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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__September __ 1886+A2237
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 Memoranda
1 Wed South Cldy i am to home Eugene & wife                       Eugene & wife was here
2 Thur South Clear i went to Wellsboro today & Said           Durby & Others 3.25          
3 Fri North Clear i am to home a cutting wood                        
4 Sat North Clear i am to home spreading manure           Charley Church for Grocery 2.35          
5 Sun South Clear myself and famley went to Bencken                       went up to J.Benckns
6 Mon South Clear i am to home went to the round top 1-2           C. Church for Grocery 0.30          
7 Tues South Clear i washed the bugy i am a painting                        
8 Wed South Clear i am a painting the bugenes                        
9 Thur South Clear i am a choping wood 1-2                        
10 Fri South Clear i and Charley are a Cutting Corn                        
11 Sat North Clear i and Charley are they Cutting Corn                        
12 Sun South Rain it is a raining i am to home                        
13 Mon South Clear i finished Cutting: Corn Cut Corn for Dave 1-2                       Finished Cutting Corn
14 Tues NW Cldy i am a cutting corn for Dave       D. S. Jones for labor 1.50              
15 Wed South Cldy i am to home drawed in my buckwheat                       Drawed in my buckwheat
16 Thur South Rain i am to home in a tinkering                       Charley Bliss Baby Born
17 Fri South Clear i helped E. Evens thrash helped Davis thrash               E. Evens J. Davis .50 .75      
18 Sat South Clear i helped Dave Jones thrash               D. Jones 1/2 day 0.50      
19 Sun South Rain i am to home it is a rainy day           {D. Belchers 1 Pt of varnish 0.25          
20 Mon North Clear i took my calfs over to Rice 2 Calfs to Rice & leary     Rice & leary to Calf 15.00 {P. Lyons Set of Shoes 0.30          
21 Tues NE Clear i Churned & Cutt Some wood   DS Jones 1 yearling       D. S. Jones 1 yearling 10.00          
22 Wed NE Clear i am to home i hauled some wood           C. Church for Grocery 1.94         Walis Waters died tonight
23 Thur South Cldy i went to Wellsboro today                       I put Kit today
24 Fri South Clear i am to home 1-2 went to the funrel of                       Wallis Waters was bured
25 Sat South Cldy i went to Antrim a pedling           At Antrim Apples & butter 2.50          
26 Sun South Rain i am to home today it rained                        
27 Mon South Cldy i am to home C i picked Some Apples                        
28 Tues South Cldy i am to home helped Jones 1-2               W. Jones 1/2 Paid .37      
29 Wed North Clear i am to home Cut Corn for Jones 1-2               W. Jones 1/2 day Paid .37      
30 Thur North Clear we went over to Eugene Clauses                       Went over to Eugene Clauses
                             
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__October __ 1886
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 Memoranda
1 Fri North Clear i went to Antrim 1-2 Picked Apples       At Antrim with apples 2.25 At Antrim for Barles 0.50          
2 Sat North Clear i helped Charley 1-2 went to to Wellsboro       C. C. Mathers for Goods 72.00 CC: Mathers for Goods 72         Grandmother Broughton died
3 Sun North Clear i am to home today                        
4 Mon North Clear i helped Eve Howels thrash 1-2                        
5 Tues North Clear i dug my potatoes 1-2 thrashed my Oats                   J. Peake thrashing Paid 4.00 I had 150 Oats 8
6 Wed North Clear i am a picking my Apples                        
7 Thur South Clear i dug potatoes 1-2 Picked Apples 1-2                        
8 Fri North Clear i dug potatoes 1-2 helped Jake 1-2               J. Kimball 1/4 0.50      
9 Sat North Clear i drawed Some Corn in 1-2 finished picking                       I finished picking apples
10 Sun North Clear i am to home E. Darling was here                       E. Darling & wife was here
11 Mon South Clear i and Charley finished the potatoes                        
12 Tues South Clear i went to the vilage with Clarence                        
13 Wed South Cldy i went to Antrim       Apples at Antrim 1.25 C. Church for Grocery 2.44          
14 Thur South Clear i am to home a husking Corn                        
15 Fri South Cldy i helped Maconell thrash               H. Maconell 1/4 Paid .25      
16 Sat South Clear i helped Jake 1-2 went to Wellsboro 1-2               J. Kimball thrash 0.50     Mass meeting today
17 Sun North Cldy i am to home all day                        
18 Mon NE Cldy i Comenced a plowing                        
19 Tues NE Clear i am a plowing 1-2 husking corn 1-2                        
20 Wed South Clear i plowed 1-2 husked corn 1-2                        
21 Thur North Clear i helped Sam Mills thrash 3/4               S. Mills 3/4day Paid .75      
22 Fri North Clear i plowed 1-2 husked corn 1-2                        
23 Sat NE Clear drawed in corn plowed 1/4 day                        
24 Sun South Clear i am to home went to meeting                       Mr.Luse preached
25 Mon South Clear i am home a plowing 1-2                        
26 Tues South Cldy i am a husking corn a part                        
27 Wed East Rain i am a husking corn today                       I finished husking corn
28 Thur East Rain i finished husking corn                        
29 Fri NE Rain i plowed 1-2 it rained 1-2                        
30 Sat NE Rain i went to the city of Wellsboro       CC Mathers on butter 3.00 Machine Shop Other Place 1.10 1.30     L. Bodine 1Collar Paid 3.50  
31 Sun NE Cldy i am to home all day                        

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