You don't see this too often in America, but Montpelier is different. The air is clean, the water fresh, and the children still set up lemonade stands on the corner. What could be better than a cool, refreshing cup of raspberry lemonade on a warm Montpelier afternoon? Nothing. Halle Perkins and Emma Farmer set up a quaint little stand on the corner of Jackson and Seventh Street last week. Beside their stand, a couple other enterprising youths, Dax Perkins and Hudson Perkins, sold rocks, toys, finger rings, and wrist bands.

This is a sure sign of the beginning of summer. The history of the lemonade stand can be traced back to New York. Edward Bok was the first recognized lemonade stand operator dating from 1873 to 1876. He was just only ten years old when he began selling ice water, with lemon added for only a penny, to passengers in horse-drawn carts who stopped to allow their horses drink water.It has a connection to ambitious youthful attempts to run a business that has continued until this day.