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Show "MASON AND DIXON'S LINE" opular Misapprehension as to Meaning Mean-ing of Term and Just What the Phrase Implied. Very Incorrect Is the general .belief that Mason and Dixon's line, as originally orig-inally laid off, divided tho slave-holding stateB from tho free states, On tho contrary, It ran for one-third of its whole length between Maryland and Dolawaro, both of which were slave-holding states at the time. The lino was rtrn purely to settlo a boundary bound-ary dispute between Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. All tho same, the actual Mason and Dixon's lino was as much synonym for troublo and dissension In Its day aB wob tho flguro of speech to which In nftor years It gave rlso. And tho phrase will hold bitter meaning to some until (In that lookcd-for day of charity to all men) shall bo fulfilled Dr. John Wyoth's recent prophecy thnt "When the peoplo of tho South and the North get together thoy wjll forget thero wob over a Mason and Dixon's line." Southern Woman's' Magazine. |