David Miller could only hope posteriety remembers him this way. The Irishman in Canada, a chatty 1872 tome about Canadians who (among other things) were not Scottish, relates this remarkable story about John George Bowes, the 10th mayor of Toronto, who served from 1851 to 1853. Bowes was a man of many talents, having come to Toronto as a successful merchant. But none impressed the author of this book so much as his ability to pummel three local soldiers into submission in a Hulk-like rage.