text_original: There were a half dozen, comfortable, old time, white houses on the street, with apple trees and lilacs and gardens. There was a big general store  relic of early days when things were busy  only half occupied now  a church  a school  a post office in the wing of Miss Sally Black's house  a neat, prim post office where nobody warmed his back long  though Miss Sally was not above keeping everybody long enough to feel out the news.
text_transcription: THERE WERE A HALF DOZEN COMFORTABLE OLD TIME WHITE HOUSES ON THE STREET WITH APPLE TREES AND LILACS AND GARDENS THERE WAS A BIG GENERAL STORE RELIC OF EARLY DAYS WHEN THINGS WERE BUSY ONLY HALF OCCUPIED NOW A CHURCH A SCHOOL A POST OFFICE IN THE WING OF MISS SALLY BLACK'S HOUSE A NEAT PRIM POST OFFICE WHERE NOBODY WARMED HIS BACK LONG THOUGH MISS SALLY WAS NOT ABOVE KEEPING EVERYBODY LONG ENOUGH TO FEEL OUT THE NEWS
phonemes: ðɛɹwˌɜːɹ ɐ hˈæf dˈʌzən, kˈʌmftəbəl, ˈoʊld tˈaɪm, wˈaɪt hˈaʊzᵻz ɔnðə stɹˈiːt, wɪð ˈæpəl tɹˈiːz ænd lˈaɪləks ænd ɡˈɑːɹdənz. ðɛɹwˌʌz ɐ bˈɪɡ dʒˈɛnɚɹəl stˈɔːɹ ɹˈɛlɪk ʌv ˈɜːli dˈeɪz wɛn θˈɪŋz wɜː bˈɪzi ˈoʊnli hˈæf ˈɑːkjʊpˌaɪd nˈaʊ ɐ tʃˈɜːtʃ ɐ skˈuːl ɐ pˈoʊst ˈɑːfɪs ɪnðə wˈɪŋ ʌv mˈɪs sˈæli blˈæks hˈaʊs ɐ nˈiːt, pɹˈɪm pˈoʊst ˈɑːfɪs wˌɛɹ nˈoʊbɑːdi wˈɔːɹmd hɪz bˈæk lˈɔŋ ðˌoʊ mˈɪs sˈæli wʌz nˌɑːt əbˌʌv kˈiːpɪŋ ˈɛvɹɪbˌɑːdi lˈɔŋ ɪnˈʌf tə fˈiːl ˈaʊt ðə nˈuːz.