues North Clear i am to work for W. Chapman               W. Chapman 1 day Paid 1.00      
11 Wed North Clear i Split wood 1-2 went to the funrel                       Miss Clark was bured
12 Thur North Clear i was up to Antrim In Butter at Antrim 1.25     Albert Tomb for Butter 1.25             went up to Antrim Birts
13 Fri South Cldy i am to home Pig has got the Piles                   C Ordway 1 Shoe Paid 0.15  
14 Sat NE Clear i am a Sheling Corn 1-2 hor & i Sawed wood 1-2                       Zube had a Calf today
15 Sun North Clear i am to home 1-2 went to meeting                       went to the round top
16 Mon South Cldy i went to Wellsboro i am to home 1-2           At Wellsboro for Articals 0.80     R Vanhorn Botton Said Paid 1.40 Lue is Sick
17 Tues South Cldy i am to home luie is Sick                   Davis H. Davis 2.50 Paid  
18 Wed South Cldy i went out to Antrim 1-2 i am to home 1-2           CC Mathers for Grocerys 1.30     Doekesm Paid 2.50 Spot forty One weeks 41
19 Thur North Clear i went to Wellsboro i am to home 1-2 5 lb of butter 20 ct lb 100     CC Mathers for Butter 1.00         Dr. Davis for luie Paid 2.50  
20 Fri North Cldy i am to home a tinkering                        
21 Sat North Cldy i went over to fathers and the mill                       {Broughtons & wife was here
22 Sun North Clear Eugene Claus and wife was here                       {Eugene Claus and wife was here
23 Mon East Cldy i am to home a tinkering       at Antrim Butter & Eggs 2.25 Antrim Store for Seruph 0.50         Spot had a calf today
24 Tues SW Clear i went to Antrim 1-2 tinkering at home 1-2 At Antrim Eggs & Butter                     Finished feding hay out of the Bay
25 Wed North Clear i am to home today a tinkering                        
26 Thur South Cldy i am to home 1-2 run a round 1-2                        
27 Fri South Clear i got my buckets over to the bush                        
28 Sat East Cldy i am to home i taped my Bush 3 lb of Butter for medison     Man of Bloss 3 lb of Butter 0.75             I taped my Shugar Bush
29 Sun North Clear i am to home went to meeting                        
30 Mon South Clear i went to a round top hauled manure           Orday for Blacksmith 0.65     R. Close Grocery Paid .52  
31 Tues South Clear i am to home a hauling manure                       Nell is to foll 48 weeks todau
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__April__ 1885
Day of Week WEATHER Wind/Asp'cts Principal Occupation of the Day Sales Purchases Contracts Made & With Whom Cash Received Dollar/ Cents Cash Paid Out Dollars/ Cents Bills Receivable Dollar/cent Bills Payable Dollar/ cents Memorandum
1 Wed South Clear i am to home a Boiling Sap                       Boilt Sap today for fere
2 Thur South Clear i am a hauling out manure                   D. Jones Bored money Paid 5.00  
3 Fri South Cldy i am a Boiling Sap today           Marthy Bruent soaring for Sewing 1.75         Boiled Sap Today
4 Sat North Cldy i went to the city of Wellsboro Bmathers traded Maple Shugar for 34 lb Maple for 68 lb of Granulated Nellie Kimball One Bird 2.00 W. Mathers and Others 2.10     C Mathers 1 lantern Paid 1.10  
5 Sun South Cldy i am to home to day a laying around                        
6 Mon North Clear i am a Boiling Sap to day                        
7 Tues South Rain i am a Boiling Sap today                        
8 Wed North Rain i went to Wellsboro today with58 lb of Shugar                       I have got 154 lb of Granulated Shugar
9 Thur North Cldy i am a Boiling Sap today       CC Mathers for 5 dozen Eggs 1.01 a Hastens 1Spoll thread 0.05     {one Cow docker Paid 1.00 Kimball mare died today
10 Fri North Cldy i am to home Sawed wood a half                   {G. Maconell Sawed wood Paid 1.00  
11 Sat NE Rain i went to the city of Wellsboro                        
12 Sun North Cldy i am to home Birt and All was here           G. Davis and Others 0.95         Birt and wife was here
13 Mon North Cldy went to the Round top 1-2 Nell had a colt                       Nell had a Colt today
14 Tues North Cldy i am to home i Split wood 1-2           C Ordway horse Shod 0.33          
15 Wed North Clear i am to home tinkering i geathered Sap                        
16 Thur North Clear i am a boiling Sap all day                       I feched and __ Pails of Sereph
17 Fri North Clear i am a boiling Sap today       J. Bliss Chapman Account 5.00             41 weeks for Blackey
18 Sat South Clear i am a Boiling Sap today                       I feched 7 Pails of Sereph this evening
19 Sun South Clear i am to home today a laying around           Elmra telegran for this week 0.05          
20 Mon South Clear i am to home a Boiling Sap               C Mathers Bon Shugar Paid .52      
21 Tues South Clear i went to Wellsboro to day Maple Shugar 42 lbs     CC Mathers for Shugar Eggs 5.25 CC Mathers for goods 4.75         {Pritt Nell
22 Wed South Clear i went to the round top 1-2 Boiled Sap           C Ordway shoes 0.30         {Finished Shugaring
23 Thur South Clear i and dave went to Antrim 1 Calf 165 lb at 4 1/2 ct     Marvin 1 veal 7.42              
24 Fri South Clear i am to home J. Evens is to work on the hachway           J. Evens one day labor 1.50          
25 Sat North Clear i am to home Geathered my buckets   Elder Kimball 1 Pig 3.00       E. Kimball One pig 3.00         I Geathered my Buckets
26 Sun SW Rain i am to home all day a reading         of {Ordway 0.30         Charley Bliss is down to Broughtons
27 Mon South Cldy i am to home 1-2 went to the vilage 1-2       C Mathers Shugar &Egss 2.84 {C Mathers for Groceys 2.84          
28 Tues North Cldy i am to home to day Nell was Sick           {R Close 0.25         Nell was Sick to him two day
29 Wed NE Clear i went to a round top and Back           {W Robb 1 pig 3.00     G Maconell 1 day Paid 1.00 Elli Jones was Married
30 Thur North Clear i and George Sawed wood                        
                             

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 01/23/2005
By Joyce M. Tice