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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__November 1889___
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 South Cldy i went to the city of Wellsboro           L. Bowen for labor 10.00     W. Roberts hardware 3.38 L. Housel was burried
2 Sat South Cldy i am to home fixing the barn door                   J. Evens 1 day 1.00  
3 Sun South Rain i am to home all day                       Aliss & for Mother here
4 Mon South Cldy i work for Bowen 1-2 thrashed my grain           H. Peake thrashing 3.75 Bowen 1/2 Paid .75     100 hundred bu of oats
5 Tues SW Cldy i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
6 Wed NW Clear i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
7 Thurs South Clear i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
8 Fri South Rain i am to home all day                        
9 Sunday South Rain i am to home all day           Max Burncroft pig feed 1.44          
10 Sunday South Cldy i am to hold all day                        
11 Mon South Cldy i worked for Bowen 1-2 it rained 1-2               Bowen 1/2day Paid .75      
12 Tues South Clear i am a working on the road               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
13 Wed South Rain i worked 4 houres -at 60 ct i am to home               Bowen 1/4 day Paid .37     70 days to date
14 Thurs South Cldy i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
15 Fri NW Cldy i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day 1.5      
16Sat NW Clear i am to work for Bowen & Evens           Wellsboro feed & flour 7.43 Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
17 Sun South Cldy i am to home all-day                       Ellis English was here
18 Mon SE Rain i am to home all day Rain       M. Bryent for Butter ? M. Bryent dressmaking 1.00         Arthur Tomb was here
19 Tue East Rain i am to home all day Rain                        
20 Wed South Rain i am to home i worked for Bowen 1-2               Bowen 1/2 day Paid .75      
21 Thurs South Cldy to home 1-2 helped Bowen 1-2               Bowen 1/2 day Paid .75      
22 Fri South Cldy it is very lousey i am at home                        
23 Sat NW Cldy i am a swamping for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
24 Sun South Clear i am to home all day                        
25 Mon North Cldy i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
26 Tues NE Clear i killed pig 1-2 helped Bowen 1-2               Bowen 1/2 day Paid .75      
27 Wed South Rain i went to Babs 1-2 i am to home 1-2 1 pig h Babs     Brewer 0 1 Pig 224 lb 14.56 {D. Evens Miss Pain 1.00 1.50          
28 Thurs South Storm i am to home 1-2 went to Wellsboro           {Spencer flour meal 1.45     L. Harrison 1Barl Cole Paid .30  
29 Fri North Cldy i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
30 Sat NW i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50 13 3/4 days   Finished Skiding
                            Charley & wife here
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__December 1889___
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 Sun South Clear i am to home all day                       Charley & wife was here
2 Mon South Clear i am working for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
3 Tues NW Storm i worked for Bowen 1/4 day am to home               Bowen 1/4 day Paid .37      
4 Wed South Clear i worked for Bowen & Evens           {J. A. Kimball 1 Pig 1.5 Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50 3 1/4 days   Finished work for Bowen
5 Thurs South Cldy i went to the city of Wellsboro           {Kit Shod Other Articles 1.40 6.60          
6 Fri NW Clear i am to home killed my pig                        
7 Sat South Clear i went to Antrim with coal       Antrim For Apples 21.80 Fall Co 1/2 ton Coal 0.8          
8 Sun South Rain i am to home all day                        
9 Mon South Clear i am to home i banked the house                        
10 Tues South Cldy i went down to Charleys       L. Bowen for labor 51.87 C.Bliss for beef 5.2         we was down to Charley
11 Wed SW Clear i am to hold a tinkering                        
12 Thurs South Clear i am a plowing got daves horse                   D. Jones 1 day Paid .50  
13 Fri West Clear i am a plowing today                   D. Jones horse one day Paid .50  
14 Sat East Snow i am to home all day                   C. Bliss for beef Paid 1.20  
15 Sun South Cldy i am to home all day           {Boro 8.58         Floyd Bliss was here
16 Mon South Cldy i went to the city of Wellsboro           {Max Burncroft on account 35.00          
17 Tues South Rain i tinkered a round home                        
18 Wed South Rain i am to home 1-2 went to the Sumet 1-2           J. Robb Grocery 0.20         Killed Jake hog Today
19 Thurs South Clear i am a Sawing Wood for Charley                        
20 Fri South Clear i am a plowing i finished           Clarence Bliss 3 ctens       D. Jones 3/4horse Paid 37 1/2 finished My Plowing
21 Sat West Clear i have been down to Broughton                        
22 Sun SW Clear we are down to Broughton                       Broughton & wife Sick
23 Mon SW Clear i am to home all day                        
24 Tues South Cldy Got my horses weighed today                       Jim ranche 950 lbs
25 Wed South Clear i went down after Said                        
26 Thurs South Rain i am to home all-day                        
27 Fri North clear i am to home tinkering                        
28 Sat NE Clear i went to the city are Wellsboro           Wellsboro for Articles 0.90          
29 Sun North Cldy i went down to Broughton                        
30 Mon   i am a tinkering around                        
31 Tues South Clear i am a fixing fence                        

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