Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-30
memento that all is broken in hopes

Frequently in this mansion recep-
tens were given that far surpassed
anything of today.
The most romantic stories are told
about the $4,000 pieces of porcelain
that were painted by the best paint
ers of Sevres works. All had the APP
pearance of being alike to the eye.
Each garland of flowers around each
piece and on the edge the initials OF
IF. A." those of Mrs. Aime, would to
all appearances look as though they
were uniform, and it was called the
matchless set, from the fact mat
many attempted marriages were made,
or at least the young people thought
they would be made, only TO find
themselves again disappointed in
love.
1t was in this way. After dinner
clean plates were given to all at the
tables. which could seat 1000 people
comfortably. Valcour Anne would
rise to his feet and ask the young hen
if they all had clean plates and if the
plates were all alike and the re-
Spouse would always be in the affirm
alive. Mrs, Anne would put the same
question to the manageable girls and
they would also say yes
They all had clean plates and each
plate looked alike. Valcour Aime
would then to the young
men to retain their plates and take
them to the west parlor. Mrs. Anne
would announce the same thing TO the
young ladies and would tell them to
take their plates to the east parlor
and there remain until the opening
of the folding doors that Sided into
the wall and make the whole appear
to be one elongated parlor.
Valcour Anne would then advance
to the center and ask If there was
any young man that desired an in
PRODUCTION 20 any young lady; If so
to come forward with his plate, and
if his plate would match that of the
young lady, after the introduction,
then the marriage date would have
to be set, The umpires were called
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licked alike, and upon examination
of the wreaths of roses running around
the initials of Fl. A." it would al
ways be discovered that they did not
match and the young mar was then
given a carte blanche to take his
plate or the plate of the young lady
and pass around among all the young
ladies and Their try to make a match
of the young lady's plate, in order
that a marriage might sooner or later
come off, but there never have been
found to this day any two plates b 1t
what looked alike to the eye, but they
have never been matched.
The plates are called the Miss
Matched Set" They are now scat
tered all over the country, and cannot
be bought at all. About 100 of them
are in New Orleans, the property of
some Of the most prominent people
in the city. Mrs. Eustis of New York,
wife of the Ambassador Eustis, has
some of them. Richard Mansfield,
the actor, has a few, and there are
dboub iltN III Shi'"So' my ~ NNbh
as curios and ornaments, and they
are especially interesting by reason of
the bit of romance related in the fore
going and also by reason of the fact
that they once belonged to the veal
thiest planter in Louisiana.
Valcour Aime. the millionaire plant
er, had five daughters and they all
became wives Of the most prominent
men of New Orleans. Valcour Anne
was in the habit of coming to New Or
leans usually in November, and there
he would order his banker on each an
nual visit to pass to the credit of his
daughters s25, 900 each, in order that
they might have pin money for the
winter season.
One daughter, a very estimable
lady, whose son, Capt. Fortier, was
some years ago a-ssassinated in an ell
ection broil, is still living in New Or
leans.
There are NJ son OF Valcour Anne
| wing, and the name OF Vaucour Anne
is known now only in history, being
associated with the ~palatial mansion
and broad plantation on the Mississip-
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lean.