"no more smile to him than there is to a ham"

hi,

first time here...
while reading Huckleberry Finn I stumbled on this strange expression (?) - used on a sly undertaker, the "softest, glidingest, stealthiest man I ever see" (in Huck's words).

and he adds, "there warn't no more smile to him than there is to a ham".

anyone have any idea what he might mean by that?

thanks very much.

Since a ham is inanimate, I would venture that he didn't smile very much and was rather a melancholy sort.