So, Kipling in Vermont, I looked it up, quick and dirty-like.

The Vermont sojourn had to do with Kipling's marriage; his in-laws lived there.
A brother-in-law ruined the whole experience and Kipling left,
but not before he and his wife had two daughters born to them there.

If you saw "My Boy Jack" on public television,
you know about John Kipling, the son.
This latter was born later, in England,
after the Kiplings fled from Vermont.

That said, the Kipling house is still there and is held in trust,
with furnishings of the period.