A Follower Of Brahma

A receut issue of the Detroit Evening Journal contaiued a picture of Norman R. Covert, of tbis city, which is one of the best pieoes of newspaper illustration the Argus has seen in a long timebeing a perfect likenessof the eccentric old geutleruan. The cut is accompanied by a writeup of JMr. Covert's. religious beliefs, be enjoyiug the peculiar distinotion of being the only man in Ann Arbor, and for that matter in America, who is a follower of Brahma. A few extracts from the write up are reprodnoed here. "Mr. Covert was born at üuion Springs, Cayuga connty, N. Y., in 1819. He ealry gave evidence that in etbical matters, at least, he had ideas of his own. At the age of 12 he received a prize at school for presentiug the best maxirn to live by. It ran in the familiar words, "Count the day lost whose low dfiscendiug sun vjews by thy hand nn worthy abtion done." Mr. Covert has put this principie into practice and still takes a mental invantory of his actions every nighfc. He was brought np a Quaker, his parents belouging to tbat religious Doay, out at the age of 14 becarue dis; satisfled with the precepts of the Friends and "evoluted," as he says to the Methodist churoh. "Frorn a Methodist he becarne a üniversalist of the type of Johu Murray, of Boston. As a rnember of this churoh he carne to Ano Arbor in 1844. Religious prinoiples still tronbled hiru. He could net reconcile himself to the idea of tbe redemption. He was lookiug for a religión in which justice was the guiding principie. Still looking for the fcalief which to his peculiar faney seemed the embodiment of justice, he j began reading the doctrines on which Brahmauism is founded. In 1850 he became a oonvert to Brahma and has fiiuce continuiBd to be a follower of that heathen god. "He believes in a greafcer and a lesser beaven. the latter being bere on earth at the present time if one lives well. Of course, he is a firin believer in the transmigraron of souls, but he expects to have his owu sonl appear iu some higher forra of being thau a dog or a horse. He thinks that dogs have more souls than some people he has met with. Contrary to the law of Brahma, Mr. Covert allows himself to eat meat As far as he kuows, he is the only American who has adopted the religión of Brabma. ''