THE WHITE CROW OF CLAREMONT

Someone, perhaps Mark Twain, said, that if you come across a White crow, then you will know that not all crows are black, which is what most people assume! When the Fiske Free Library was housing the varous historical collections in the basement area that was a display area for a lot of things, including a number of birds, books, magazines, and other items, that eventually were shunted about the town of Claremont until they have found what might be their final home at the Historical Society Museum. What I vividly remember was,when our class in high school went to the library for a tour,etc. the librarian telling us about the White Crow and showing us the bird,of which only another had been found, which was in the Smithsonian Institute at the time. HOWEVER, she said, and this is important, the one in the Smithsonian had one black spot somewhere on it, while Claremont's had absolutely none! I, at one time, tried to track down where this collection went and kept insisting that Claremont had a White Crow, the only completely White one in the US!. Of course, there is more I can say about the library and its past and have on CLAREMONT CAPERS.