Excerpt from History of Waterloo A short history of Waterloo was issued by P. H. Bolger in is97, and after the Home Coming in 1905, a more compre hensive one was written by Mr. And Mrs. J. A. Sheridan and published in the Waterloo Democrat. We are very largely indebted to those two sources for our material, copying much of the text just as it was written, thereby preserving the facts and incidents which they took so much pains and trouble to get together. We thank them for their work, and to all others, who helped us in any way, we are very grateful. A brief sketch of the history of the town of Waterloo is first given because the town and village were one until I850. The pleasures of life are not all of the present and future. Much enjoyment comes from the ability to see, and hear, and know of the days and their events, long gone by. Knowing this, we ask all who are interested in Waterloo and its history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.