In all fairness, it should be said that polygamy is not in evidence in Alberta. But I wonder how we alleged Lords of Creation would take it if polyandry were in vogue as polygamy once was.
A magnificent Mormon temple is being erected at Cardston, at a cost of several millions, and it is said will be the finest temple in North America. No Gentile foot is ever to be allowed to desecrate it, so I suppose I shall never see its splendid interior—unless I turn Mormon, which is not amongst the probabilities.
CHAPTER XII
When Toronto Was Young—The Local Newspapers—The
Markham Gang—Some Chief Magistrates
of the City—Ned Farrer, the Great Journalist—Theatrical
Recollections—Old-Time
Bonifaces—And Old-Time
Friends—Toronto’s Pride.