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the platform with all the ties and bracing it would have when finally standing in place.
They used the platform as a “table” for three of the four bents.
They were built one on top of the other with the most forward bent at the bottom of the pile and therefore the last to go up.
The fourth bent and the last to be raised was built on the ground near the back of the house.
The day came for the timber raising and all were ready, but the crane was late.
By the time they finally got started, it was two p.m. By dark when they finished for the day, only two of the four bents were up. As the crane swung each bent up, the crew settled them and drove the pegs in place.
They finished off the next day and completed their timber raising by placing a pine bough on the last bent — part of the traditional topping off ceremony.
More magic
Mr. Scoville shared a story for the superstitious. His son was at the peak of the final bent sharing in the topping off ceremony along with the rest of the crew. As soon as they came down off the ladders, a huge whirlwind suddenly blew up sending tarps, plans, drawings and anything not nailed down, flying.
Later in the evening Mr. and Mrs. Scoville returned to the timber house. It was pitch dark. The brightest meteorite he had ever seen streaked across the skies. It moved from NE to SW and Mr. Scoville said it seemed as though he could hear it.
The traditional pine bough ceremony earlier in the day and these “natural christenings” combined to
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