text_original: The time is not far distant when a letter will be carried 1810. THE OLD PENNY POST. 99 from London to San Francisco, or to Tokio in Japan, at a rate of cliarge as small as that which made financiers stare and laugh when it was sug  gested as profitable remuneration for carrying a letter from London to the towns of Sussex or Hertford  shire. The ' Penny Post/ let it he said, is an older institution than that which Sir Rowland Hill intro  duced.
text_transcription: THE TIME IS NOT FAR DISTANT WHEN A LETTER WILL BE CARRIED FROM LONDON TO SAN FRANCISCO OR TO TOKY O IN JAPAN AT A RATE OF CHARGE AS SMALL AS THAT WHICH MADE FINANCIERS STARE AND LAUGH WHEN IT WAS SUGGESTED AS PROFITABLE REMUNERATION FOR CARRYING A LETTER FROM LONDON TO THE TOWNS OF SUSSEX OR HERTFORDSHIRE THE PENNY POST LET IT BE SAID IS AN OLDER INSTITUTION THAN THAT WHICH SIR ROLAND HILL INTRODUCED
phonemes: ðə tˈaɪm ɪz nˌɑːt fˈɑːɹ dˈɪstənt wɛn ɐ lˈɛɾɚ wɪl biː kˈæɹid wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd tˈɛn. ðɪ ˈoʊld pˈɛni pˈoʊst. nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn fɹʌm lˈʌndən tə sˌæn fɹænsˈɪskoʊ, ɔːɹ tə tˈoʊkɪˌoʊ ɪn dʒəpˈæn, æɾɚ ɹˈeɪt ʌv klˈaɪɚdʒ æz smˈɔːl æz ðæt wˌɪtʃ mˌeɪd faɪnˈænsɪɹz stˈɛɹ ænd lˈæf wɛn ɪt wʌz sˈʌɡ dʒˈɛstᵻd æz pɹˈɑːfɪɾəbəl ɹᵻmjˌuːnɚɹˈeɪʃən fɔːɹ kˈæɹiɪŋ ɐ lˈɛɾɚ fɹʌm lˈʌndən tə ðə tˈaʊnz ʌv sˈʌsɪks ɔːɹ hˈɜːtfɚd ʃˈaɪɚ. ðə pˈɛni pˈoʊst slˈæʃ lˈɛt ɪt hiː sˈɛd, ɪz ɐn ˈoʊldɚɹ ˌɪnstɪtˈuːʃən ðɐn ðæt wˌɪtʃ sˌɜː ɹˈoʊlənd hˈɪl ˈɪntɹoʊ dˈuːst.