text_original: I wanted to accept, but was overruled by friends, who thought me too feeble to travel alone, and that I would make more by employing an agent. They selected a pious gentleman, whose name I have forgotten, and we left St. Paul at four o'clock one winter morning, in a prai  rie schooner on bob sleds, to ride to La Crosse. One of the passengers was a pompous Southerner, wlio kept boasting of the " buck niggers " he had sold and the '* niggers " he had caught, and his delight in that sort of work.
text_transcription: I WANTED TO ACCEPT BUT WAS OVER RULED BY FRIENDS WHO THOUGHT ME TOO FEEBLE TO TRAVEL ALONE AND THAT I WOULD MAKE MORE BY EMPLOYING AN AGENT THEY SELECTED A PIOUS GENTLEMAN WHOSE NAME I HAVE FORGOTTEN AND WE LEFT SAINT PAUL AT FOUR O'CLOCK ONE WINTER MORNING IN A PRAIRIE SCHOONER ON BOB SLEDGE TO RIDE TO LOCK CROSS ONE OF THE PASSENGERS WAS A POMPOUS SOUTHERNER WHO KEPT BOASTING OF THE BUCK NIGGERS HE HAD SOLD AND THE NIGGERS HE HAD CAUGHT AND HIS DELIGHT IN THAT SORT OF WORK
phonemes: aɪ wˈɔntᵻd tʊ ɐksˈɛpt, bˌʌt wʌz ˌoʊvɚɹˈuːld baɪ fɹˈɛndz, hˌuː θˈɔːt mˌiː tˈuː fˈiːbəl tə tɹˈævəl ɐlˈoʊn, ænd ðæt aɪ wʊd mˌeɪk mˈɔːɹ baɪ ɛmplˈɔɪɪŋ ɐn ˈeɪdʒənt. ðeɪ sᵻlˈɛktᵻd ɐ pˈaɪəs dʒˈɛntəlmən, hˌuːz nˈeɪm aɪ hæv fɚɡˈɑːʔn̩, ænd wiː lˈɛft sənt. pˈɔːl æt fˈɔːɹ əklˈɑːk wˈʌn wˈɪntɚ mˈɔːɹnɪŋ, ɪn ɐ pɹˈaɪ ɹˈiː skˈuːnɚɹ ˌɔn bˈɑːb slˈɛdz, tə ɹˈaɪd tə lˌæ kɹˈɔs. wˈʌn ʌvðə pˈæsɪndʒɚz wʌzɐ pˈɑːmpəs sˈʌðɚnɚ, dˈʌbəljˌuːlˈiːoʊ kˈɛpt bˈoʊstɪŋ ʌvðə " bˈʌk nˈɪɡɚz " hiː hæd sˈoʊld ænd ðə ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk nˈɪɡɚz " hiː hæd kˈɔːt, ænd hɪz dᵻlˈaɪt ɪn ðæt sˈɔːɹt ʌv wˈɜːk.