wˌɛn ɐ jˈuːθ ʌv fˈoːɹtiːn hiː lˈɜːnd ðə tɹˈeɪd ʌv kˈɑːɹpəntɚ ænd kˈæɹɪdʒ mˈeɪkɚ ænd æt ðɪ ˈeɪdʒ ʌv nˈaɪntiːn kˈeɪm tə sˌæɹɐtˈoʊɡə spɹˈɪŋz tə bɪɡˈɪn bˈɪznəs fɔːɹ hɪmsˈɛlf, hiː wʌz ɛmplˈɔɪd fɔːɹ sˈɛvɹəl jˈɪɹz ɪn ænd ɐbˌaʊt ðə jˈuːniən hˈɔːl ʌvwˈɪtʃ hiː sˈʌbsᵻkwəntli bɪkˌeɪm wˈʌn ʌvðə pɹəpɹˈaɪəɾɚz.
When a youth of fourteen he learned the trade of carpenter and carriage maker and at the age of nineteen came to Saratoga Springs to begin business for himself, he was employed for several years in and about the Union Hall of which he subsequently became one of the proprietors.