Conjecture, maybe, but conjecture with supporting facts.  Charles Farrar Browne was, in fact, setting type for “The Carpet-Bag” when Sam’s piece was published in the May 1, 1852 edition.  Given the short life of the publication, and its size, it’s likely that Browne, who also wrote for the publication under the pen-name “Chub,” was its only typesetter and set the type for “The Dandy Frightening the Squatter.”  It’s known that Browne published at least six pieces for “The Carpet-Bag” in its brief existence, including pieces for the 4/17/52 and 6/19/52 editions, book-ending the edition with Sam’s piece.  Given Sam’s obvious familiarity with “The Carpet-Bag,” it’s hardly a stretch to believe he was well aware, in 1861 and 1863, of Artemus Ward’s “Vanity Fair,” the publication from which Ward generously donated “Mark Twain.”

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Much grass!!!
Good info and conjecture.

Still looking for a pre-1924 compilation including “Dandy”
:-)
-j

John Greenman
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> On May 20, 2019, at 7:17 AM, Martin Zehr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> No, it was an April, 1852 issue of "The Carpet-Bag," an eastern humor rag.
> Kevin Mac Donnell has one of the few copies in existence.  It was reprinted
> in the 1950s by Franklin Meine, and there's a good chance the type for the
> original was set by Charles Farrar Browne, aka Artemus Ward.
> 
>> On Mon, May 20, 2019, 5:29 AM John's Email <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Bob!
>> What a treasure!
>> But so was hoping to find the original source.
>> Was it Orion’s newspaper??
>> 
>> John Greenman
>> 207-974-9911
>> My Archive.org audio recordings
>> My Audiobooks from Librivox
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 19, 2019, at 10:34 PM, Robert H. HIRST <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> John, anything published in 1852 is now in the public domain. Even edited
>>> texts thereof, such a the one found in our *Early Tales & Sketches,
>> Volume
>>> 1,* is not protected by copyright, and you should feel free to read from
>> it.
>>> 
>>> Bob
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 2:17 PM John Greenman <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I plan to record Sam’s first published work (apparently)…but need to put
>>>> it into a compilation of his other early works.
>>>> 
>>>> Does anyone know of a public domain compilation that includes “Dandy”???
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>>>> 
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>>>> "Be good & you will be lonesome."
>>>>                       -Mark Twain
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>>>>> 
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>>>> <
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>> http://archive.org/search.php?query=(read%20by%20John%20Greenman)%20AND%20mediatype:(Audio)
>>> My
>>>> Mark Twain audio recordings at Archive.org <
>>>> 
>> https://archive.org/search.php?query=Audio+%22John+Greenman%22&sort=-downloads
>>>>> 
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