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Chapter 50 - Deep-Frozen Folks

Frugal Vermonters facing extreme winters have been said to freeze their elderly and thaw them in the spring. Is this more scary or utilitarian? Or both?

The story, reported to be true, tells of a poor, northern Vermont family who had established the idea of putting their elderly and weakest family members into ...

An extremely poor family of hill farmers isolated in a mountain town just 20 minutes from Montpelier were faced each year with the cold hard