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BUSINESS SIDELIGHTS Mill of Norman Hamilton at the foot of Broeadway Street. unaffected friendliness. He could not, however, help making gentle fun of a pompous parvenue: And coatless Totten, sly old wag, would gladly tramp a mile, To satirize an upstart who was aping too much style. Paris Old Boy, 1905. Probably the most eminent, though not the wealthiest of the early business men was Hugh Finlayson. He emigrated from Scotland about 1832, and arrived in Paris in i836. First he established a small harness and saddlery shop in the Upper Village; and then, in partnership with two other men, he founded a tannery. Finlayson, at one time or another, occupied almost every civic office in Paris. He was elected the first mayor; he was re-elected to that office five times. He was three times elected to the Dominion Parliament, and was for twelve years a member of the provincial legislature. He built as his home the stone house that is now 12 Dumfries Street. Two other outstanding men who made their start in the early period were Asa Wolverton and Chas. Arnold. Wolverton operated a saw mill on the Nith near what is now Penmans' dam, and built many shops and houses in Paris, including his own remarkable home, 52 Grand River Street South, and that of his son, one door farther east. It is said that Wolverton was a Southerner, and that he brought a number of negro workmen with him. He was a member of the first village-council, and was a councillor for two other terms. Chas. Arnold established a famous nursery on the "south hill", immediately east of the old graveyard. He won gold medals for his 63 I