Munn Brothers' Grocery was in the Fowler Block, the leftmost of the three buildings shown here, c. 1900. 
Journal of the Outdoor Life, February, 1904 The
Excerpted from an article by Jim Munn titled AP's Man in the Nation's Capital Recalls Dad's Store at 72 Main St. Adirondack Daily Enterprise, November 14, 1969
That store, naturally, looms large in my memory. It was established by my father, Matt, and his older brother, Will. The latter became sole owner around 1920 when my father, in partnership with Ernest Lamy, brother of Ed and Claude, bought the F. E. Hull jewelry store at 22 Broadway. Dad later acquired full ownership and subsequently sold it to William G. Scheefer, father of the present owner, William G. (Bunny) Jr.
My recollections of the grocery store are many and varied. And it's possible that there are others—some who may still reside in the village and those who return for annual vacations—who also remember it with pleasure.
The store had heart as well as quality. If a customer chose to sample a slice of rat (cheddar) cheese to be placed between two Montpelier soda crackers, neither the owners nor the employees gave a damn. And hungry small fry could help themselves to a cookie or two from the bulk containers that lined one side of the store.
The largess also extended to those who, on the morning after, felt the need for a quick pick-me-up. The store, like many in that pre-prohibition era, sold all alcoholic beverages. And the wine cellar at Munn Bros. always included a barrel of 100-proof bourbon, drawn off by spigot into quart or pint flasks. The going price in 1918 or thereabouts for a full quart was $1.50.
But if, on a morning after, a man had a thirst and lacked the therewithal to finance its quenching, the response to his request for "cellar relief" was always the same; "Sure, help yourself. Hope you feel better."
