| <tab>Whatever the exact form or definition of the prize referred to here, and whether or not it was a reference to the Chicago award, which does not seem to have been a world’s championship prize, other troubles struck, for in Nov. 1894, it was reported that Wood had been robbed by highwaymen near Maxville while carrying a large amount of money from the bank at Morrisburg to pay the patrons of his cheese factories. “There were some who sneered at the story and ‘winked the other eye’.” All the same, the patrons had to bear their share of the loss, though one of them, challenging the truth of the robbery story or holding Wood guilty of unacceptable negligence, sued Wood unsuccessfully for his share of the missing money. “Mr Wood’s reputation for integrity was too good to be affected.” At this time Wood was described as “C. H. Wood, the well-known cheese man of Maxville.” (//Vankleek Hill Review// 30 Nov. 1894, 10 May 1895) In later life Wood worked for years as a customs official, retiring a year before his death, which took place in Vancouver. T. W. Munro, in his “I Remember” series, mentions him as being the captain of the Maxville’s first lacrosse team. (//Glengarry News// 20 May 1938) | <tab>Whatever the exact form or definition of the prize referred to here, and whether or not it was a reference to the Chicago award, which does not seem to have been a world’s championship prize, other troubles struck, for in Nov. 1894, it was reported that Wood had been robbed by highwaymen near Maxville while carrying a large amount of money from the bank at Morrisburg to pay the patrons of his cheese factories. “There were some who sneered at the story and ‘winked the other eye’.” All the same, the patrons had to bear their share of the loss, though one of them, challenging the truth of the robbery story or holding Wood guilty of unacceptable negligence, sued Wood unsuccessfully for his share of the missing money. “Mr Wood’s reputation for integrity was too good to be affected.” At this time Wood was described as “C. H. Wood, the well-known cheese man of Maxville.” (//Vankleek Hill Review// 30 Nov. 1894, 10 May 1895) In later life Wood worked for years as a customs official, retiring a year before his death, which took place in Vancouver. T. W. Munro, in his “I Remember” series, mentions him as being the captain of the Maxville’s first lacrosse team. (//Glengarry News// 20 May 1938) |
| <tab>At the 1893 Chicago Fair also, the giant cheese, “The Canadian Mite,” of which J. A. Ruddick was the cheesemaker, was exhibited. For this fair, see D. Gray and C. A. Wilkins. | <tab>At the 1893 Chicago Fair also, the giant cheese, “The Canadian Mite,” of which J. A. Ruddick was the cheesemaker, was exhibited. For this fair, see [[gray_duncan|D. Gray]] and [[wilkins_charles_a|C. A. Wilkins]]. |
