The most sophisticated business in Vermont just may be that cracker-barrel bastion of old-timey Vermont goodness known as The Vermont Country Store. At a time when most real country stores in Vermont are having a hard time staying open, look past the cheese, the crackers and the barrel and you'll find a complex, multimillion dollar, family-owned retailing business. Lyman Orton, the store's proprietor, co-founded the Orton Family Foundation to support and foster what makes small cities and towns vital.