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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__May__ 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 Fri East Rain i Sow 1bushel all of Oats it rained 3/4 of the day                        
2 Sat North Clear i hauled manure1-2 went to the vilage 3 1/2doz Eggs         CCMathers for Egs 0.44 E Hastens E Bryden Paid .88 C Dorson mending fils Paid 1.50  
3 Sun North Clear i am to home 1-2 went over to Bill                        
4 Mon North Cldy i am a Splitting wood today                        
5 Tues South i Spread manure 1-2 Sowed Oats today                        
6 Wed South Clear ii Sowed two bu of to day               {Camphor 0.50      
7 Thur South Rain i am to home 1-2 went to the round top               {Mrs. W P Mathers 1 one bird 2.00      
8 Fri South Rain it rained 1-2 went to the vilage 7 doz of Egs at 12 ct         C Mathers for Eggs 0.84 {C Mathers for Grocereys 0.85      
9 Sat South Snow i am to home to day to work                        
10 Sun North Cldy mySelf went down to Broughton                       We went down to her folkes
11 Mon North Cldy i and Charley Rowlens drove fence Post                        
12 Tues North Cldy i am a Sowing Oats today                        
13 Wed North Clear i am a fixing fence today                        
14 Thur South Cldy i made Garden 1-2 finished sowing oats                       I finished Sowing Oats
15 Fri South Clear i am to home a planting potatoes                        
16 Sat North Clear i am to work at my Corn ground                       Eliger Peak Died at Towanda?
17 Sun South Clear i am to home 1-2 went to the funirel                       Broughton and wife was here
18 Mon East Clear i draged and fitted my Corn Ground                        
19 Tues NE Clear i and dave are a planting Corn                       I Plan my Corn
20 Wed NE Clear i helped Jake plant Corn               J. Kimball 1/2 day Paid 0.50     Nell Put to horse
21 Thur South Clear went to Antrim 1-2 planted Corn One Veal 6.64 ct     Marvin for veal 166 lb 6.65 D. Jones Bored money 6.25          
22 Fri South Cldy i planted potatoes 1-2 went to the round top           C Ordway Setting 2 Shoes 0.30 D. Jones 1/2 day Paid 0.50      
23 Sat South Rain i and Charley Rowlens & Dorson put up our wire fence                       {I turned my cows out
24 Sun South Cldy i am to home all day tip & Mary                   G Dorson Barb wire Paid 6.61 {Tip Williams and wife are here
25 Mon South Cldy i am a fixing fence all day                        
26 Tues North Clear i am a fixing fence today                        
27 Wed NE Clear i am a drawing manure today                        
28 Thur South Clear i am a hauling manure on the hill                        
29 Fri South Cldy i finished manure 1-2 it rained 1-2                        
30 Sat South Rain i am to home 1-2 went to the vilage C Mathers Shugar & Eggs 24 5     C Mathers Shugar & Eggs               Virile Sow will Pig
31 Sun South we went down to Broughtons                       went down to Broughton
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__June__ 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 Mon North Clear i hauled manure1-2 plowed for sowed corn                   J. Kimball hors 1-2 Paid .25 Broughton put the me
2 Tues North Clear i am to work on the road                        
3 Wed South Clear i am to work on the road                       lill went to Bull
4 Thur South Cldy i worked on the road 1-2 Sowed Corn 1-2                        
5 Fri South Rain i am to home it Rain a part of the day                       Zube went to Bull
6 Sat North Clear i am to home a plowing for Buckwheat                   D. Jones horse Paid .25  
7 Sun South Cldy George English and wife was here                       George English and wife
8 Mon   i am to home 1-2 helped Jake 1-2               J. Kimball 1/2 day Paid .37 R. Close Medison Paid 1.25  
9 Tues North Cldy i am a fixing fence for Jake Kimball               J. Kimball 1day Paid .75      
10 Wed South Clear i am to home a Cultivating Corn                        
11 Thur South Clear i went to the mill Cultivated Corn                   R. Morgan Saw bill Paid 2.12  
12 Fri South Clear i am a hauling lumber today                        
13 Sat South Clear i and Charley went to the vilage 1-2                        
14 Sun South Clear i and famley when down to Broughton                        
15 Mon South Clear i went to the round top draged buckwheat 1-2                        
16 Tues South Self and wife went over to Eugenes                       Blackey went to Bull
17 Wed North Clear i am a plowing for W R Jones               W. Jones 1day Paid .75     lade Bulled Spot Bulled
18 Thur North Clear i am to work for the town               P. Bouckus 1 day Paid 1.50      
19 Fri South Clear i am to work for the town               the town 1 day Paid 1.50      
20 Sat South Clear i am to home to work Sowed Buckwheat                       I sowed my Buckwheat
21 Sun South Clear i am to home all day and folks                        
22 Mon North Clear i am to home 1-2 plowed for George 1-2               G. Maconell 1/2 day Paid .62      
23 Tue North Clear i am to Cultivating Corn plowed for George           {R. Close {S. Morgan 1.87 1.75 G. Maconell 1/2 day Paid .62      
24 Wed North Clear i Cultivated Corn 1-2 helped Jake 1-2       J. Kimball 1/2   {Wime {Housel .20 .30          
25 Thur South Clear i went to Antrim worked to home Marvin 1 yearling     for labor 1 yearling 1.87 15.50 R. Dorson G. Dorson 1.75 6.66          
26 Fri South Clear i am to home 1-2 helped Dave 1-2               D. Jones 1/2day Paid .50     Round
27 Sat South Clear i went to the round top Cut thisles 1-2                   Ordway 2 Shoes Paid .35  
28 Sun South Rain i and famley are to home all day                       Were
29 Mon North Cldy i helped Jake 1-2 tinkered at home           Van Horn __ 1.40     J. A. Kimball 1/2 day Paid .30 Kit took the horse
30 Tue North Clear Said and i went to Wellsboro       CC Mathers for Butter 11.95 J. Rumsey use of horse 7.00          
                             

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