Sixty years ago, in rural saskatchwan, there was a horsedrawn "honey wagon" that collected 5-gallon buckets of "honey from the 200 outhouses along the roads in Eastend, Saskatchewan. The old teamster used to let kids ride with him up on the seat in front of the open tank of the honey wagon. There was a young girl whom the teamster favoured to ride up there with him and he let her take the reins sometimes, while the team moseyed along the dusty gravel road to the hill a few miles south, where the honey wagon was dumped. One day the horses did not hold and the wagon tipped over on the hill and spilled everywhere. The young girl being quite spry was able to jump clear, unsullied, but not the teamster. He got well splattered in "honey". The Teamster jumped into the river below the dump hill and got himself washed off, then drove the wagon back to town, but left the young girl there on the honey hill, crying.
The girl's mother later drove out in her 32 chev to pick up her missing daughter and got the story. That day the teamster put in his resignation to the town (Eastend, SK.) and left town on the next CPR goods train out to Maple Creek. That train is still running, carrying only grain nowadays, but it is still called the Honeywagon Special. The town later installed sewers. The girl who is now almost 72 yrs of age (Judy) has a truck farm where the "honey hill" was located, nearby the Oldman river. Judy raises the best fresh veggies in the province, it is said. Nobody knows where Russel, the teamster went. Somethings were different in the old days, and some are still the same, in some places, but good veggies are still good veggies, in Saskatchewan. It just takes a little "honey" and a little irrigation water. The veggie lady still uses horses too, out there on the prairie. Horse exhaust is good for gardens, and grain is cheap. Good fresh organic veggies are pricey in Saskatchewan.
