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_ Waterloos‘ Founding TAGE FOURTEEN ever, Jacob V,. umMROb) CC had moved from Pennsyivania the present town site, purchasâ€" ed the Erb property and conâ€" tinued the operation of the (Continued from Page 5) THE BEST J. M. Schneider Ltd. Meat Products Have Been The First Choice Of Waterloo County Citizens Since 1880 â€" | May We Contmue To Grow _ And Prosper Together In The Years Ahead KITCHENER SCHNEIDERS 144 P ml“ | m(m.flmm umuu-ub heritance for his children reâ€" small ,lots. til the carly fifties, when anâ€" other change took piace which Mr. TWB WATERLOO (Ontaric) CHRONICLE moved to Mr. Snider‘s farm, and Klias operated the mill. In the year 1854 Mr. Elias Snider disposed of most of the land to John Hoffman and Isaac Wober for $32,000â€" ‘These gentlomen inaugurated a new & progressive policy, and from that time Waterloo comâ€" me‘e““m'-n.m was surveyed, staked off into ibundpfi”'*“‘"‘ Settiors Offered Lots The owners did not, however ONTARIO ty wait for the tardy settler to come. They employed an auc« tioneer and made known the intention of disposing of the lots by auction at a certain date. Many buyers came, many lots were sold and rapid settleâ€" ment followed,. The method by which this sale was conducted is unique. A large wagon, drawn by oxen, was loaded with refreshments, Â¥quid and solid. Oun this the auctioneer took his stand and moved from lot to lot while the people helped themselves to whatever their palate fancied. After this emigrants from Germany came in large numâ€" Boniface Church in Maryâ€" hill The village was formâ€" egy know as New Germany bug its present name is very desirable since it is a merry bers, attracted by the name Waterloo, and the fact that it was one of the few places in Canada where their language was spoken and their national customs observed. This necesâ€" sitated â€" manufacturing _ and trading establishments where people could transact business with those of their own nationâ€" ality. These were introduced as the demand warranted, and thus the structure of Waterâ€" loo‘s present prosperity conâ€" tinued to advance, cemented by a bond of national and fraternal feeling that was in many instances stronger than eommercial instincts. The first refsil store wWaS epened by John Hamilton, who kept a varied stock of the staple articles in demand_ It was in a snrall building among the trees, where the Lutheran Church now stands. The next to open a similar establishâ€" ment was Daniel Snider, and after this others followed as the population increased. The people who patronized . the stores in those days, however, had little money to spend. Business was principally transâ€" acted by a barter of commodâ€" ities such as butter, eggs, meat, hides, furs, grain or such other articles as the merchant could dispose of at Dundas or Little York (Toronto) where he purchased his goods. What does the thrifty farmer‘s wife of toâ€"day think of selling butâ€" ter at five and six cents a pound, eggs at the same rate per dozen, and receiving goods at a high price in payment? That was the condition in those days, and the people were hap p; and contented. The first hotel, or tavern as it was called in those days, was opened in 1840 by Henry Bowman, in a substantial brick building, which was burned ten years later. The exact date when the first postoffice was establishâ€" ed Fas not been learned, but the first â€" postmaster _ was Daniecl Snider and the mails were transmitted once a week * by way of Dundas. old sketch In Waterioo