The Portland daily press., 1897-02-27
MRS. MAcKAY'S FATHER.
Adven turer-Lived for Some Years by
BarberiDg.

| i ne History VI OUl. d. ~ uukSTlUTus
father of Miss Louise Hungerford, sue
cessively the wife of DIR. Bryant aud
John W. Mackay. who married the
| widow about two years after the death of
the doctor, is striking illustration OF
the mutations of fortune that attended
the early American settlement of Cali
fornia, and, subsequently. in the develop
ment of Nevada by the discovery OF the
Comstock lode. The colonel was born in
New York, and married French lady
in that city. He came to California
early after the gold fever. broke out and
settled at Bonneville, Sierra county.
Let it be understood that Hungerford
was soldier fit to stand before Caesar;
but stern necessities arise in the life OF
the best of US, and "no man is superior
to his necessities, as Epoor old Roziere
of Stockton street used to say. The
colonel had served in the Mexican war
of 1916, as captain in the volunteers, and
received there a medal from some source
r.other, as large as the Meig gs Verruga
medallion, for services, which it was. his
pride to keep brightly polished and dis
play on the breast of a faultless white
vest in European salons, when, later
in life, his star of fortune was in the as
cendant. Louise Hungerford (Mrs. John
W. Mackay)swas born at Downieville,
ard here her father was also major in
a militia battalion. When the inter-
necine war broke out Hungerford was
appointed lieutenant colonel of the 36th
regiment of New York volunteers, where
he behaved in a brave and soldierly way
whenever occasion offered. When the
Little Napoleon" (Gen. George B. Nc
Clellan) was recalled from command,
Col Hungerford resigned and came back
to California. He was soldier. returned
from the wars, covered with nothing but
glory and scars, and SO he had to go to
work.
The occupation he engaged in was that
of barberizing, in the famous tonsoriaI
salon Of M Ciprico, 1871 or 1879, at the
Montgomery baths, opposite the Mont
golnery block, and nobody in all the shop
had SO deft hand with the razor or so
neat a snip with the shears as the gal
liant Col. Hungerford, and his wife had
reason to bessmuch.o Job. iged TO MIR. Ciprico
ami his family. Louise lived with them,
and was cared for as one Eof their own
children. She grew up as the compan-
ion OF Georgs NJ. Ciprioo. the we'll
known histrionic aspiran5, who died year
ago OF more at Minneapolis, ana when
tho time came, and for acsrtain reasons,
Lou se Chen the widow of DR.. Bryant)
wished to 60 to Virginia City, New, Mr..
Ciprico furnished her with an outfit and
the money to make the .trip-put her on
the road as it afterward proved, to fame,
and fortune. Louise, | ana sorry to say,
proved ungrateful, and cut her old friend
ON the first opportunity. She kept up an
appareny cordiality for short time after
the Danean golden shower had fallen on
her head by the marriage with Mackay;
but she. was pluming for higher flights.
She studied out her opportunity. On one
occasion she came to- see her old patroness
with her maid, and insisted that the SER
want should take place at the family
table. Mrs. sCipricc, who was very
proud woman, objected.
"You know the rules Of my household,
Loulse?'
II DO not care; where sit. my maid
must sit beside me.
"Say you SO; then I cannot invite you
to my table,, returned Mrs. Ciprico.
That was all Mrs. Mackay wanted. The
breach she opened then was never closed,
and she never desired that it should be.
But.we are losing sight Ut athe colonel
in this scrap of family history. After
shaving and shampooing for some time
az the Montgomery baths, Hungerford
received an order from Gen. Plaoido
Vega, the nominal governor OF Sinaloa-
who had been in San Francisco, and
moat numerically feeced BY designing
speoulators-to raise battalion Of yolun-
tesps to 20 to Alamos, Mexico, and there
Join the liberals then at war with Maxi
milan and the French army of invasion.
He was invested with the rank of colonel
and he found his recruits principally
among the knights sof the razor in San
Francisco. It was a barberoua legion,
consisting Of about 40 znen-the officers
being for the most part unattached news !
paper men. John b. Urmy among them.
Mr., Anthers, however, barber, and
bosom friend of Hungerford, was made
first lieutenant; but he was pigeon
livered and lacked gall" He used to
have bad, dreams, which looked to the
capture of the party by French corvette,
and he. Anthers, being hanged at the
yardafm. EHe was reciting his dream one
morning, when he was interrupted by
Hungerford with the rabuke:
"To the devil WITH such trash! You
are tiiscouraginR the men. never dream
anything of that kind. I dream OF
wading up to my knees in blood. adyanc-
ing to the capture OF bastion. Yeu
cannot be soldier, Anthers; the razor
is your only weapon, and your only |
enemy the beard or customers chin"
Col. Hungerford and his enlistedsmen |
sailed from here on the bark Kioka; but |
they got ,a' setback when they arrived at
AIamos. 1t was found that the agallant |
Placidc Vega, between whom aaana Gen. |
Corona, the real saovernor of Sinaloa, |
areat.personal hostility existed, had been |
by the latter and price of |
$1,000 placed ON his head, dead or alive. |
1t was "all day. with the handsome |
Placido, and so the gallant Col. Hunger |
ford and his adventurous battalion
which was really only half company
sailed for La Paz, Lower California, |
where he remained, while his following |
sailed off California-ward on board Of |
Delegates bark. the Basco.
The colonel, being left alone in La |
Paz bethought him that he would turn |
his attention from slaugntering ahis fell |
luwmen TO healing them. He would set |
up as a Doctor On the basis of being |
N lilo 70 Joach bleed and c1In HuoxuJ- |