text_original: When curiosity had been sufficiently aroused, John Hanks, Lincoln's fellow pioneer, and a neighbor of Hanks, were suddenly marched into the convention, each bearing upright an old fence rail, and displaying a banner with an inscription to the effect that these were two rails from the identical lot of three thousand which, when a pioneer boy, Lincoln had helped to cut and split to inclose his father's first farm in Illinois, in 1830.
text_transcription: WHEN CURIOSITY HAD BEEN SUFFICIENTLY AROUSED JOHN HANKS LINCOLN'S FELLOW PIONEER AND A NEIGHBOR OF HANKS WERE SUDDENLY MARCHED INTO THE CONVENTION EACH BEARING UPRIGHT AN OLD FENCE RAIL AND DISPLAYING A BANNER WITH AN INSCRIPTION TO THE EFFECT THAT THESE WERE TWO RAILS FROM THE IDENTICAL LOT OF THREE THOUSAND WHICH WHEN A PIONEER BOY LINCOLN HAD HELPED TO CUT AND SPLIT TO ENCLOSE HIS FATHER'S FIRST FARM IN ILLINOIS IN EIGH
phonemes: wˌɛn kjˌʊɹɹɪˈɔsᵻɾi hɐdbɪn səfˈɪʃəntli ɚɹˈaʊzd, dʒˈɑːn hˈæŋks, lˈɪŋkənz fˈɛloʊ paɪənˈɪɹ, ænd ɐ nˈeɪbɚɹ ʌv hˈæŋks, wɜː sˈʌdənli mˈɑːɹtʃt ˌɪntʊ ðə kənvˈɛnʃən, ˈiːtʃ bˈɛɹɪŋ ˈʌpɹaɪt ɐn ˈoʊld fˈɛns ɹˈeɪl, ænd dɪsplˈeɪɪŋ ɐ bˈænɚ wɪð ɐn ɪnskɹˈɪpʃən tə ðɪ ɪfˈɛkt ðæt ðiːz wɜː tˈuː ɹˈeɪlz fɹʌmðɪ aɪdˈɛntɪkəl lˈɑːt ʌv θɹˈiː θˈaʊzənd wˈɪtʃ, wˌɛn ɐ paɪənˈɪɹ bˈɔɪ, lˈɪŋkən hæd hˈɛlpt tə kˈʌt ænd splˈɪt tʊ ɪŋklˈoʊz hɪz fˈɑːðɚz fˈɜːst fˈɑːɹm ɪn ˌɪlənˈɔɪ, ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi.