The St. Johns herald., 1890-12-18
MRS. BONANZA MAcKAY.
Some Revised Details as to Her Very In-
 tercsting History.

tercsting History.
 Louise Hungerford, with a younger sister who is now the Countess of Telf- ener, the wife of Italian Count, left New York when about twelve years old, says the Working Woman. John Hun !! gerf0rd was a journeyman barber in New York, but enlisted in the Mexican war: later he was employed at his trade by one George ". Ciprico, whose shop in San Francisco was known as ''Montgom- ery baths" and the chair that Jack Hun gerford used is pointed out to tho GUS toners of the Ciprico barber shop to this day. Mr. CiprioO advanced S599 in gold to his employe, who immediately sent for his daughters. When Louise Hungerford and her sister arrived in San Francisco they went to the house Of Mr. Ciprico, who took them into his family. they be- ing nearly the same age of his own daughters. Here they were treated as members of the family, being taught Italian and French and music by the daughters. They lived with their bene- factors six or seven years.
 In 1865 Hungerford opened a barber shop on his own account at Mokelumne Hill, Cal, and Louise, who was then about nineteen years old, acted as her fathers housekeeper-they having one room in the rear of the shop. He was proprietor of but short duration, for he soon ''busted" up in business. During this period a Dr. Bryant, who kept 9 small drug store at Nevada City, about one hundred miles from Mokelurno Hill, paid attention to Louise, and sho was married to him after Q short c0urtship. Dr. Bryant. be- ing man Of dissoluto habits, died two or three years Gftarward of doliriunl tremens, leaving Mrs. Bryant no means of support for herself and daughter Eva, now the Princess CoIonna. Her fathers failure in business and her husbands death compelled her to seek service in the family of J. ". Walker, brother of the late ex-GovernorWalIlor. of Virginia, and there she met for the first time J. ". Mackay, superintendent of the Bull lion mine at Virginia City, Nev. Louise Bryant, fer brief time previous to her going into tho service of GIr. Walker. had tried hand at keeping boarding house for tho miners.
 Mir. Nacl1ay was comfortably fixed and could provide her a home, such as tho miners used il those days, simply cabin of two rooms. So he courtoI and won the Widow Bryant. Her father in tho meantime had gone back to his former ''bos6'' and procured employment and helped to pay the youngest daugh- ter's board. Mrs. Nacl7ay was cook and general housokecpcr and laundry-wom- an, and helped entertain her husbands co-workers in tho mines.
 1Ir. Maclay soon after attained great wealth, and Mrs. 1Iacl,ay and her sister had the advantage Of Q common school education and could speak Gucntly ItaI- ian andtrcnch, through the association of tho Ciprico family, who were re- markedly well elucateI-throo of the daughters Of 0Ir. Ciprico are school teachers in San Francisco to-day Whom Mrs. M2cl-ay, her daGghter Eve. and her sister went abroad, it was to get away from hor former associates. When she returned for the first time to San Fran cisco she called upon the CiDrico girls, but from that day to the present she has ignored her former teachers and bone- factors.
 The people of San Francisco who know the facts as above stated are indir- nant at Mrs. John ". NacEay's iHgrati- tudc to a family that had done so much for her in her early days of poverty and somewhat advonturesomel life.
 John nungerford-no known as Col. of tho United States Army was formerly known as ''Jaclz Hunger ford, the barber" He was good artist, and there is no disgrace attached to his business. Louise earned her daily bread as boarding-house keeper. But the worst of ingratitude comes in to those who took care of her and gave her tho advantages of an early education. This we think the worst of crimes.
 The above is true history of the Bonanza Queen of European society.