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Chapter 4 In i834, the editor of "The Western Mercury" (Hamilton), who From the Governor's Road on the east bank of the Grand, he looked across to the Upper Village. A scattered group of houses, many I '1X = of them white, lay snug at the foot of the forest-clad hill, and peeped almost shyly through the giant trees. The editor forded the Grand and, having passed through the Upper Village, viewed the Lower Village from the south bank of the Nith. Here too a small group of houses and shops lay snug between the embracing rivers and a circle of richly wooded hills. And on the two islands in the Grand, and on the broad river-flat east of the river, magnificent elms towered over a green sward. The editor, like many other visitors, was charmed: We paid a visit a few days ago to the delightful Village of Paris, and must acknowledge we were highly gratified with it. The beauty of its situation, the neatness and regularity with which it is laid out, together with the sober and industrious appearance of its good citizens, all conspired to delight us. In this vicinity are truly enchanting scenes, and sufficiently enticing to please the admirer of the charms of nature. The scenery along the Ouse -'Golden shores and forests of dark pines' - is so picturesque that European strangers might find here the fairy land of their youthful dreams. Twelve years later, when the village was on the point of becoming a town, William Kingston also was charmed. In his "Western Wanderings" or "A Pleasure Tour of Canada" he wrote: 39