text_original: Returning from the brig, as I was walking up Fore street, I observed a fine stout sailor, whose back was turned to me, reading the handbill which had been posted up everywhere, announcing that the _Rattlesnake_, Captain O'Brien (about to proceed to the West India station, where _doubloons_ were so plentiful, that dollars were only used for ballast), was in want of a _few_ stout hands.
text_transcription: RETURNING FROM THE BRIG AS I WAS WALKING UP FOUR STREET I OBSERVED A FINE STOUT SAILOR WHOSE BACK WAS TURNED TO ME READING THE HANDBILL WHICH HAD BEEN POSTED UP EVERYWHERE ANNOUNCING THAT THE RATTLESNAKE CAPTAIN O'BRIEN ABOUT TO PROCEED TO THE WEST INDIA STATION WHERE DOUBLOONS WERE SO PLENTIFUL THAT DOLLARS WERE ONLY USED FOR BALLAST WAS IN WANT OF A FEW STOUT HANDS
phonemes: ɹᵻtˈɜːnɪŋ fɹʌmðə bɹˈɪɡ, æz aɪ wʌz wˈɔːkɪŋ ˌʌp fˈɔːɹ stɹˈiːt, aɪ əbzˈɜːvd ɐ fˈaɪn stˈaʊt sˈeɪlɚ, hˌuːz bˈæk wʌz tˈɜːnd tə mˌiː, ɹˈiːdɪŋ ðə hˈændbɪl wˌɪtʃ hɐdbɪn pˈoʊstᵻd ˌʌp ˈɛvɹɪwˌɛɹ, ɐnˈaʊnsɪŋ ðætðə ɹˈæɾəlsnˌeɪk, kˈæptɪn oʊbɹˈaɪən (ɐbˌaʊt tə pɹəsˈiːd tə ðə wˈɛst ˈɪndiə stˈeɪʃən, wˌɛɹ dʌblˈuːnz wɜː sˌoʊ plˈɛntifəl, ðæt dˈɑːlɚz wɜːɹ ˈoʊnli jˈuːzd fɔːɹ bˈæləst), wʌz ɪn wˈɔnt əvə fjˈuː stˈaʊt hˈændz.