"There was a time when a man’s word was his bond. Actually, it was most of the time. During the time of the Revolutionary War there lived a Vermont hero, Ethan Allen. Ethan was one of the original flatlanders hailing from the great state of Connecticut. His origin notwithstanding, he and his brother Ira moved to Vermont to farm."
Dueling visions of the economy--one of them "unserious"