New-York tribune., 1909-07-18
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
Ne1o CIub-Heights Gardens 4
Troublesome Turtle.

The certificate OF incorporation Of the Anvil
S.bor1s of Brooklyn was flied In the County Clerks
office few days ago. The organization popped sud
denl. existence last spring. and gave dinner
10 Frank Fogerty the comedian. II was at first a
temporary club. modelled after the Grdiron Club
oe washington and most of its hackers We're news
Tlaner men or politicians. The dinner was great
success about five hundred persons being present
The entertainment, which was Sprinkled between
the courses was chiefly made up of -'roasts'
aimed at s.he heads Of local of pT0minence,
number Of whom the guest takEe The dinner
was the talk Of the town for sevez02 days
The promoters Of the enterprise were So greatly
encouraged by their success that they determined
20 organize permanently. The directors are Arthur
J. o,Keence John N Harmon. Richardson Web
ster, George J. S. Dozling. David T Leahy. James
]. Ryan Michael J. Donovan, jr-, Augustus J.
Rim and John Walters The organization VIII hold
meeting on Monday evening at the New Brighton
Casino. Coney Island. and after dinner the mem
bers viii attend the performance at the New
Bri~ atom Theatre
Tho Misses Pierrepont, OF No. Pierrepont street,
are reported TO be planning what viii be perhaps
She finest private garden in the Heights secuon-
The ground 20 be used for the purpose lies at the
rear Of the Pierrepont mansion The plot is %
feet square. and is the terrace overlooking tle
river and the Upper Bay. \ professional landscape
gardener a woman, has been secured TO lay out
the garden The work VIII cost several thousand
dollars The garden is to be so arranged that
most OF the flowers VIII bloom N lhe spIllS' U0-
fore the family goes 10 the country, or II Ine
late fall after the members return TO the city
Among the most beautiful gardens that the
Heights ever possessed that Of Hezekah B.
Pierrepont ancestor OF the Misses Pierrepont IN
the opening years Of the last century bis home
and garden extended across the present Montague
street between Hicks street. Pierrepont Place
and Montague Terrace. stretching from ReTnsen
Pierrepont street There have been other me
gardens but most of them have disappeared A
few are stiU maintained by the old BroOklynites
Of the section.
Conrad stubenbord. a business man Of Coney
Island returned TO his home al Sea Gate last
spring after spending the winter in Florida, with
a story about great turtle dinner that he was
going give his friends as soon as the turtle ar
rived from the South. The beast it was reported
weighed s56 pounds. Its donor 10 be George
s Crouch editor Of THE Daytona Gazette-News
a few weeks ago the turtle made its appearance.
II was SO big that Mr. stubenbord had no place 10
keep it. Ex-Aideruan Frederick Lundy offered 10
take charge of it. He had il placed in big tank
which is at his place Of business. East Sd street
and Sheepshead Bay.
A few days ago Alfred Quick, who had been in
strlcted by MI Lundy to look after the prospective
turtle dinner. determined 10 move the guest TO an
other part of the tank The turtle was fastened 10
its home by big chain. and soon as Quick
loosened the land end the turtle perceived that
perhaps his only opportunity for escape had come.
In e Jiffy he out OF the water and on his way
10 the bay Quick followed at the END OF the
chain The turtle did not stop 70 bid adieu upon
arriving the waters edge. but went right in,
and Quick went along, yelling for help
Captain BIZ Greenwood OF the section, heard
his cries and went after him in boat. Before ne
got Quick aboard. the boat upset several times
Mr. Lundy says he does not think that the
turtle has gone South, but that II is resting in
se-foot hole IN the bay There is talk Of getting up
party TO recapture the turtle.
A few days ago the work of destroying a land
mark OF the Eastern District began This building,
st Bedford avenue and South So street. was orig
iasiIy the home Of the First Universalist Church
The pastor Of the church the late Rev. Ber-
nard Peters, founder Of '"The Brooklyn Times
The church moved later TO South 9Th street, and
assumed the of All Souls unversalist
Church Il has its home far away from the
place Of its origin in the Flatbush section
After the Universalists left the building It was
purchased by the Primitive Methodists, and the
Rev J. J White became the pastor He shortly
acquired the nickname Of Pop White. II cid
not take him long 10 establish record for per-
forming marriages. The church became known as
-Brooklyn's Gretna Green It is said that more
couples were married by Pop" White than by
any other minister in the country.
The parson tall. and his hair after the
manner of Henry Ward Beecher. He had two
daughters. who were always present at the mar
riages which he performed. and who acted as the
Witnesses An eloping couple always found a
friend in Mr. White It made no apparent diff
ference TO him whether there a fee awaiting
him at the end Of the ceremony not After the
Primitive MethOdists gave up the building it was
occupied for several years by the Bedford Avenue
PentecostaI Tabernacle. Fer the last four or i've
years the building has been vacant. It suffered
from neglect and became anything but orna naent
70 the section A six-story hathouse will OCCUPY
its site