Multifariously konsidered, it iz just az different from ennything else az it is from itself. Phumatically konsidered, it haz a good deal ov essence and sum boddy. Pyroteknikally konsidered, it is the fire-works of the soul. Syllogestikally konsidered, the konklushuns allwus follows the premises. Spontaneously konsidered, it iz az natral and refreshing az a spring bi the road-side. Phosphorescently konsidered, it lights up like a globe lantern. Exsudashiously konsidered, it haz all the dissolving propertys ov a hot whiskee puntch. But this iz too big talk for me; theze flatulent words waz put into the dikshionary for those giants in knolledge tew use who hav tew load a kannon klean up tew the muzzell with powder and ball when they go out tew hunt pissmires. But i don’t intend this essa for laffing in the lump, but for laffing on the half-shell. Laffing iz just az natral tew cum tew the surface as a rat iz tew cum out ov hiz hole when he wants tew. Yu kant keep it back by swallowing enny more than yu kan the heekups. If a man _kan’t_ laff there iz sum mistake made in putting him together, and if he _won’t_ laff he wants az mutch keeping away from az a bear-trap when it iz sot. I have seen people who laffed altogether too mutch for their own good or for ennyboddy else’s; they laft like a barrell ov nu sider with the tap pulled out, a perfekt stream. This is a grate waste ov natral juice. I have seen other people who didn’t laff enuff tew giv themselfs vent; they waz like a barrell ov nu sider too, that waz bunged up tite, apt tew start a hoop and leak all away on the sly. Thare ain’t neither ov theze 2 ways right, and they never ought tew be pattented. Sum pholks hav got what iz kalled a hoss-laff, about haffway between a growl and a bellow, just az a hoss duz when he feels hiz oats, and don’t exackly kno what ails him. Theze pholks don’t enjoy a laff enny more than the man duz hiz vettles who swallows hiz pertatoze whole. A laff tew be nourishsome wants tew be well chewed. Thare iz another kind ov a laff which i never did enjoy, one loud busst, and then everything iz az still az a lager beer barrell after it haz blowed up and slung 2 or 3 gallons ov beer around loose. Thare iz another laff whitch I hav annalized; it cums out ov the mouth with a noize like a pig makes when he iz in a tite spot, one sharp squeal and two snikkers, and then dies in a simper. This kind ov a laff iz larnt at femail boarding-skools, and dont mean ennything; it iz nothing more than the skin ov a laff. Genuine laffing iz the vent ov the soul, the nostrils ov the heart, and iz jist az necessary for helth and happiness as spring water iz for a trout.